Gloria E. Kissinger

Gloria E. (Cramp) Kissinger, 81, of Reading, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Reading Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Harry Kissinger, who passed away in December 2005.

Born in Reading on April 22, 1932, she was a daughter of the late George L. Cramp and Ruth M. (Angstaudt) Cramp Downing La Fleur. Gloria enjoyed cooking and raising her family. She was employed with the former Lincoln Restaurant, and the former Purling Mills, which became the Helmur Knitting Mills from 1966 to 1980. Lastly, she was employed with the Reading Hospital in the laundry department from 1982 until she retired in 1994.

Surviving are two children: Bonnie A. (Kissinger) Robinson of Shillington and Michael H. Sr. and his wife, Karen L. (Fake) Kissinger, of Mohnton; four grandchildren and nine great-grand-children.

In addition to her husband, Harry, Gloria was predeceased by a son, Harry G. Kissinger in 2002, and a son-in-law, Richard Robinson in 1993.

A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2013 in Auman's Inc. Funeral Home, 390 W. Neversink Rd., Reading, PA 19606. Family and friends will be received in the funeral home on Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reading. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Berks County, 1801 N. 11th St., Reading, PA 19604. www.aumansinc.com.