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Pottsville, PA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County & Surrounding Areas

Clarence J. "Chuck" Piehel, Jr.

Clarence J. "Chuck" Piehel, Jr.

Dec 6, 2017

  Clarence J. “Chuck” Piehel, Jr., 71, of Pottsville formerly of Reading, died Wednesday at home.   He was born April 4, 1946 in Shillington son of the late Clarence J. Sr. and Elizabeth Young.   Prior to retirement he was employed by Baldwin Brass.   He was of catholic faith.   Surviving are a Niece and Nephews, Diana Richuitti, Steven, Dominic, and Thomas Warmuth...

Margie Wagner-Clews

Margie Wagner-Clews

Dec 1, 2017

Margie Wagner-Clews, 58 of Lake Wynonah, died Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown.   She was born December 28, 1958 in Lewistown daughter of the late William and Mercy Schrock Wagner.   She was a graduate of Lewistown High School and Empire Beauty School.   Margie currently served as Vice President of Education for Empire Education Group, Pottsville.   Margie is survived by...

Dorothy "Dottie" Yaag

Dorothy "Dottie" Yaag

Nov 26, 2017

  Dorothy “Dottie” Yaag, 81 of Mt. Airy, MD, formerly of Auburn died November 26, 2017 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Mt Airy MD.   She was born September 7, 1936 in York, PA, daughter of the late Lillian Gillespie.   She graduated from Pottsville High School and then attended the Reading School of Nursing, earning a degree as a registered...

Sarah A. "Sally" Conlen

Sarah A. "Sally" Conlen

Nov 9, 2017

  Sarah A. “Sally” Conlen, 92 of St. Clair, died Thursday.  She was born May 19, 1925 in St. Clair daughter of the late James Michael and Frances Hughes Conlen. She was a graduate of St. Clair High School.   She was employed by the U.S. Post Office Department in Washington, D.C. And Philadelphia, Yuengling Brewery and Social Security Administration prior to...

Charles H. Daubert

Charles H. Daubert

Nov 1, 2017

  Charles H. Daubert, age 83, of Pottsville passed away Wednesday, November 1st at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown.   He was born October 26, 1934 in Pottsville.   He was a 1952 graduate of Pottsville High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army.   Prior to retirement, Charles was employed by M.A. Hospador Steel Erectors, Inc., St. Clair, for 30 years before...

Joseph C. Ferhat, Sr.

Joseph C. Ferhat, Sr.

Oct 26, 2017

  Joseph C. Ferhat, Sr. 73 of Pottsville, died Thursday in Pottsville.   He was born September 18, 1944 in Pottsville son of the late Joseph T. and Anna Sophy Ferhat.   He was a 1963 graduate of Nativity BVM High School, Pottsville.   He was an Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War.   Joe was co-owner of the former Gateway Diner and...

Gretchen Whalen

Gretchen Whalen

Oct 13, 2017

  Gretchen Whalen, 56 of Lancaster, died Friday at home.   She was born January 16, 1961 in Allentown daughter of Gayle Heller Freed Hartstein and the late James K. Freed.  She was a graduate of Owen J. Roberts High School and attended Susquehanna College and Temple University.   In addition to her mother she is survived by her daughter, Geremy Sandra Whalen,...

Charles V. "Charlie" Maurer, II

Charles V. "Charlie" Maurer, II

Oct 12, 2017

  Charles V. “Charlie” Maurer, II 80 of Pottsville, died Thursday in Pottsville.   He was born June 10, 1937 in Pottsville son of the late Marlin L. and Rita McNamara Maurer.   He was a graduate of the first graduating class at Nativity BVM High School in 1955. He attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia and was a 1963 graduate of Penn...

Andrew Montie

Andrew Montie

Oct 10, 2017

  Andrew Montie 61, of Pottsville died Tuesday at home.   He was born February 23, 1956 in Pottsville son of the late John and Anna Jenkins Burch.   He was a graduate of Pottsville Area High School.   Andy was a Navy veteran having served immediately after the Vietnam War.   Surviving are a brother, Dennis Weiderhold, Port Carbon and a sister, Beverly Snowell,...

Andrew J. Megna, Sr.

Andrew J. Megna, Sr.

Oct 8, 2017

  Andrew J. Megna, Sr. 93 of Pottsville, died Sunday evening at Providence Place Retirement Community, Pottsville.   He was born October 4, 1924 in Schoentown son of the late Angelo and Mary Gerace Megna.   He was a 1942 graduate of Pottsville High School.   He was a Navy Veteran having served during World War II.   He married his wife Anna Melnick Megna,...

Joyce A. Coulson

Joyce A. Coulson

Sep 20, 2017

      Joyce A. Coulson, 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 20, 2017, at her home in Pottsville, after a long illness.   Joyce was born in Pottsville on January 26, 1943, daughter of the late John T. McKernan and Elizabeth I. (nee Neifert) McKernan, Pottsville.   She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Harold W. Coulson in...

Laurence F. Fox

Laurence F. Fox

Sep 13, 2017

  Laurence F. Fox, Jr., 88 of Palo Alto, died Wednesday at Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Schuylkill Haven.   He was born February 26, 1929 in Pottsville Son of the late Laurence F. Sr., and Anna Gately Fox.   He was a graduate of Pottsville High School and McCann School of Business.   He was an Air Force Veteran having served during the...

Joel A. Yob

Joel A. Yob

Aug 30, 2017

  Joel A. Yob, 64 of Pottsville, died Wednesday morning at home.   He was born November 22, 1952 in Pottsville son of the late Rudy and Catherine Dilliplane Yob.   He was 1971 graduate of Pottsville Area High School, Massanutten Military Academy, Woodstock, VA and attended Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA.   He was currently employed by NPP, Cressona.   Joel was a member Pulaski...

Josephine A. Kochol

Josephine A. Kochol

Aug 30, 2017

  Josephine A. Kochol, 82 of Pottsville, died Wednesday morning at home.   She was born February 1, 1935 in Pottsville daughter of the late Joseph W. and Teresa Minchoff Fanelli.   She was a graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School.   She was employed by the former Motor Contracts prior to retiring.   Josephine was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic...

Janet G. Marberger

Janet G. Marberger

Aug 23, 2017

   Janet G. Marberger, 80 of Pottsville died Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest, Allentown.   She was born May 3, 1937 in Pottsville daughter of late Robert W. and Lucy Auer Gerhard.   She was a graduate of the former Soliders Memorial High School, Port Carbon and Ford School of Business, Pottsville.   She was employed by the former Argo Mills, Schuylkill...

Beverly Singley Slater

Beverly Singley Slater

Aug 16, 2017

  Beverly Singley Slater, 62 of Pottsville died Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East.   She was born March 2, 1955 in Hazelton, daughter of the late Kenneth R. and Jeanette Horrox Singley.   She attended North Schuylkill High School earned an associate’s degree from Penn State Schuylkill.   She worked for 20 years with the Schuylkill Women in Crisis where she started as...

John J. Sullivan

John J. Sullivan

Aug 15, 2017

  John J. Sullivan, 80 of Pottsville, formerly of St. Clair, died Tuesday afternoon at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville.   He was born April 8, 1937 in Pottsville son of the late Eugene Sullivan and Stephanie Wapinsky Zagar.   He was a graduate of Nativity BVM High School.   He was employed by the former Acme Markets in Pottsville for 28 years prior to retiring.  ...

Linda E. Myers

Linda E. Myers

Aug 9, 2017

  Linda E. Myers, 72 of Pottsville, died Wednesday at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville.   She was born August 29, 1944 in Pottsville daughter of the late Richard H. and Kathryn Sarvas Myers.   She was a 1962 graduate of Pottsville High School. Linda was employed by the former Pottsville and Good Samaritan Hospitals, Pottsville, prior to retiring.   Surviving are a daughter Laurie Bailey...

Theodore R. Starr

Theodore R. Starr

Aug 6, 2017

  Theodore R. Starr, 84, of Pottsville, died Sunday at Manor Care Nursing Home in Pottsville.   He was born in Pottsville on March 30, 1933, son of the late Howard and Bertha Kimmel Starr.   He graduated from Pottsville High School in 1952.   Following military service in the U.S. Army in Korea, Ted began working in the Philadelphia area for General Electric,...

Grace C. Hilbert

Grace C. Hilbert

Aug 4, 2017

  Grace C. Hilbert, 99 of Lancaster, formerly of Pottsville died Friday afternoon at Lancaster General Hospital.   She was born July 3, 1918 in Pottsville daughter of the late Harry J. and Mary Evans Walters.   She was a 1936 graduate of Pottsville High School.   She was employed by the former Polly McCool Joyce Interior Design prior to retiring.   Grace was a...

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