Biography

09/27/1934 - 01/19/2023

HOH, Rev. Paul J., II, a Representative from Berks County; born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., September 27, 1934; graduated, J.P. McCaskey High School; B.A., Denison University, 1955; B.D., Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1959; Lutheran minister; vice-president, Berks Independent Democrats (1963-1964); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1965 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1967 term; vice president, Inner Mission and Community Ministries, Luthern Home, Topton (1992-1997); elected, president, city council, Reading (1996-2002); founder and president, Berks County Prison Society (now Berks Connections); died, January 19, 2023 in Shillington, Berks County, Pennsylvania.