Michelle Leigh Miller Leinbach

Michelle Leigh Miller Leinbach, 63, died peacefully on April 23, 2025 surrounded by her family. Michelle was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph F Miller Jr. and Dolores Miller. She is survived by her son Joseph Leinbach and his wife Lindsey Anderson, and granddaughter Nora Leinbach, Alexandria, VA; sister Toni Reece and her husband James Reece, Mt. Penn, nephews Jesse Cronan, Los Angeles, CA, and Madison Reece, McHenry, IL; sister Anne Marie Fanella, Sinking Spring, niece Jamison Fanella and her husband Ricky Whitmoyer, Manayunk.

Michelle graduated from Mt. Penn High School and received a B.S. in Communications and M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kutztown University. For more than 15 years Michelle taught English and Mythology at Oley Valley High School before transitioning to a career in corporate training for Arrow International in Reading, and Rentech Nitrogen in East Dubuque, IL. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Mt. Penn, and later of St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Dubuque, IA.

Michelle's exceptional word choice and mastery of storytelling made her a joyful educator, instructor, and friend. Her family and friends will remember her kindness, bold and sarcastic wit, enjoyment of thunderstorms, affinity for music and song, and concern for whether everyone had enough to eat. She was a loving sister, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than an afternoon drive through the countryside with the windows down and everyone singing along together.

Her family is grateful to the kind and patient staff at Chestnut Knoll Senior Living Community in Boyertown, and Caring Hospice.

Visitation with family and friends will be held on Saturday May 10, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM with services beginning at 11:00 AM at Lutz Funeral Home, Inc. 2100 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606. For online condolences please visit www.LutzFuneralHome.com.