{"id":181354,"date":"2026-05-01T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/181354\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:29:09","slug":"benjamin-p-herman-obituary-april-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/181354\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin P. Herman Obituary April 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin P. Herman, 92, of Allentown and formerly of Kutztown, PA, passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Lehigh Valley Hospital &#8211; Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA. He was the loving husband of Mildred E. (Reimert) Herman, also a resident of DevonHouse Senior Living, Allentown, whom he married on December 18, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Reading, PA, Benjamin was the son and only child of the late Banjamin A. and Ruth E. (Pott) Herman. He was a graduate of Kutztown Area High School and Gettysburg College. Ben was employed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Trexlertown, for nearly 50 years until his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>He was an avid golfer, loved to care for his lawn, which always had to be pristine, and had a love for his cars, always making sure that they were in showroom condition.<\/p>\n<p>Along with his wife Mildred, Benjamin is survived by his two children, Jill (Herman) Klinger and Tod Herman; three step-children, Darlene (Miller) Tompkins, Theresa (Miller) Corrado and Duren Devin; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and one great-great grandson.<\/p>\n<p>Services for Ben will be held privately by his family with burial in Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville.<\/p>\n<p>Ludwick Funeral Homes and Cremation Care, Inc., Kutztown, PA is in charge of arrangements. Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting Ben&#8217;s obituary tribute page at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwickfh.com\">www.ludwickfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin P. Herman, 92, of Allentown and formerly of Kutztown, PA, passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 30,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-181354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181354","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=181354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}