FUNERAL NOTICES
ALBRIGHT - William Isaac Albright, 80, widower of the Late Julia (Cameron) Albright, died Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. Friends and family are invited to attend is funeral services at Shalkop Grace & Strunk Funeral Home, 135 Bridge St. Spring City, PA 19475on Wednesday, March 29, at 10:00 AM. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Interment will be held following at Brownbacks United Church of Christ Cemetery. Online tributes may be made at www.sgsfuneralhome.com Shalkop Grace & Strunk is in charge of all arrangements.
BROWN - Carla C. Brown, wife of the late Christopher David Brown, died at Reading Hospital on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Friends and family are invited to attend her memorial service at Shalkop Grace & Strunk Funeral Home, 135 Bridge St., Spring City, PA 19475 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 7:00 PM with Pastor John Shantz presiding. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 6:30 to 7:00 PM. Burial will be private at the Bethel United Methodist Church at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, 952 Bethel Church Road, Spring City, PA 19475. Online tributes can be made at www.sgsfuneralhome.com
BULL - Maria J. Bull, beloved wife of William “Bill” Bull 88, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at home. Friends and family are invited to attend her funeral service at Zion Lutheran Church, 39 Bonnie Brae Road, Spring City, PA 19475 with The Reverend Paul Townsend officiating, on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at 11:00AM. Visitation will be held on Saturday, at the church from 10:00 to 11:00AM. Interment will follow at The Zion Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Zion Lutheran Church, 39 Bonnie Brae Road, Spring City, PA 19475. Online condolences can be made at www.sgsfuneralhome.com. Shalkop Grace & Strunk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
CINCIRIPINO - Madeline Cinciripino, 84, widow of the late Albert A. Cinciripino , died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Seasons Hospice. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral mass on Tuesday, March 28, at 10:30 AM at The Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 838 Walnut St., Royersford, PA. A visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday, from 9:00 to 10:00AM. Interment will immediately follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery, Phoenixville. Online tributes may be made to www.sgsfuneralhome.com Shalkop Grace & Strunk Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
COSSABOON - formerly of Limerick and Perkiomen townships; on December 6, 2016; Virginia M. (Umstead), wife of the late Ray P. Cossaboon, Greenville, SC, age 93. Relatives and friends are invited to her memorial service at 11:00 AM, Monday, April 10th, at the Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc., 21 Main St., Trappe. Burial in Fernwood Cemetery, Royersford. Friends may call from 10:00 to 11:00 AM, Monday, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Assn., Suite 102, 399 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19106.
EMERY - Stanley L. “Spike” Emery Jr., 88, of Pottstown, PA, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Manatawny Manor, East Coventry Twp. There will be a viewing from 10:00 am until 11:00 am on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Schumacher & Benner Funeral Home & Crematory, 359 King St., Pottstown, followed by Masonic Services at 11:00 am, and the funeral service to follow. Officiating will be Reverend Christine PfifferFoot. Burial will be private in Highland Memorial Park, Pottstown. Contributions may be made in his memory to; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Eastern PA Chpt., 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428. Arrangements are by the Schumacher & Benner Funeral Home & Crematory, at 359 King St. in Pottstown, PA. Go to http://www. schumacherandbenner.com to extend sympathies and access additional service details.
HNATH - Stephen “Stake” Hnath, 95, of Pottstown, husband of the late Frances T. (Pauly) Hnath, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Parkhouse Providence Pointe. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, March 27, 11:00AM at St. Aloysius RC Church, 223 Beech Street, Pottstown. Burial will follow in St. John’s Byzantine Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 9:00AM to 10:30AM at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Stephen’s name to American Legion Post 244, PO Box 477, Sanatoga, PA 19464. Catagnus Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc., Pottstown is in charge of arrangements. View obituaries or send condolences at www. catagnusfuneralhomes.com
KORBEL - Stephen Bruce Korbel, 66, of Weirton, WV passed away Thursday March 23, 2017 at home. A celebration of life will be held Monday March 27, 2017 9:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 380 Penco Road, Weirton, WV. A memorial Mass will be held Monday at 12:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 200 Preston Avenue, Weirton, WV with Reverend Tony Thurston as celebrant. Military funeral honors will be rendered by the WV honor guard and American Legion honor guard. www. steelandwolfe.com
MULDOON - James E. Muldoon Jr., 85, widower of Rosemary (Woods), formerly of Perkiomenville, PA passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017 in the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Gulfport, Mississippi. A Memorial Mass will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at St. Columbkill Roman Catholic Church, 200 Indian Spring Road, Boyertown. Inurnment will be in Limerick Garden of Memories. In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in name to the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, 321 Norristown Road, #260, Ambler, PA 19002. Arrangements are being handled by Limerick Garden of Memories, 44 Swamp Pike, Limerick, PA.
WEITZENKORN - Carol Powers Weitzenkorn of Pottstown passed away on March 22, 2017 at age 60 after a courageous four-year battle with brain cancer. Carol is survived by her husband Gregg, of Pottstown. Services for Carol will be held on Sunday, March 26, at the Houck & Gofus Funeral Home at 955 N. Charlotte St. in Pottstown. Friends will be received from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. and the service will be at 11:00, followed by interment at the Hessed Shel Emmet cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts in Carol’s name be made to the Relay for Life of Pottstown at: relayforlife.org/papottstown Online Condolences may be made to the family at www.houckgofusfuneralhome.com
WICKSTROM - Kenneth A. Wickstrom, 89, widower of Lillie (Sandlin) Wickstrom, died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Manatawny Manor. A memorial service will be held at 11A.M. on Friday, March 31, 2017 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 355 St Johns Circle, Phoenixville, with The Rev. Cynthia Krommes officiating. A gathering and light lunch will follow. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Ken’s memory to the Good Samaritan Shelter at www.goodsamshelter.org All arrangements are being handled by Shalkop, Grace & Strunk FH, 135 Bridge Street, Spring City, PA. Burial will be private. Online tributes can be made at www.sgsfuneralhome.com