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Stratton Marmarou<\/p>\nFormer Reading City Councilman Stratton Marmarou has died.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe city of Reading mourns the passing of former District 4 Councilman Stratton \u2018Strat\u2019 Marmarou, who died this morning at the age of 92,\u201d the city said in a release Thursday. \u201cA lifelong public servant, Marmarou dedicated decades to the safety, civic life and well-being of Reading\u2019s residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stratton Marmarou<\/p>\n
Marmarou was a city policeman for 23 years \u2013 18 as a detective \u2013\u00a0and followed that with 22 years as security director at Albright College.<\/p>\n
He was elected to City Council in 2006 and served until 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe passing of Councilman Emeritus Strat Marmarou marks the end of an era,\u201d said Council President Donna Reed, who served with Marmarou. \u201cHe will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a councilman for nearly two decades, he was directly engaged with his constituents, paying attention and following through on their concerns, she said.<\/p>\n
Reed said Marmarou\u2019s accomplishments as a councilman included voting to preserve the Antietam Lake watershed and working collaboratively to help the city exit Act 47 state oversight.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncilors past and present respected him for his direct approach to issues and his personal thoughtfulness to his colleagues and the council staff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Marmarou was still actively serving in office and in several professional, civic and religious entities well into his 90s, Reed said, and was a link from Reading of the 1930s to the early 21st century.<\/p>\n
Mayor Eddie Moran said Marmarou brought a love of civic engagement, dedication and heart to public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m saddened to hear of the passing of a dear friend, Strat Marmarou,\u201d Moran said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Although as mayor and councilman they worked closely together, Moran said they became friends when his son began playing with the Reading American Little League.<\/p>\n
Marmarou was a dedicated supporter of youth baseball in the city and helped found the league in 1978.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat started as time spent at the ballfields quickly turned into a friendship I will always be grateful for,\u201d Moran said. \u201cStrat was someone who truly cared about his community and the people in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reed and Moran noted Marmarou was a tireless advocate for the Ninth and Marion Fire Station, fighting for years to ensure a new state-of-the-art facility was built and service to the north Reading neighborhood would continue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad he got to see his vision come to life,\u201d Moran said. \u201cOur community has lost a true public servant and a good man. His love and commitment to Reading never wavered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marmarou was an active member of the Berks County Democratic Committee and deeply involved with his church, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, the mayor said, noting he also cared deeply about his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were his pride and joy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Moran and Reed offered their condolences to Marmarou\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrat was one of a kind,\u201d Reed said. \u201cOur condolences go out to his family and friends. May Strat Marmarou be long remembered in this city he loved, and may his memory be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Reading City Councilman Stratton Marmarou has died. \u201cThe city of Reading mourns the passing of former District…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,857,182,139,28,736,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-119003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-essential-reading","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119003","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=119003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}