"Big John" Ulrich, a Reading man known both for his big heart and colorful suspenders, died Sunday. He was 84.
Big John was best known for his Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant and catering business -- "Big John's" -- on Schuylkill Avenue in northwest Reading.
Many called it the best place around to get a chicken leg dinner or pork and sauerkraut, not to mention fastnachts.
Big John ran the restaurant for 40 years before he decided to retire in 2012.
The Korean War veteran also dabbled in politics, serving on Reading City Council and running an unsuccessful bid for mayor. He was also a former chairman of the Reading Area Water Authority and member of the Reading Fair and Crime Alert Berks County boards of directors.
Big John was well-known in Berks County for his generosity, having donated his time, talents and services to many charitable groups and causes, including his church, Crime Alert and Camp Cadet.
He also spread his efforts beyond Berks, having raised nearly $5,000 to help victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
A funeral service for Big John will be held next Monday, March 9, at 11 a.m. at the Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, 739 Penn Ave., West Reading.
The service will be preceded by visitation at the funeral home on Sunday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
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