Forrest G. Schaeffer Jr.

Judge Forrest Grim Schaeffer Jr., 87, passed away surrounded by his family in the Reading Hospital on Friday, June 19, 2015. Born in Allentown, PA on Sept. 9, 1927 to the late Forrest Grim Schaeffer, MD and Mary Elizabeth (Gitt) Schaeffer. Judge Schaeffer grew up in Allentown graduation from Wm. Allen High School in 1945. He immediately entered the Army Air Corps and served until 1947. Upon leaving the service, he entered Lehigh University where he graduated in 1950. This was followed by Harvard Law School from 1950-1953. He set up a private law practice at 526 Washington St., Reading, in the same building where his father was born, his grandfather, Daniel Nicholas Schaeffer, Esquire and his uncle, Judge Paul N. Schaeffer also practiced law. While retaining his private practice in Reading and Kutztown, he formed a partnership with Paul D. Edelman, Esquire, in Boyertown and Bally. They later formed the firm of Edelman, Schaeffer, Saylor, Reading & Poore in Reading where he continued until elected to the Berks County Bench in 1976. He served on the Berks County Court of Common Pleas bench from 1976 until he retired in 2007. He was President Judge for 15 years.