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.
Members of the Kutztown Rotary Club honored Joslyn Diffenbaugh and Kamryn Henry as October Students of the Month during an Oct. 1 ceremony.
Each month throughout the school year, Kutztown Area High School and Brandywine Heights Area High School administrators each select students for this award based collectively on academic achievement, school participation, and community contributions.
The students addressed the club members at the Student of the Month Ceremony where they demonstrated qualities of exemplary students. The ceremony occurs during the Kutztown Rotary meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at the Kutztown Tavern, where the weekly meetings for the club generally take place.
Joslyn Diffenbaugh
The daughter Lisa and Nathan Diffenbaugh of Kutztown, she is a student at the Kutztown Area High School. Her school activities include Odyssey of the Mind, Debate Club, concert and marching band, field hockey, librarian intern, and school board junior student representative. She is a member of the National Art Honor Society and National Honor Society.
Her community involvement includes Kutztown Teen Banned Book Club, ballet and tap dance, and volunteering at Circle of Seasons and KASMA. Special interests include First Amendment rights activism.
After graduation, Diffenbaugh plans to attend a four-year university, majoring in political science and film studies.
Kamryn Henry
The daughter of Kimberly and Jason Henry of Mertztown, she is a student at Brandywine Heights Area High School. Her school activities include field hockey, softball, basketball, FBLA, and SADD. She is a member of the National Honor Society and serves as captain of the field hockey team, as well as All-Division Field Hockey 2022 to 2024 and All-Division Softball in 2025.
Henry volunteers at youth field hockey and youth softball clinics.
After graduation, Henry plans to attend Mansfield University to play field hockey and earn a degree in early childhood education.