Local Obituaries for Berks, Bucks, Lehigh and Montgomery Counties
Harold Bitting
Sep 5, 2013
Harold H. Bitting, 92, of Souderton, formerly of East Greenville, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at home. He was the beloved husband of the late Glenna (Adams) Bitting and the late Shirley (Weber) Bitting. Born and raised in East Greenville, he was a son of the late Sterlan and Ellen (Hoffman) Bitting. Harold was predeceased by two brothers,...
Russell Godshall
Sep 2, 2013
Russell S. Godshall, 81, of Green Lane, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2013 at his home. He was the husband of Mary (Sieber) Godshall. They had celebrated 57 years of marriage this past June. Born in Vernfield, PA, he was a son of the late Jacob B. and Emma (Samsel) Godshall. Russell attended East Greenville High School. After high...
Henry Beitler
Aug 29, 2013
Henry R. Beitler, 95, husband of the late June K. (Klick) Beitler, of Old Zionsville, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at the Phoebe Home in Allentown. Born in Lower Milford Township on September 19, 1917, he was a son of the late Ambrose and Amanda (Jacob) Beitler and was educated in the Lower Milford Township Schools. Henry organized...
Joan Jurgelewicz
Aug 28, 2013
Joan Patricia (Barr) Jurgelewicz, 74, wife of Bernard J. Jurgelewicz, of Red Hill, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at home. Bernard and Joan were married on September 17, 1960 and would be celebrating 53 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of the late Horace and Florence (Smith) Barr. Joan was employed as a...
Richard Smith
Aug 27, 2013
Richard A. Smith, Sr., 85, of Green Lane, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Grand View Hospital, Sellersville. He was the husband of June F. (Hess) Smith celebrating 58 years of marriage on September 25, 2012. Born in Anson, Maine, he was a son of the late Alfred L. and Eva M. (Wescott) Smith. He was a Tool...
Edward Diephaus
Aug 19, 2013
Edward “ED” August Diephaus, 79, of Pennsburg, husband of Lois M. (Meyer) Diephaus, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2013 at Grand View Hospital, Sellersville, PA. Born in Cincinnati, OH, he was a son of the late August and Mary (Bellersen) Diephaus. He attended school at Purcell High School and Xavier University, both in Cincinnati, OH. Ed also received his...
Shirley Kulp
Aug 16, 2013
Shirley D. (DiBiaso) Kulp, 77, of Pennsburg, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Gordon R. Kulp Sr., and they had celebrated 59 years of marriage this past May. Born in Norristown, she was the daughter of the late Charles DiBiaso and Ruth (Millard) Eckert. She worked as...
Eric Wahl
Aug 13, 2013
Eric Joseph “EJ” Wahl, 18, of New Hanover Township, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at his home. Born in Meadowbrook, PA, he was a son of Eric and Jennifer (Thackray) Wahl of New Hanover Township. EJ graduated this year from Pope John Paul II in Royersford and is a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Pennsburg....
Robert Christie
Aug 10, 2013
Arrangements were entrusted to Mann-Slonaker Funeral Home Inc., East Greenville, Pennsylvania.
George Gilde
Aug 7, 2013
In loving memory of George N. Gilde, October 2, 1921 to August 7, 2013, loving husband of the late Eleanor H. (Tapler) Gilde, of Pennsburg and formerly of Green Lane, passed away at Pennsburg Manor. Born in Norristown, PA, he was one of four generations of barbers in the Green Lane area. George’s father started the Green Lane Barber Shop...
Grace Schantz
Aug 7, 2013
Grace Vivian (Hillegass) Schantz, 93, died August 7, at the Lutheran Home, Topton. She was the widow of Frederick M. Schantz. Grace was born, on November 6, 1919 to Marvin and Alverda (Haring) Hillegass of East Greenville, where she lived her life Before becoming a full-time homemaker, Grace was an office manager at Rosenau Brother’s dress manufacturing. Much later she...
Marion Horner
Jul 31, 2013
Marion V. (Sacks) Horner, 93, widow of Luke W. Horner, of Whitehall, passed away July 31, 2013 in Fellowship Manor. Born in Woxall, PA, she was a daughter of the late Carrie R. (Young) and Jay Wright Sacks. She was a music teacher and church organist for many years and attended Fellowship Community Church. Surviving are two daughters, Donna, wife...
Eugene Kulp
Jul 29, 2013
Eugene T. Kulp, 83, of Red Hill, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2013 at Grand View Hospital. He was the husband of Gloria R. (Heacock) Kulp celebrating 57 years of marriage on October 28, 2012. Born in Red Hill, he was a son of the late Elmer and Rella (Dunkel) Kulp. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
Thelma Wetzel
Jul 27, 2013
Thelma Brewer Wetzel died on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at her home at the Chestnut Knoll Assisted Living Facility in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Thelma Brewer was born on August 5, 1922 near Green Lane, to Russell and Viola Brewer. She attended East Greenville High School, and graduated from West Chester State Teachers College in 1943. She worked as an English teacher...
Donald Boorse
Jul 24, 2013
Donald R. “Don” Boorse, 68, husband of Elsa B. (Bougher) Boorse, of Barto, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest. Born in Sellersville, he was a son of the late Edward R. and Dorothy C. (Stoneback) Boorse. Don worked at Nice Ball Bearing, Kulpsville, for 32 years as a machine repairman. He was a...
Marion Moser Bleile
Jul 23, 2013
Marion M. (Weber) Moser Bleile, 78, widow of A. Richard Moser and Henry “Hank” Bleile, of Boyertown and formerly of East Greenville, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Sanatoga Center, Pottstown. Born in Chapel, PA, she was a daughter of the late Carl Victor Eugene and Viola (Gerhart) Weber. Marion worked as an Artist for many years where...
Victoria Kasitz
Jul 21, 2013
Victoria (Hunt) Kasitz, 91, widow of Julius P. Kasitz, of Quakertown and formerly of Bechtelsville, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at her daughter’s home. Born in Fort Clark, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Elinore (Shields) and Claude D. Hunt. She was the co-owner and office manager with her husband, Jules for 20 years of the...
Anne Anderson
Jul 19, 2013
Anne M. “Nancy” (Streeper) Anderson, 83, widow of Albert J. Anderson, of Red Hill, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2013 at St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Ida M. (Shuman) Streeper. She was employed as an Office Manager for C.V.A. Excavating Co. in Fairless Hills for 30...
Anna Winkler
Jul 17, 2013
Arrangements were entrusted to Mann-Slonaker Funeral Home Inc., East Greenville, Pennsylvania.
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