Kenneth J. Sturzenacker, 79, of North Catasauqua, died Nov. 21, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation center of Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg.

Born in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Rev. Edwin W. and Dorothy (Lutz) Sturzenacker.

Growing up, he also lived in Philadelphia; Ozone Park in Queens, N.Y.; Clarksboro, N.J.; and Quincy, Mass.

He graduated from Quincy High School in 1963. At Albright College in Reading, he worked at the student radio station and graduated in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He earned a master’s degree in journalism in 1972, with a minor in urban studies and urban statistics, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned as station manager of the Army’s radio station in Seoul, Korea. He trained in Alaska for winter survival and completed the Army’s newspaper editor and photography schools.

He was a news producer at WBBM-TV for six years. As a shop steward, he participated in Writers Guild negotiations in New York City. He earned an Arizona real estate license and was a sales associate with Coldwell Banker in Scottsdale, Ariz. He worked as a newswriter for WFMZ Channel 69 News in Allentown as special promotions coordinator for the Allentown Morning Call for nine years and as a financial adviser with Waddell and Reed for 11 years.

He managed local, state and national campaigns for Libertarian Party candidates and became state party chairman, successively, in Illinois, Arizona and Pennsylvania, expanding membership enrollment and organizing conferences.

He volunteered in fundraising for the United Way, was active in the Chamber of Commerce and ushered at Bethany United Methodist and Faith Evangelical Free Churches. He traveled in several states to serve as a community judge at speech and debate tournaments.

He was a Boy Scout and played in Little League.

He was a frequent donor at Miller-Keystone Blood Center for a total of 36 gallons of blood products.

He is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Huff with husband Rev. James E. Huff of Kalispell, Mont., and Gloria of North Catasauqua.

Arrangements were made by Huff and Lakjer Funeral Home, Lansdale.