CHARLES C. FRANCO
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Charles
C. Franco, 90, formerly of Court Street, who died February 4 in Berkshire
Center, Exeter Township, where he had resided since 2003.
Born in Reading, Franco was employed as a teacher in the
Reading School District and was last employed for 36 years by the State
Department of Labor and Industry, specializing in manpower development
and training until his retirement.
He was a graduate of Penn State College with a bachelor’s
degree in education.
Franco was a member of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church,
Reading.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Burial was in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale.
The Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, handled
the arrangements.
WESLEY A. WAHL
Services were held for Wesley A. Wahl, 55, of St. Augustine,
Fla., formerly of Douglassville, who died January 23 in St. John’s Health
Care Center, St. Augustine.
Born in Montgomery County, Wahl was employed as a construction
worker by various companies.
Surviving are a daughter, Jessica Levan, in Missouri;
and two sons, Troy, Pottstown, and Jesse, in Michigan.
Other survivors include a brother, James J., Douglassville;
and four sisters: Diane Davis, Rita Christman and Rose Stalnecker, all
of Douglassville; and Denise Millard, Birdsboro.
There are also four grandchildren.
The Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home, St. Augustine,
Fla., was in charge of the arrangements.
GRACE M. BOSTIAN
Services were held for Grace M. Bostian, 76, formerly
of Cumru Township, who died February 4 in Reading Hospital, where she had
been a patient.
She was taken to the hospital from Outlook Pointe at Reading,
Exeter Township.
Bostian was the wife of Edward G. Bostian Jr., who is also a
resident at Outlook Pointe.
Born in Angelica, Cumru Township, she was last employed
as a clerk by the Nabisco Co. in Wyomissing.
She was a member of Allegheny Lutheran Church, Knauers.
She was a graduate of Shillington High School.
Also surviving are two daughters, Carol A. Bostian, Harrisburg,
and Betsy K. (Bostian) Moyer, West Lawn.
Other survivors include a sister; four grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
The services were held in the Joseph D. Giles Funeral
Home Inc. & Crematorium, Mohnton.
Burial was in Allegheny Union Cemetery, Alleghenyville.
JEAN C. ULRICH
Services were private for Jean C. Ulrich, 77, of Fairmount
Avenue, Exeter Township, who died February 4 in Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, she was employed for 35 years in the
payroll department of Boscov’s Department Stores, retiring in 2000.
She was a 1944 graduate of Reading High School.
Ulrich was a member of St. Mark’s United Church of Christ,
Reading.
Surviving are a son, John M., Exeter Township; and three
grandchildren.
The Auman Funeral Homes, Reiffton, was in charge of the
arrangements.
IDA R. STOLTZFUS
A memorial service will be Thursday for Ida Rebecca Stoltzfus.
93, who died in the Meadows Health Care Facility at the Tel Hai Retirement
Community, Honey Brook, where she had resided for several years.
Born near Morgantown, she taught in rural Lancaster County
public schools for 10 years and did practical nursing in private homes.
She was a 1942 graduate of Elizabethtown College, Lancaster
County, with a state teaching certificate. She was also licensed as a practical
nurse through classes at th YWCA in Lancaster in 1939.
Stoltzfus was a volunteer for relief work under the Mennonite
Central Committee in 1947 and spent three years in India.
In 1951, she began working in the MCC office in Akron,
Lancaster County, and also visited churches around the United States promoting
the relief program.
In 1952, she entered relief work in Palestine. Before
their first term of service was completed she had founded an orphanage/school
for needy children.
When MCC terminated work in the Hebron area in 1967, Stoltzfus
continued the orphanage/school under the Anglican Church.
From 1983 until her retirement in 1989, she directed its
operation under Holy Land Ministries.
Stoltzfus was a member of the Conestoga Mennonite Church,
Morgantown.
In 1974, she received Elizabethtown College Alumni Association’s
“Educate for Service to Humanity Award.”
In 2001, the Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite
Church presented Stoltzfus with its annual peace mug for her work in India
and the Middle East.
In 2003, she was honored by Dr. Samir Amr of Saudi Arabia,
formerly of Hebron, for her work in Hebron. There have been two books written
about her relief work.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 11:15 Thursday in the Conestoga
Mennonite Church.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The Labs Funeral Home Inc., Honey Brook, was in charge
of arrangements.
GIOACCHINO CHINNICI JR.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Gioacchino
G. Chinnici Jr., 81, of Waterford Lane, Exeter Township, who died February
3 in Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Consetta S. (Sedoti) Chinnici.
Born in Reading, he had been employed for more than five
years as a machinist by the Reading Co. and was employed for more than
30 years as a salesman in the Berks County area. He was last employed in
the maintenance department by R. M. Palmer Co., West Reading, until his
retirement.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
Chinnici was a member of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church,
Reading.
He was a 1940 graduate of Reading High School.
Chinnici is also survived by a son, John A., Fleetwood;
and two daughters, Angela M. Chinnici, Reading, and Constance S. (Chinnici)
Nunan, Douglassville.
Other survivors include a sister, Vincenza (Chinnici)
Rodino, Birdsboro.
Burial was in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale.
The Auman Funeral Homes, Reiffton, was in charge of the
arrangements.
EARL W. LESHER
Services were held for Earl W. Lesher, 82, of Schoolhouse
Lane, Caernarvon Township, formerly of Berne, Tilden Township, who died
February 6 in Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Catherine M. (Collins) Lesher.
Born in Berne, he had been employed for 38 years as a
seam presser by Continental Can Co., Reading, retiring in 1984.
He was a member of St. Michael’s Church, Tilden Township.
Lesher was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II.
He is also survived by a daughter, Karen L. (Lesher) Rigg,
Glenmoore, Chester County.
There are also three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Burial was in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Tilden Township.
The arrangements were handled by the Leibensperger Funeral
Homes Inc., Hamburg.
JOVINO VELAZQUEZ CRUZ
A graveside service was held for Jovino Velazquez Cruz,
93, formerly of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, who died February 6 in his residence
at Beverly Manor, Exeter Township.
His wife, Cathlina (Gonzalez) Velazquez, died in 1990.
He was born in Viequez, Puerto Rico.
Cruz had been employed for 20 years as a taxicab driver
in St. Croix, retiring in 1996.
Survivors include two daughters, Theresa Velazquez and
Esther Velazquez, both of St. Croix, and four sons: Antonio and Ruben Velazquez,
both in Puerto Rico, and Albert and Carmelo Velazquez, both of Reading.
There are also 30 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren
and six great-great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by three sons.
Services were in the Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, near
Lancaster.
The Eckenroth Home for Funerals, Terre Hill, Lancaster
County, was in charge of the arrangements.
MARY M. LUBAS
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Mary M.
Lubas, 91, formerly of Arlington Street, who died February 6 in St. Joseph
Medical Center. She had been a resident of the Berkshire Center, Exeter
Township.
Her husband, Frank W. Lubas, died in 1982.
Born in Jessup, Lackawanna County, she had been employed
for 20 years as a sewing machine operator by several area knitting mills,
retiring in 1960.
She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic
Church, Millmont.
Lubas was a life member of the Polish Falcons Alliance
of Berks County, Reading.
She is survived by a son, Frederick, Reading.
Also a sister; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Reading.
The Gallman-Sonoski Funeral Home Inc., Reading, was in
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