{"id":88104,"date":"2026-01-16T02:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:25:16","slug":"linda-rathman-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88104\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Rathman Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tLinda Lee Rathman \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Linda Lee Rathman, 74, of Mohnton, passed away peacefully in her sleep<\/p>\n<p>on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at Mifflin Center, Shillington, where she had<\/p>\n<p>been a longtime resident. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late<\/p>\n<p>Donald and Catherine (Boyer) Rathman.<\/p>\n<p>Linda is survived by her son, Phillip Rathman, and her grandson, Dillon<\/p>\n<p>Rathman, both of Sinking Spring; her brother, Michael Rathman, of Annville; and<\/p>\n<p>her sisters, Donna Rissinger, of Utah, Lorry Manderbach, of York, and Darlene<\/p>\n<p>Suloman, of Tamaqua. She is also survived by seven nieces and two nephews. In<\/p>\n<p>addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two brothers-in-law, Robert<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob\u201d Rissinger and Harry Manderbach.<\/p>\n<p>A 1969 graduate of Reading High School, Linda began her working life with<\/p>\n<p>Bell Telephone in the now extinct position of telephone operator. Throughout the<\/p>\n<p>years, she took great pride in every job she held, including positions with MetEd,<\/p>\n<p>NGK Metals, Ehrlich\u2019s, and Boscov\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges of a tumultuous childhood and life, Linda maintained<\/p>\n<p>a warm sense of humor and a joyful spirit. She loved spending time with friends<\/p>\n<p>and will be deeply missed\u2014especially by her beloved \u201cGal Pals\u201d: MaryAnn,<\/p>\n<p>Debbie, Jackie, Chrissy, and the \u201cother\u201d Jackie.<\/p>\n<p>Linda was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day<\/p>\n<p>Saints, Reading Ward. She also had a passion for movies and delighted in reciting<\/p>\n<p>lines\u2014particularly from her favorite film, Love Actually.<\/p>\n<p>A Celebration of Life for Linda will be held Monday, December 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p>beginning at 11:00AM in Klee Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 1 East<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster Avenue, Shillington.<\/p>\n<p>Linda\u2019s family extends their heartfelt gratitude to their cousin, Christine<\/p>\n<p>Lattanzio, of Blandon, for her unwavering love, support, and dedicated care<\/p>\n<p>throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>Klee Funeral Home &amp; Cremation Services, Inc., is honored to be assisting<\/p>\n<p>the Rathman family. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleefuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.kleefuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linda Lee Rathman OBITUARY Linda Lee Rathman, 74, of Mohnton, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-88104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88104","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=88104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}