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.
State authorities have accused a Birdsboro man with fraudulently receiving about $1,200 in government food benefits by failing to report income from his employer.
Justin T. Reitnauer, 36, was free on recognizance bail following arraignment Sept. 16 before District Judge Priscilla Campos in Reading Central Court.
The Pennsylvania Office of State Inspector charged him with food stamp fraud.
According to the probable cause affidavit:
Investigators received an overpayment referral in June from the Department of Human Services’ Berks County assistance office in Reading. Officials discovered, through a cross-referencing computer database system, that Reitnauer failed to report wages at a truck repair business on his application for benefits.
Reitnauer was approved for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps) benefits in July 2024 based on his online application and follow-up phone interview.
During the interview with the caseworker, he confirmed that he had no source of income. He said he was recently hired as a non-CDL driver for a truck repair and service center in Conshohocken, Montgomery County, but had no start date as of that time.
During the interview, he was directed to submit his first few paystubs he received, along with any changes in income and employment.
Employment records obtained from his employer showed his employment began two weeks before that interview and continued through that summer and fall.
Officials determined Reitnauer received SNAP payments of $1,220 from July 23, 2024, through Nov. 30, 2024, that he would have been ineligible for had he included the income from his job.
