{"id":139011,"date":"2026-03-15T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139011\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:05:21","slug":"walter-weidman-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139011\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Weidman Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tWalter H. Weidman, Jr. \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Walter H. Weidman, Jr. 65, of Cresco, Northampton Co., passed away on Friday, March 6, 2026 in St. Luke\u2019s Hospital, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>     Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Walter H., Sr. and Virginia M. (James) Weidman.  Walt was a 1978 graduate of Hamburg<\/p>\n<p>Area High School.  He worked at Fine Wine &amp; Good Spirits, Cresco, retiring on August 15, 2025.  <\/p>\n<p>     Walt is survived by his sons: Jeffrey M. Weidman and his life partner Kyra Sidwell, Pottstown; and Joseph J. Weidman and his wife Bethany Weidman,<\/p>\n<p>Pottstown; two grandchildren: Malia J. Weidman and Everett J. Weidman; and two sisters: Audrey K. Hess, Hamburg; and Sheryl L. Yoder,<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>     A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 am at St. John\u2019s (Gernant\u2019s) Cemetery, Gernant\u2019s Church Road, Leesport.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptapet.com\/shelter\/86604-boomers-angels-animal-rescue-care-east-stroudsburg-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.adoptapet.com\/shelter\/86604-boomers-angels-animal-rescue-care-east-stroudsburg-pennsylvania<\/a> or<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/givekidneyfund.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/givekidneyfund.org<\/a>.  Leibensperger Funeral Homes, Inc., Hamburg is in charge of arrangements.  For online condolences, please visit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leibenspergerfuneralhomes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.leibenspergerfuneralhomes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter H. Weidman, Jr. OBITUARY Walter H. Weidman, Jr. 65, of Cresco, Northampton Co., passed away on Friday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-139011","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\/139011","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=139011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}