{"id":108509,"date":"2026-02-08T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/108509\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:05:08","slug":"bernard-didden-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/108509\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Didden Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tBernard G. Didden \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Bernard G. Didden, 89, of Myerstown, PA, passed away on February 3,<\/p>\n<p>2026 in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in<\/p>\n<p>Pottstown, PA, he was the son of the late Rev. Clarence H. and the late Emma G.<\/p>\n<p>(Light) Didden. He was the loving husband of Patricia A. (Kitchen) Didden.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard spent a lifetime as a Pastor to Exeter Bible Church and New Hope Bible<\/p>\n<p>Fellowship in Lebanon, PA. He taught at the Reading Bible Institute and was a<\/p>\n<p>member of the IFCA- Eastern Division. Bernard loved sports, especially the<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Eagles, going on vacations to Florida and scenic drives across<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania. He was a member of Open Door Baptist Church in Myerstown.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving Bernard, in addition to his wife, Patricia, are his son: Jonathan D.<\/p>\n<p>Didden, husband of Sue; 2 daughters: Lorraine Yatron, wife of William and<\/p>\n<p>Gwendolyn Becker, wife of Brian; brother: Theodore Didden; 2 sisters: Constance<\/p>\n<p>Brownback and Sylvia Smith; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>He was predeceased by his sister: Patricia Ann Didden.<\/p>\n<p>A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 10:30am at the<\/p>\n<p>Dengler-Sowers Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, LLC. 144 N. Spruce St. Birdsboro,<\/p>\n<p>PA 19508. A viewing will be from 9:30am-10:30am at the funeral home prior to<\/p>\n<p>the service. Burial will be in Limerick Garden of Memories.<\/p>\n<p>Dengler-Sowers Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, LLC., Birdsboro, PA is in charge of<\/p>\n<p>arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bernard G. Didden OBITUARY Rev. Bernard G. Didden, 89, of Myerstown, PA, passed away on February 3, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-108509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}