{"id":237348,"date":"2026-07-07T09:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237348\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:12:07","slug":"shirley-kercher-obituary-kutztown-pennsylvania-1931-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237348\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Kercher Obituary &#8211; Kutztown, PENNSYLVANIA (1931-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tShirley L. Kercher \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Shirley L. Kercher, 94, of Kutztown, PA, passed away on July 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\n Born on August 18, 1931, in Kutztown, Berks County, PA, Shirley was the daughter of the late Raymond Kercher and Marguerite (Glasser) Kercher.<\/p>\n<p>\n Shirley graduated from Kutztown State Teachers College in 1953. She went on to work for the Lower Merion School District for 35 years, retiring in 1988. She was a devoted member of Kutztown Bethel Church of the Nazarene.<\/p>\n<p>\n Shirley enjoyed gardening, bird watching, and traveling, and cherished time spent with friends and family. She had a special love for animals of all kinds, especially her beloved pets.<\/p>\n<p>\n Shirley is survived by her cousins, Chad Quinton and Tyler Quinton.<\/p>\n<p>\n Burial will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday July 8, at Hope Cemetery, 225 Church Ln, Kutztown, PA 19530. A Memorial Service will be held at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Kutztown Bethel Church of the Nazarene, 125 Koffee Ln, Kutztown, PA 19530.<\/p>\n<p>\n In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Kutztown Bethel Church of the Nazarene, 125 Koffee Ln, Kutztown, PA 19530.<\/p>\n<p>\n Online condolences may be shared at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HildenbrandFuneralHome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.HildenbrandFuneralHome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shirley L. Kercher OBITUARY Shirley L. Kercher, 94, of Kutztown, PA, passed away on July 2, 2026. Born&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-237348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237348","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=237348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}