\t\t\tMargaret Mary Christ (n\u00e9e Stengel) \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Margaret Mary Christ (n\u00e9e Stengel), 98, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2026, at Berks Heim. Born October 6, 1927, in Philadelphia, she was a graduate of Reading High School, Class of 1946.<\/p>\n
Margaret worked for many years at the Reading Eagle in the Classified Ad Department before retiring. She enjoyed traveling the world with her husband and identical twin sister, Dolores.<\/p>\n
She was a longtime Campfire Girl Leader and a member of St. Catherine\u2019s 50+ Club.<\/p>\n
Margaret is survived by her daughters, Barbara Sarangoulis, wife of Terry, and Robin Sarver, wife of Michael; grandchildren, Amy Caltagirone, wife of John, and Terry Sarangoulis, Jr.; her twin sister, Dolores Hildebrand; sister-in-law, Joan Christ; four great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
She was predeceased by her husband, Gerald E. Christ, Jr.; sons, David E. Christ and Mark E. Christ; and mother, Edna B. Stengel.<\/p>\n
For a detailed obituary, please visit the funeral home website.<\/p>\n
A viewing will be held Thursday, August 27, 2026, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at Milkins Trymbiski Funeral Home, 4914 Kutztown Road, Temple, PA 19560. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Resurrection at Gethsemane Cemetery, followed by a graveside service at Gethsemane Cemetery, 3139 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19605.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Margaret\u2019s name may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org\/donate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Margaret Mary Christ (n\u00e9e Stengel) OBITUARY Margaret Mary Christ (n\u00e9e Stengel), 98, passed away peacefully on August 23,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-272363","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\/272363","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=272363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}