\t\t\tGloria G. Kauffman \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Gloria G. Kauffman, 92, formerly of Tilden Twp., a resident at Phoebe Berks, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2025 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She was the wife of the late RIchard C. Michael, died October 24, 1981; and the late Kenneth W. Kauffman, died February 15, 2005.<\/p>\n
Born in Bernville, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Evelyn (Steinmetz) Groff. She graduated from Hamburg High School in 1951; and later from Schoemans Beauty School, Pottsville. Gloria owned and operated Gloria Michael\u2019s Beauty Shop, Tilden Twp., for 42 years before retiring. She was a member of Zion (Blue Mountain) United Church of Christ, Strausstown. She had been a previous member of Consistory at Frieden\u2019s Church, Shartlesville; and the Shoemakersville Fire Company. She enjoyed family time; especially at picnics, parties, and reunions. She enjoyed doing ceramics, and traveled to almost all 50 states and overseas. <\/p>\n
She is survived by two step-sons: Keith A. Kauffman, husband of Carol A., Ephrata, and Kevin M. Kauffman, husband of Karen R., Muhlenberg Twp.; a god-son: Herman A. Danenhower, husband of Christine L., Kutztown; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers: Ralph, Robert, and Carl Groff; and her sisters: Verna (Groff) Reimert, and Joyce (Groff) Peters. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. <\/p>\n
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 11:00 am from Leibensperger Funeral Homes, Inc., 65 S. 4th Street Hamburg (off street parking in rear). Burial will follow in Frieden\u2019s Cemetery, Shartlesville. Viewings will be held Wednesday, November 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the funeral home. For online condolences, please visit www.leibenspergerfuneralhomes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gloria G. Kauffman OBITUARY Gloria G. Kauffman, 92, formerly of Tilden Twp., a resident at Phoebe Berks, passed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-22349","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\/22349","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=22349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}