Pottsville, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County & Surrounding Areas
Carma Honeycutt Sturgill
Apr 6, 2009
Carma Honeycutt Sturgill, 82, of Pottsville, formerly of Harold, Kentucky died Monday night at Broad Mountain Nursing home, Frackville. She was born November 6, 1926 in Big Schols, Kentucky daughter of the late Spurgeon C. And Gladys Wells Honeycutt and was a graduate of Auxier High School, Auxier, Kentucky. She was a member of the Kentucky Homemakers Association. She was...
Emmett F. Miller
Feb 25, 2009
Emmett F. Miller, 85, of Pottsville died Wednesday at home. He was born June 8, 1923 in Pottsville son of Eva Bowers Barba and was a 1942 graduate of Pottsville High School. His places of employment were Bethlehem Steel, prior to entering military service, the former Quality Auto Parts, the former Kelly Electric, the former Pope Motors and Big A...
Betty J. Paul
Feb 23, 2009
Betty J. Paul, 75, of Schuylkill Haven died Monday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was born October 26, 1933 in Lebanon daughter of the late Walter and Dorothy Wilson Donton. She attended School in Palo Alto and was the Steward at the North Ward Social Club, Schuylkill Haven, prior to retiring in 1996. She was a member of Evangelical...
Michael G. McGeever
Feb 19, 2009
Michael G. McGeever, 48, of Pottsville died Thursday morning at Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson St., Pottsville. He was born June 2, 1960 in Allentown son of Helen Tobin McGeever, Pottsville and the late Patrick J. McGeever, Sr. He was a 1978 graduate of Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville and was employed by Schuylkill Community Action as the Elm...
Orsola Sarah Ricottelli
Jan 30, 2009
Orsola Sarah Ricottelli, 96, of Pottsville died Friday at Schuylkill Center. She was born September 26, 1912 in Pottsville daughter of the late Carmen and Mary Perry Tucci. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and was employed by Sears Roebuck in Pottsville and in Reading, where she resided for 50 years. She was a member of St. Patrick...
Carol A. Murphy
Jan 19, 2009
Carol A. Murphy, 70, of Pottsvillle died Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. She was born July 20, 1938 in Pottsville daughter of the late Paul F. and Marie Shields Guensch and was a 1956 graduate of Pottsville High School. She was employed by Sears Roebuck and Company and most recently by Steve Cotler V.I.P. prior to retiring. She was...
Thomas J. Daley
Jan 8, 2009
Thomas J. Daley, 69, of Pottsville died Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was born November 18, 1939 in Pottsville son of the late John and Elsie Eberly Daley. He was preceded in death by a brother, John, 3 sisters, Betty Mease, Dellphine Connors and Arlene Alexander. Surviving are 3 sisters, Genevieve Weaver, Birdsboro, Dorothy E. Schaeffer and her...
James G. Doyle, Sr.
Jan 2, 2009
James G. Doyle, Sr., 75, of Pottsville died Friday night at home. He was born September 23, 1933 in Reading son of the late James W. and Hazel Dillow Doyle. He attended Pottsville Schools and was employed by the Pottsville Area School District as the head custodian for the high school, prior to retiring in 1995. He loved collecting trains...
Jane Palmer Dolbin
Dec 30, 2008
Jane Palmer Dolbin, 55, of Kempton died Tuesday night at Lehigh Valley Hospital Hospice, Allentown after a lengthy illness. She was born February 2, 1953 in Pottsville daughter of the late Judge Donald D. and Anne Palmer Dolbin. She was a 1971 graduate of Pottsville Area High School and a graduate of Allentown Business College and was a Medical Transcriptionist...
Joseph E. Lynch, Jr.
Dec 25, 2008
Joseph E. Lynch, Jr., 88, of Deer Lake died Thursday at Schuylkill Medical Center - East Norwegian St., Pottsville. He was born April 26, 1920 in Pottsville son of the late Joseph E., Sr. and Stella Little Lynch. He was a graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School and served with the Army in the South Pacific during World War II....
Marion L. Herwig
Dec 19, 2008
Marion L. Herwig, 85, of Pottsville died Friday at home. She was born May 18, 1923 in Aliquippa daughter of the late Andrew R. and Florence Schmeltzer Herwig. She was a 1940 graduate of Pottsville High School and also a graduate of Empire Beauty School. She was last employed by the former Cressona Aluminum Co., prior to retiring. She was...
Susanna M. Smith
Dec 13, 2008
Susanna M. Smith, 62, of Pottsville died Saturday at Schuylkill Medical Center East Norwegian St., Pottsville. She was born November 13, 1946 in Pottsville daughter of the late William J. and Isabel Davis McLaughlin. She attended Pottsville Schools and was employed by M & Q Packaging, Schuylkill Haven, for 16 years prior to retiring. Surviving is a daughter, Tammy Landers...
Virginia E. Schneider
Dec 1, 2008
Virginia E. Schneider, 70, of Pottsville died Monday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was born November 14, 1938 in Pottsville daughter of the late Elmer S. and Jean Heiser Griffiths. She was a 1956 graduate of Pottsville High School and was employed by Ost & Ost for 43 years prior to retiring in 2000. She was a member of...
Albert F. Ebert, Jr.
Nov 30, 2008
Albert F. Ebert, Jr., 80, of Pottsville died Sunday evening at home. He was born June 20, 1928 in Schuylkill Haven son of the late Albert F. and Mamie Neidlinger Ebert. He attended Cressona and Pottsville Schools and was employed by the former Aetna Steel for 23 years and most recently the Pottsville Area School District prior to retiring in...
Theresa A. Gaughan, R. N.
Nov 12, 2008
Theresa A. Gaughan, R.N., 79, Pottsville died Wednesday evening at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. She was born November 17, 1928 in Ellengowan daughter of the late James and Mary Downey Gaughan. She was a graduate of Mahanoy Township High School and Ashland School of Nursing. She was employed by the former Good Samaritan Hospital for 30 years prior to retiring. She...
Wayman S. Prince
Nov 7, 2008
Wayman S. "Stu" Prince, 76, formerly of Lake Wynonah died Friday evening at Rest Haven Nursing Home, Schuylkill Haven. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Strohecker Prince and a daughter, Catherine C. Prince. Service and Interment are private. James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements
James P. Greenberg
Nov 7, 2008
James P. Greenberg, 70, of Pottsville died Friday evening at Schuylkill Medical Center South Jackson St. He was born November 11, 1937 in Pottsville son of the late Benjamin and Mary Strange Greenberg. He attended Pottsville Catholic High School and was a veteran of the Marine Corps. He was a Police Officer with the City of Pottsville for 26 years...
Francis J. Murphy
Nov 6, 2008
Francis J. Murphy, 90, former owner of F. J. Murphy Jewelry Store, Pottsville and a resident of Seton Manor Nursing home, Orwigsburg for the past three and half years died Thursday at Schuylkill Medical Center East Norwegian St., Pottsville. He was born December 2, 1917 in Pottsville son of the late Frank J., and Emma Mootz Murphy. He was a...
Edward W. "Cy" Hoke
Sep 14, 2008
Edward W. "Cy" Hoke, 81, of Pottsville died Sunday at home. He was born in Pottsville on November 8, 1926 son of the late Carl and Elizabeth Moran Hoke. He attended St. John the Baptist School. He was co-owner of the former Glenworth Coal Company, Pottsville, prior to retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic...
Catherine M. Yob
Sep 5, 2008
Catherine M. Yob, 80, of Ephrata, where she recently moved to be closer to her daughter, formerly of Pottsville, died peacefully on Friday at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster. She was born April 17, 1928 in Shamokin daughter of the late Allen and Adeline Derricott Dilliplane. She volunteered for over 10 years at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. She was a member of...
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