{"id":169383,"date":"2026-04-18T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169383\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:47:13","slug":"walter-greth-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169383\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Greth Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tWalter A. Greth, Jr. \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Walter A. Greth, Jr., 86, of Sinking Spring, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at home. He<\/p>\n<p>was the husband of Ruthann (Goshert) Greth, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage before<\/p>\n<p>her passing in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Walter, a son of the late Walter A. and Ruth E. (Schell) Greth, Sr., was born in Reading. He is<\/p>\n<p>survived by his children, William W. Greth, husband of Shannon, Cathy L., wife of Barry Rittle,<\/p>\n<p>Connie L., wife of Joe Guidara III, and Christine L., wife of Paul L. Darrah, III; nine<\/p>\n<p>grandchildren, Bradley, Corbin, Joseph, Olivia, Justin, Zach, Emily, Hunter, and Daniel; two<\/p>\n<p>great grandchildren, Jack, and Elle; a brother, Michael Greth, husband of Catherine; and his<\/p>\n<p>fianc\u00e9, Jeanette Minnich.<\/p>\n<p>He was a 1957 graduate of Conrad Weiser High School and retired from Berk-Tek, having<\/p>\n<p>previously worked for Firestone for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was a US Navy Veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Walter loved his family, his dogs, his trips to the casino, antiquing, and going to the flea markets.<\/p>\n<p>He also enjoyed tinkering with motors and even built a dune buggy the family enjoyed. He was<\/p>\n<p>a life member of the Robesonia Fire Company.<\/p>\n<p>Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, Apr. 8th, at Lamm &amp; Witman Funeral Home, 243<\/p>\n<p>W. Penn Ave., Wernersville. A viewing will be held from 10-11:00 AM, Wednesday, at the<\/p>\n<p>funeral home. Burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens. Online condolences may be<\/p>\n<p>made at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lammandwitman.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.lammandwitman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Berks<\/p>\n<p>County or to the Humane Society.<\/p>\n<p>The family wishes to recognize the compassionate care they received from Tower Health<\/p>\n<p>Hospice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter A. Greth, Jr. OBITUARY Walter A. Greth, Jr., 86, of Sinking Spring, passed away Wednesday, April 1,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-169383","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\/169383","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=169383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}