\t\t\tChristopher L. Bower \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Christopher L. Bower, 58, of Bern Twp., passed away Sunday, October 19, 2025 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Holly A. (Wartluft) Bower. They were married May 10, 1986 and celebrated 39 years of marriage.<\/p>\n
Born in Reading, he was the son of Kathleen J. (Troutman) Bower, Wyomissing, and the late Leon C. Bower, Jr. He graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School in 1984. Christopher served in the United States Marine Corps. He worked as a sprinkler fitter from 1988 to 2022. <\/p>\n
Surviving in addition to his mother and wife are two daughters: Samantha L. Bower, Hamburg; and Nicole C. Bower, fiance of Deanna K. Bruce, Mt. Joy. He is also survived by two sisters: Melissa L. Bower, Austin, TX, and Dina J. (Bower), wife of Guy Tomme, Morgantown; and 2 nieces and 1 nephew. <\/p>\n
Memorial Services will be held Monday, October 27, 2025 at 11:00 am from Leibensperger Funeral Homes, Inc., 223 Peach Street Leesport, PA 19533. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Park. A visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11:00 am in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to: Veterans Coalition of Pennsylvania, 186 Taft Avenue, Reading, PA 19606. For online condolences, please visit www.leibenspergerfuneralhomes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christopher L. Bower OBITUARY Christopher L. Bower, 58, of Bern Twp., passed away Sunday, October 19, 2025 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-15285","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\/15285","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=15285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}