Biography

02/28/1885 - 02/20/1957

POSEY, Ernest Bechtel, a Representative from Berks County; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., February 28, 1885; attended, Stoner’s Business College; cashier, Bell Telephone Company (4 years); timekeeper, contracting firm (2 years); proprietor, street cleaning company, Reading ; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1921, 1923, and 1925 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1927 term; elected, commissioner, Berks County (1931-1936); executive director, Reading Housing Authority; died, February 20, 1957 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.