Pagoda Skyline Inc. honors daughter of fire tower builder

Pagoda Skyline Inc. honors daughter of fire tower builder

When contractor Harry E. Potteiger built the William Penn Memorial Tower atop Mount Penn in 1939, his younger daughter was not yet a twinkle in his eye. “I came along four years later,” Kay E. Potteiger said. Potteiger, 83, of West Reading, grew up knowing her father was responsible for the tower that overlooks the city from the mountain’s highest point. But it was years later when she learned the landmark was the first major project of his care…