Published in The Patriot Ledger on 6/3/2009
Informaiton from Barbara Schwartz
Naomi Schleicher Padell May 23, 2009: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Pottsville Republican, The & Evening Herald (PA) - June 14, 2009
Deceased Name: Naomi Schleicher Padell May 23, 2009
Naomi Schleicher Padell, 81, formerly of Tamaqua, Westwood, Mass., and Tampa,
Fla., died unexpectedly May 23.
She was a daughter of Clayton Peters Schleicher and Estella Wehr Schleicher, who
had a general store in Clamtown in the 1930s.
Naomi was a 1946 graduate of Tamaqua High School.
She was a graduate of Abington Memorial Hospital Nursing School, Abington, in
1948. She was a member of the last class of World War II Cadet Nurses. She was
employed at Cushing VA Hospital and then went on to Hartford Hospital, where she
was a head nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery under Dr. William Scoville,
prior to leaving nursing to raise her four children. The nursing school
friendships she made stayed strong and lasted through her years.
Naomi was active in her church and was a member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
She helped her husband, Leon, run several businesses. In 1990, they retired to
Tampa, where she, Leon and a son, Andrew, owned and operated Filterfresh Coffee
Service of Tampa Bay.
In 2007, she suffered a traumatic brain injury and returned to Massachusetts to
rehabilitate.
She was the beloved wife of the late Leon M. Padell, and the loving mother of
Jeffrey Padell and
his wife, Susan, East Walpole, Mass., Thomas Padell and his wife, Nancy,
Braintree, Mass., Susan Padell Labonte and her husband, Robert, Shrewsbury,
Mass., and Andrew Padell, Tampa, Fla. She is also survived by eight
grandchildren, Joe, Eli, Dan, Sean, Lindsay, Robby, Rachel and Renee; a brother,
Ernest Schleicher, Reading.
Naomi is remembered fondly by countless friends and people she touched.
Interment will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Spaulding Rehab. Hospital, c/o
Development Office, 125 Nashua St., Boston, MA 02114, with "Naomi Padell" in the
Memo field. Donations will be directed to the Brain Injury program in her
memory. To see more about Naomi and the Schleicher and Wehr families, to go
www.padell.org/naomi.html and sign her guest book at www.padell.org/naomipadellobit.html.
Sign the guest book at
republicanherald.com
Copyright (c) 2009, The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PA.
All Rights Reserved
Published in The Patriot Ledger on 6/3/2009
Informaiton from Barbara Schwartz
Naomi Schleicher Padell May 23, 2009: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Pottsville Republican, The & Evening Herald (PA) - June 14, 2009
Deceased Name: Naomi Schleicher Padell May 23, 2009
Naomi Schleicher Padell, 81, formerly of Tamaqua, Westwood, Mass., and Tampa,
Fla., died unexpectedly May 23.
She was a daughter of Clayton Peters Schleicher and Estella Wehr Schleicher, who
had a general store in Clamtown in the 1930s.
Naomi was a 1946 graduate of Tamaqua High School.
She was a graduate of Abington Memorial Hospital Nursing School, Abington, in
1948. She was a member of the last class of World War II Cadet Nurses. She was
employed at Cushing VA Hospital and then went on to Hartford Hospital, where she
was a head nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery under Dr. William Scoville,
prior to leaving nursing to raise her four children. The nursing school
friendships she made stayed strong and lasted through her years.
Naomi was active in her church and was a member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
She helped her husband, Leon, run several businesses. In 1990, they retired to
Tampa, where she, Leon and a son, Andrew, owned and operated Filterfresh Coffee
Service of Tampa Bay.
In 2007, she suffered a traumatic brain injury and returned to Massachusetts to
rehabilitate.
She was the beloved wife of the late Leon M. Padell, and the loving mother of
Jeffrey Padell and
his wife, Susan, East Walpole, Mass., Thomas Padell and his wife, Nancy,
Braintree, Mass., Susan Padell Labonte and her husband, Robert, Shrewsbury,
Mass., and Andrew Padell, Tampa, Fla. She is also survived by eight
grandchildren, Joe, Eli, Dan, Sean, Lindsay, Robby, Rachel and Renee; a brother,
Ernest Schleicher, Reading.
Naomi is remembered fondly by countless friends and people she touched.
Interment will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Spaulding Rehab. Hospital, c/o
Development Office, 125 Nashua St., Boston, MA 02114, with "Naomi Padell" in the
Memo field. Donations will be directed to the Brain Injury program in her
memory. To see more about Naomi and the Schleicher and Wehr families, to go
www.padell.org/naomi.html and sign her guest book at www.padell.org/naomipadellobit.html.
Sign the guest book at
republicanherald.com
Copyright (c) 2009, The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PA.
All Rights Reserved
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