For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at obituaries@readingeagle.com or fax at 610-371-5193.
Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to obituaries@readingeagle.com.
In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email. Please put the text of the obituary in a Word document, a Google document or in the body of the email. The Reading Eagle also requires a way to verify the death, so please include either the phone number of the funeral home or cremation service that is in charge of the deceased’s care or a photo of his/her death certificate. We also request that your full name, phone number and address are all included in this email.
All payments by families must be made with a credit card. We will send a proof of the completed obituary before we require payment. The obituary cannot run, however, until we receive payment in full.
Obituaries can be submitted for any future date, but they must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. the day prior to its running for it to be published.
Please call the obituary desk, at 610-371-5018, for information on pricing.
Christmas on the Farm features live music in the barnyard, traditional crafts, folklife demonstrations, hearth cooking, farm animals, children’s activities and regional folk culture at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center in Kutztown.
Held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the historic Sharadin Farmstead, 22 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, the event is free, fun, and educational for the whole family.
Enjoy some of the region’s finest traditional music in the schoolhouse, featuring local Berks County folk musicians: the Broken Spokes Trio, Mike and Linda Hertzog, and Dave Kline. The Belsnickel will pay visits to the schoolhouse at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., so be sure to be on your best behavior.
Traditional artisans from the Reading-Berks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen will share their expertise in fine crafts in the historic log cabins onsite, along with folklife demonstrators in woodworking, tin smithing, blacksmithing and more throughout the farm.
Grab lunch at the Kutztown Lions Club, where you can enjoy a burger or French fries. Visit the Sharadin Farmhouse, where Becky Manley will demonstrate open-hearth regional cookery in the kitchen, featuring traditional Pennsylvania Dutch food. Be sure to stop by the summer kitchen to taste Terry Berger’s ox tongue cookies, baked in a wood stove.
Children can explore Christmas craft activities, including creating penny ornaments or making quilled paper snowflakes. Puddin Heartland’s potbellied pigs will also delight visitors of all ages. Enjoy a hayride around the farm, starting behind the barn.
Don’t forget to visit the Heritage Center’s new headquarters at the DeLight E. Breidegam Building to explore the featured exhibition “Healing Herbs and Vibrant Roots: Transatlantic Botanical Traditions Among the Pennsylvania Dutch.”
Pick up a copy of the newest volume in the annual Heritage Center publication series, “Sauer’s Herbal Cures: America’s First Book of Botanical Healing,” by William Woys Weaver, available at the Heritage Center bookstand.
For more information, follow PGCHC on Facebook and Instagram, visit https://www.pagerman.org/, or call 610-683-1589.
