Jean Reinhold OBITUARY
Jean Lucille (Briner) Steiger Reinhold, 92, formerly of West Reading, died Monday, November 4, 2024, at Berks Heim, where she was a resident since 2020. She was the wife of Jerome K. Reinhold Jr., who died on January 22, 2006.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Dorothy M. (Fisher) Briner. She was a 1950 graduate of Reading High School. She especially treasured her time spent at Northeast Junior High School, where she was a cheerleader and proud member of the Scotch Highland Lassie Marching Unit. She was a legal secretary since graduating high school, last working for Roland & Schlegel, Reading, before retiring in 1997. She was a lifetime member of the former St. John's German
Lutheran Church, Reading.
Surviving are her two daughters, Sharon Jean (Steiger) Heaney, wife of Lawrence E. Heaney Jr., Cumru Twp., and Lynne Ann (Steiger) Lewis, wife of Gregory C. Lewis, Reamstown; three grandchildren: Matthew L. Heaney, Cumru Twp., Caitlin E. (Heaney) West, wife of Brendan D. West, Cumru Twp., and Gregory R. Lewis, fiancé of Madison L. Groninger, Shippensburg; four great-grandchildren: Lillian and Fiona Heaney and Graeme and Felicity West; and sister-in-law, Marilyn S. Briner, Telford.
She also was predeceased by her brother, G. Richard Briner, in July 2023.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff on A-1 at Berks Heim and TowerHealth Hospice. Jean was an avid reader; to recognize her love of books, please consider donating to your local library.
Service and burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, Sinking Spring, will be private.
Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, West Reading, is handling the arrangements.
