March 12, 2014

Patricia Ann "Patsy" Newton, 77, passed away Wednesday at ManorCare Health Services-West Reading.

Patricia was a daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes M. Linder Lazurick and stepdaughter of the late James R. Guers, Tamaqua.

She was a 1954 graduate of Pottsville High School and Linder Hall Junior College, Lititz.

She was employed by Mirawal Co., a division of Birdsboro Corp., for a number of years as a secretary.

Surviving are her loving and devoted husband of 45 years, Howard G. Newton Jr., Reading; two daughters, Pamela S. Nosti, wife of Joseph, Womelsdorf, and Melissa J. Flammer, wife of Roy, Hamburg; and two handsome grandsons, Hunter J. Firing and Connor Flammer.

Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hamilton Funeral Home Inc., Orwigsburg. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 1 p.m. until the time of services at the funeral home. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family.