Bucks County Herald
February 27, 2003
MYRTLE W. REICHENBACH BERGEY
MYRTLE W. REICHENBACH BERGEY,
formerly of Bedminster Township, died February 17 in
Genesis Eldercare, Quakertown Center, Quakertown. She
was 88.
She was the wife of WILLIAM P.
BERGEY, who died in 1999 and HOWARD I. REICHENBACH, who
died in 1976.
Born in Haycock Township, she was
the daughter of the late IRVIN H. and ALICE WOLFINGER
BLEAM.
She had been employed as a
seamstress for the former Fretz's Pants Factory,
Doylestown for 14 years, until retiring in 1964.
She and her first husband owned
and operated a lawn mower shop in Bedminster from 1964
to 1976.
She was a member of St. Matthew's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kellers Church where she
served on the church council from 1977 to 1980. She
also was a member of the church WELCA group.
Mrs. Bergey was a former Freedom
Valley Girl Scout leader for five years during the
early 1960s.
Her funeral service was February
22 in St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3668
Ridge Road, Perkasie (Kellers Church). Interment will
be in Keller's Church Cemetery, Kellers Church.
Arrangements are by Bernard Suess Funeral Home,
Perkasie.
Memorial contributions may be made
to St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3668
Ridge Road, Perkasie, 18944.