{"id":188626,"date":"2026-05-10T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:36:08","slug":"jeffrey-slostad-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188626\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Slostad Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tJeffrey S. Slostad \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Shawn Slostad, age 52, of Hamburg, PA, entered eternal rest, on May 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff was the beloved son of Dennis L. and Frances A. (Thomas) Slostad, of Newtown<\/p>\n<p>Square, PA, loving brother of Andrew D. Slostad, King of Prussia, and devoted and<\/p>\n<p>loving father of the light of his life, Wyatt J. Slostad, Kutztown. He is also survived by<\/p>\n<p>many wonderful, loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he was the owner, and skilled roaster of fine coffees from around the world, at his<\/p>\n<p>Global Libations Coffee Shop and Roasterie in Kutztown PA.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff was a graduate of Springfield (Del. Co) High School, Class of 1992, where he was a proud member<\/p>\n<p>of the PA State Champion football and lacrosse teams. He attended Kutztown University, where he<\/p>\n<p>was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff was a voracious reader, and had extensive knowledge of science and the arts. He loved nature<\/p>\n<p>and animals of all kinds, and enjoyed tending his flower and vegetable gardens. May his wandering,<\/p>\n<p>kind, gentle, and curious spirit continue the journey into eternal peace.<\/p>\n<p>A Celebration of Jeff\u2019s life will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026, 11:00 a.m., at Ludwick Funeral<\/p>\n<p>Homes and Cremation Care, Inc., 333 Greenwich Street, Kutztown, PA 19530. Relatives and friends<\/p>\n<p>are invited to a visitation from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Inurnment will be private at<\/p>\n<p>the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Jeff\u2019s name may be made<\/p>\n<p>to Friend, Inc., Community Services \u2013 Food Distribution Center, 658D Noble Street, Kutztown, PA<\/p>\n<p>19530, or online at www.friendinc.org\/donate<\/p>\n<p>Ludwick Funeral Homes and Cremation Care, Inc., Kutztown, is in charge of arrangements. Memories<\/p>\n<p>and condolences may be shared by visiting Jeff\u2019s obituary tribute page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwickfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.ludwickfh.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeffrey S. Slostad OBITUARY Jeffrey Shawn Slostad, age 52, of Hamburg, PA, entered eternal rest, on May 1,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-188626","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\/188626","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=188626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}