Charles A. Brophy
OBITUARY
Charles Albert Brophy, son of the late Charles William and Irene Mae (Kramer) Brophy, was born in Allentown, PA on August 10, 1948, and entered into eternal life on Thursday, May 14 2026. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hanover Avenue, Allentown. He attended Ritter Elementary, Harrison Morton Junior High and graduated from Louis E. Dieruff High School in 1966. He graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA in 1970 with a BA degree in Religion. He then graduated from Gettysburg Seminary in 1977 with a M.Div.
From 1977-2013 Charles served Lutheran churches in Port Trevorton, Richfield, Kratzerville, Middleburg, McClure, Beaver Springs, and Carlisle, PA. He also served as a delegate to the LCA Conventions in Louisville in 1982 and Toronto in 1984, the transition team to establish the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA, and was a member of the Gettysburg Seminary Alumni Council. A significant part of his ministry was also ecumenical affairs. He was a member of the Upper Susquehanna Synod’s Bishop’s Task Force for Ecumenical Relations and on the ecumenical affairs committees of the Lutheran, Anglican and Roman Catholic (LARC) covenant churches of the Harrisburg area.
He is survived by his daughter, Christine Ream, her husband, Jeffrey, and granddaughter Sadie. He is also survived by his sister, Louise Arnold, his niece, Susan Yoder, her husband, Jonas, and their son, Benjamin, and his nephew, Daniel Arnold.
Services: Holy Eucharist for the Burial of the Dead, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2026, at St John’s Episcopal Church, 1A N. Hanover St., Carlisle, PA 17013. There will be no visitation. Arrangements by Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus.