Published July 16. 2014 12:00AM
Audrey May Ebersole, 73, died July 12, 2014, in Emmaus Village. She was the wife of the late John Raymond Ebersole and was the companion of Lawrence Foley, of Emmaus. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Eva Pauline (Strohl) Ernst.
She was a clean room technician for Lucent Technologies for over 30 years.
She enjoyed beach vacations in Rehoboth, swimming, boating and skiing. In her younger years she also rode horses. She was an avid bingo player and liked bowling and playing cards.
She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Muhlenberg Township.
She is survived by her companion; children, John E. and his wife Joni, of Quakertown, Barbara A. and her husband Kevin A'Hearn, of Moore Township, and Sherry M. and her husband Terry Becker, of New Ringgold; siblings, Melody Rapp, of Shoemakersville, George Ernst, of Reading, Ronald Ernst, of Laureldale, and Eric Ernst, of Shoemakersville; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Daniel L. and siblings, Robert, Phillip, Gary and Laverne.
Contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association, 906 Penn Ave., Wyomissing, 19610 or the Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., Suite 1100, New York, N.Y., 10016.
Services will be held 11 a.m. July 18 in Kuhn-Stitzel Funeral Homes and Crematory, Inc., 3300 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. A viewing will be held 10 to 11 a.m. in the funeral home.