Pottsville, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County & Surrounding Areas
Edna E. Frie
Aug 4, 2017
Edna E. Frie, 89 of Pottsville died, Friday morning at the Gardens at York Terrace Nursing Home, Pottsville. She was born January 21, 1928 in Pottsville daughter of the late Andrew Sr, and Edna Schock Kilmurray. She was 1945 graduate of Pottsville High School. She was employed by the former Raring Shoes and Freed Motors prior to retiring. Edna was...
William C. "Bill" Schuettler, Sr.
Jul 18, 2017
William C. “Bill” Schuettler, Sr., 89 of Pottsville, died Tuesday evening at Providence Place Retirement Community, Pottsville. He was born March 7, 1928 in Pottsville son of the late Conrad A. and Ruth M. Seltzer Schuettler. He was a graduate of Pottsville High School. He was an Army veteran having severed during the Korean War. When Bill was young, he...
Suzanne P. Wyld
Jul 2, 2017
Suzanne P. Wyld, 70 of Pottsville, died peacefully Sunday night at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. She was born January 29, 1947 in Pottsville, daughter of the late Chester and Pearl Bean Dando. She was a 1964 graduate of Pottsville High School. She was formerly employed by the Schuylkill County Credit Exchange, and former Rest Haven Nursing Home. She was also co-owner...
Zane P. Rist
Jun 30, 2017
Zane P. Rist, 73 of Pottsville died Friday at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE. He was born September 28, 1943 in Pottsville son of the late Grace Potts Rist. He was a 1961 Graduate of Pottsville High School. He was employed by the Pottsville Area School District as Transportation Supervisor prior to retiring in 2005, where he later became a...
Jeremiah C. "Jerry" "Tank" Brennan
Apr 20, 2017
Jeremiah C. Brennan, 89 of Pottsville, died peacefully Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Schuylkill East surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on December 28, 1927, son of the late Joseph and Marguerite Rowan Brennan and was proud to have been raised in the Bunker Hill section of Pottsville. He was a 1945 graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School...
Helen M. Derfler
Apr 18, 2017
Helen M. Derfler, 89 of Pottsville, died Tuesday at Schuylkill Center. She was born September 17, 1927 in Pottsville daughter of the late John O’Brien and Mary Ash O’Brien Stump. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and Rembrandt Beauty Academy, Philadelphia. She was employed by Mr. John’s, Pottsville and Hamburg Center as a beautician and was owner and...
Benjamin F. Shollenberger
Mar 11, 2017
Benjamin F. Shollenberger, 86 of Pottsville, died Saturday morning at home. He was born January 13, 1931 in Pottsville son of the late Elmer and Ruth Feeman Shollenberger. He was a 1949 Graduate of Pottsville High School where he was part of the State Championship Gymnastics Team. He was a Navy veteran having served during the Korean War. He was...
Mary Lou McGinley
Mar 3, 2017
Mary Lou McGinley, 80 of Pottsville, died Friday morning at home. She was born December 24, 1936 in Pottsville daughter of the late Edward F. and Mary M. Trabosh Gorman. She was a 1954 graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School. She was employed for a short time at Costas York Candy. Mary Lou was a member of St. Patrick Roman...
Rita A. Workman
Feb 28, 2017
Rita A. Workman, 98 of Orwigsburg, died Tuesday at home. She was born September 4, 1918 in Palo Alto, daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Connors Lynagh. She was a graduate of St. Stephen High School, Port Carbon. Rita was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, the Mother’s Club, Chillum, MD., the Women’s Club of Pottsville,...
Kathleen E. Selinko
Feb 26, 2017
Kathleen E. Selinko, 58 of Pottsville, died Sunday afternoon at home. She was born December 11, 1958 in Pottsville daughter of the late Thomas C. and Lillian C. Miller Selinko. She was a 1976 graduate of Pottsville Area High School. Kathleen was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. She was preceded in death by a...
Richard B. Stoltz, III
Feb 15, 2017
Richard B. Stoltz, III, 40 of Pottsville died Wednesday at home.
He was born June 11, 1976 in Pottsville son of Richard B. Stoltz, Jr., Pottsville and the late Mary Long Stoltz.
He was a 1994 graduate Pottsville Area High School and was employed by WIS International, Schuylkill Haven.
Rich was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church,...
J. David Kephart
Feb 9, 2017
J. David Kephart, Jr., 72, of McAdoo formerly of Pottsville, died Thursday at Andsher Personal Care Home, McAdoo. He was born November 14, 1944 in Pottsville son of the late Joseph D. Sr., and Catherine Brennan Kephart. He was a 1962 graduate of Nativity BVM High School. David was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. He was...
Joseph Silcox, Jr.
Jan 19, 2017
Joseph Silcox, Jr., 78 of Pottsville, died Thursday morning at ManorCare Health Services, Pottsville. He was born August 10, 1938 in Philadelphia son of the late, Joseph and Edna Dixon Silcox. He was an Army veteran. Surviving are his sister, Sharon Trimble, Parksburg: many nieces and nephews. Service and interment will be private. James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville is...
Frederick E. "Freddy" Lewis
Jan 13, 2017
Frederick E. “Freddy” Lewis, 79 of Allentown, formerly of Pottsville died Friday night at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown. He was born March 12, 1937 in Pottsville, son of the late Frederick W. Lewis and Ruth T. Eberle Lewis Archibald. He was a 1956 graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy where he played varsity football and wrestling. He attended Salisbury...
Julia I. Brennan, R.N.
Dec 25, 2016
Julia I. Brennan, R.N. 91, of Minersville died Sunday at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. The She was born August 5, 1925 in Minersville daughter of the late Patrick F. and Veronica Burns Murphy. She was a 1943 graduate of Cass Twp High School and a 1946 graduate St. Joseph School of Nursing, Philadelphia. Julia was employed as a nurse at the...
Nancy E. Harris
Dec 19, 2016
Nancy E. Harris, 70, Pottsville passed away peacefully Monday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East Norwegian St. She was born December 31, 1945 daughter of the late John and Bessie Achenbach. She was a 1964 graduate of Pottsville High School and was employed by General Polymeric Corp. Nancy was a member of First Baptist Church, Pottsville. Nancy loved all animal...
William H. Searle, Jr.
Dec 7, 2016
William H. Searle, Jr., 47 of Mechanicsburg, died Wednesday night at Fox Subacute Nursing Center, Mechanicsburg. He was born September 30, 1969 in Pottsville son of William H. Sr., and Connie Stein Searle, of Felton. He was a graduate of Riverdale High School, Murfreesboro, TN. William was a member of Christian Mission Alliance Church, Glen Rock. Surviving in addition to...
Elizabeth J. Ventura-Moucheron
Nov 19, 2016
Elizabath J. Ventura-Moucheron passed away peacefully on Saturday November 19, 2016 at the Lehigh Valley Medical Center-Cedar Crest, Allentown. She was born January 8, 1934 in Albany, NY, daughter of the late Joseph and Carmela Caparello Amendola. Elizabeth graduated from Pottsville Area High School and was employed by Boscov’s prior to retiring. She was preceded in death by husbands Joseph...
Barry J. Micklo
Nov 2, 2016
Barry J. Micklo, 67 of Pottsville, died Wednesday morning at Lebanon VA Hospital, Lebanon. He was born August 8, 1949 in New York, NY son of the late Andrew and Jean Palmour Micklo. He was a 1967 graduate of Pottsville Area High School and attended Millersville University and Penn State University. He was an Army veteran having served during the...
Jack D. "Pinky" Sidler
Nov 2, 2016
Jack D. “Pinky” Sidler, 81 of Pottsville died Wednesday afternoon at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. He was born November 4, 1934 in Schuylkill Haven son of the Hilbert and Edith Sidler. He was a 1955 graduate of Pottsville High School. He was a veteran having served in the Army. Pinky was owner and operator of Sidler & Sidler Packing for 30...
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