Doris Mildred (Schlegel) Ludwig

Doris Mildred (Schlegel) Ludwig, 87, died June 21, 2018 in her Ruscombmanor Township residence.

She was married November 4, 1950 to Charles Timothy Ludwig, who died April 12, 2017.

Born in Muhlenberg Township, PA on October 28, 1930, she was the only child of the late Frederick J. and Mildred M. (Kissinger) Schlegel.

She was a 1938 graduate of Muhlenberg High School.

Doris, along with her late husband, was the owner and operator for 35 years of Ludwig’s Supermarket (Now Redner’s Quik Shop) at Pricetown Road and Route 73, retiring in 1991.  They started the business in 1956 as the Breezy Corner Store and in 1962 built Ludwig’s Market across the street and enlarged the store in 1972, renaming it Ludwig’s Supermarket.

She is also survived by a daughter, Joanne L. (Ludwig) Englehart of Oley and two grandsons: Andrew P. Englehart of Reading and Dr. Sean M. Englehart of Oley and a great granddaughter, Mia A. Englehart.

Services will be held Saturday, June 30th at 11:00 am in Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc., 423 Main Street, Oley, with Rev. Dr. Brett J. Reider officiating.

A viewing will be held Saturday from 10:00 – 11:00 am in the funeral home.

Burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Maidencreek Township.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 2201 Ridgewood Road, Suite 180, Wyomissing, PA 19610.

Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc., Oley is in charge of arrangements.

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