{"id":96077,"date":"2026-01-25T05:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96077\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T05:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:36:07","slug":"michael-moore-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96077\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Moore Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMichael H. Moore \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Michael Harvey Moore, 80, of Alsace Township, died January 20, 2026 at Tower Health \u2013 Reading Hospital, West Reading.<\/p>\n<p>He was the loving husband of Andrea J. (Wardenski) Moore, with whom he shared 46 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Born January 28, 1945, in Louisville, KY, he was a son of the late Harvey Robert and L.G. Cecilia (Drummond) Moore.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was the owner and operator of Shamrock Farms, Oley since 1976 and Shamrock Storage, Alsace Township since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>He was a member of the Alsace Township Planning Commission from 1996-2012, serving as its chairman from 2006-2012.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was past president of Eastern Pennsylvania Pork Producers, a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Brenden\u2019s Division, a member of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, vice-chairman of the Alsace Township Zoning Hearing Board, and a past member of the Chevy Club of Eastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his favorite pastimes were restoring old cars and racing cars, target shooting and reloading ammunition, and most of all, spending time with his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his two children: Kimberly Jo (Moore), wife of Walter W. \u201cWill\u201d Eck, III. of Atlanta, GA and Zachary M., husband of Lindsay (Cook) Moore of Alsace Township.<\/p>\n<p>Other survivors include his four grandchildren: Stacia Musser of Alsace Township; Beckham Moore of Alsace Township; Pierson Moore of Alsace Township; Josephine Eck of Atlanta, GA; and Maxwell Eck of Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n<p>He is also survived by four siblings: Mary Lesher; Catherine, wife of David Hoffmaster; John W. Moore, and Patricia, wife of Stephen Correll; and 11 nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was preceded in death by his brother, James E. Moore in 1977, Martin R. Moore in 2020, Jane Martin in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A Prayer Service will be held Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11 a.m. at Stitzel Family Funeral Homes &amp; Crematory, Inc., 423 Main Street, Oley.  A viewing will be held from 10-11 a.m.  Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, Muhlenberg Township.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: St. Catharine of Siena R.C. Church, 4975 Boyertown Pike, Reading, PA 19606.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael H. Moore OBITUARY Michael Harvey Moore, 80, of Alsace Township, died January 20, 2026 at Tower Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-96077","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\/96077","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=96077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}