Charles A.“Charlie” Leid

OBITUARY

Charles A. “Charlie” Leid, 87, formerly of Denver, passed away on Saturday, January 17th, 2026, at Ephrata Manor. Born November 17, 1938, in Denver, he was the son of the late Alfred H. & Helen E. (Hoshauer) Leid.

Charles was a proud graduate of Governor Mifflin High School as the valedictorian of the 1956 graduating class. After high school, Charles began working at American Casualty Co., Reading, in the Accounts Receivable department. Charlie began taking classes provided by IBM to learn computer programming for the new computer and was able to write the first Account Checking computer program for the company. From 1976 until retirement, he continued in Data Processing as the Computer Programmer and Systems Analyst in Information Management Systems at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Beyond his career, Charlie was very passionate about his faith, being a lifetime member of Muddy Creek Lutheran Church. Charlie’s love of music spanned his entire life, having studied piano and saxophone during school years, and being a member of the chorus, band, and orchestra during high school. He served the church in the church choir for more than 60 years. As he developed an interest in the organ, he taught himself to play, which led to being recruited to serve as organist and choir director by several churches, substituting for church organists when needed, and played the organ for many weddings and funerals. He became a regular attendee at organ concerts in Delaware, held annual tickets for the Fulton Theater, and regularly attended the American Music Theater to fuel his love of music and the arts. As a young boy, Charlie always made time to stand with his parents at their farmers’ market stand in Reading for many years. Charlie’s talents and love of the community and family will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Charles is survived by many cousins and friends.

A celebration of life service will take place on Saturday, January 24th at 2:00 p.m. at Muddy Creek Lutheran Church; 11 S Muddy Creek Rd, Denver, PA 17517. Charles’ final resting place will be at Muddy Creek Church Cemetery in Denver.

In lieu of flowers, contributions are appreciated to Muddy Creek Lutheran Church; 11 S Muddy Creek Rd, Denver, PA 17517.