Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gromis, Mary Matilda (Shomper) March 16, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller SHABODEHO@aol.com April 24, 2008, 10:25 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 3/18/2008 - 3/19/2008. Gromis, Mary Matilda (Shomper) Mary Matilda Shomper Gromis Mary Matilda (Shomper) Gromis, 84 of Reading died on March 16, 2008, at 5:36 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient for two days. She had previously been a resident at ManorCare Health Services, West Reading. Prior to that she resided at Stabon Manor for many years. She was the widow of Walter J. Gromis, who died in January 1988. Born on July 5, 1923, in Tower City, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of the late William C. and Mary S. (Zerbe) Shomper. Mary was a member of Alsace Lutheran Church, Muhlenberg Township. She devoted her life to caring for her son. Surviving are two children, Gail R. (Gromis), wife of P. David Weyandt Jr. of Laureldale, and Joseph W. Gromis of Reading. In addition there are two grandchildren, Bradley D. Weyandt of Temple and Jennifer D. (Weyandt), wife of Robert O'Keefe of Muhlenberg Township. There are also four greatgrandchildren, Abigail, Nolan and Megan O'Keefe and Ariana Weyandt. Mary was predeceased by two brothers, William H. Shomper and Joseph R. Shomer; and two sisters, Phyllis A. (Shomper) Schwalm and Grace T. (Shomper) Shrompe. A memorial service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Walter R. Christ Funeral Home Inc., 3300 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. Inurnment will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Maidencreek Township. Contributions may be made to Threshold Scholarship Fund, In Memory of Mary Gromis, 1000 Lancaster Ave., Reading, PA 19607. Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 3/18/2008 - 3/19/2008. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb