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Christian Alexander Loch
Mar 13, 2014
Christian Alexander Loch, 33, of Bath, passed onto the next life peacefully surrounded by his friends and family Thursday, March 13, 2014. He was born August 18, 1980 in Bethlehem; son of Kurt F. and Mary (Green) Loch of Easton. He is the devoted husband of five years to Trisha Ann (Romanishan) Loch and proud father to his daughter, Avalon...
Erwin J. "Erv" Schummer
Mar 12, 2014
Erwin J. “Erv” Schummer, 64, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Born in Ekenburg, Austria; he was the son of the late Elizabeth Schummer. He was the husband of Patricia (Lisicky) Schummer, they were married 43 years. Erv was a graduate and scholar athlete of Catasauqua High School. He attended Muhlenberg College where he was a Little All-American...
Rose E. Talaber
Mar 12, 2014
Rose E. Talaber, 87, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospital. She was born December 26, 1926; daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Ricci) Panarelli. Rose was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Raymond A. Talaber. Rose worked at Friehofers prior to dedicating her life to her family. She was a...
Katherine Kula
Mar 11, 2014
Katherine Kula, 97, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Born in Cementon, N.Y. on December 20, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine (Klarich) Chendo. She was the wife of the late Joseph Kula who died in 1994. She was employed by Lucent as an inspector, retiring in 1978 after 27 years....
Thomas L. Zelko
Mar 9, 2014
Thomas L. Zelko, 65, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, March 09, 2014. He was the loving husband to Diane (Shramko) Zelko. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past August. Thomas was a 1966 graduate of Notre Dame High School; he played football, golf, track and field, and participated in the Science Club and the senior class play. He graduated...
Michael J. Borlodan
Mar 9, 2014
Michael J. Borlodan, 88, of Bethlehem, died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Holy Family Manor. He was born March 5, 1926 in Bethlehem, PA; son of the late John and Julia (Mester) Borlodan. Michael was preceded in death by his wife, Julia (Lang) Borlodan of 57 years. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. and the Bethlehem Corp. where he...
John Francis Zavecz
Mar 9, 2014
John Francis Zavecz, 91, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was born October 22, 1922 in Bethlehem; one of nine children to the late Frank and Anna (Libricz) Zavecz. John is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Cecelia (Diskanetz) Zavecz. John proudly served in the US Army during WWII. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel...
Jo-Ann Konsevitch
Mar 9, 2014
Jo-Ann (Rospendowski) Konsevitch of Bethlehem, PA died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA. Born in Nanticoke, PA she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lillian (Smereski) Rospendowski. Jo-Ann was married to Selar Konsevitch for 49 years until his passing on September 25, 2007. Jo-Ann worked at Piercing Pagoda as...
Anna Cottage
Mar 9, 2014
Anna Cottage, 86, of Bethlehem passed away Sunday March 9, 2014 at her residence. She was born on February 6, 1928 in Bethlehem, daughter of the late Stephen and Helen (Sever) Persa. She was the wife of the late Michael G. Cottage. Anna worked in the general services restaurant department for Bethlehem Steel for 37 years retiring in 1982. She...
Glenn C. Wanich
Mar 6, 2014
Glenn C. Wanich, 92, formerly of Bethlehem, Pa. passed away on March 6, 2014 at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Md. He was born on January 22, 1922 in Bloomsburg, Pa., son of the late Rush C. and Edna (Sittler) Wanich. He was the husband of the late Mary K. (Kercsmar) Wanich. Glenn was a Supervisor of Materials and Cost...
Rose Falatek
Mar 3, 2014
Rose Falatek, 98, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 3, 2014 at Gracedale Nursing Home. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Joseph and Magdelena (Sedlacek) Hayas. She was the wife of the late Andrew A. Falatek. Rose was a parishioner of St. Anne's Catholic Church where she worked in the rectory and was a...
Jean A. Hurlburt
Mar 3, 2014
Jean A. Hurlburt, 78, of Hellertown, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Ridgewood, NY, the daughter of the late Edward and Anna (Schaefer) Berding. She was the loving wife of the late Bruce Hurlburt. They were married nearly 53 years before his passing in 2010. Jean volunteered much of her time to...
Wayne J. Thomas
Feb 27, 2014
Wayne J. Thomas, 51, of Bethlehem, died unexpectedly on Thursday, February 27, 2014. He was born September 27, 1962 in Fountain Hill; son of Victor and Antoinette (Grello) Luciano of Bethlehem. Wayne was a free spirit with a big heart and will be dearly missed by his family; sons, Wayne of Allentown and Aaron of Bethlehem; his deceased baby boy,...
Marian M. Deater
Feb 23, 2014
Marian M. Deater, 87, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 23, 2014. She was born in Avoca, Pa; daughter of the late John and Mary (Anderson) George. She was the wife of the late Warren T. Deater who died in 1985. She was a sewing machine operator and worked for various factories throughout the Lehigh Valley, retiring in...
Donald J. Ronca
Feb 21, 2014
The Lehigh Valley is mourning the passing of the contractor Donald J. Ronca, 78, of Bethlehem, who died on Friday, February 21, 2014. He was born and raised in Fountain Hill, son of the late Phillip and Anna Ronca. He was a member of St. Ursula Catholic Church. Don Ronca was an unusually hard worker, a contractor and developer for...
Paul L. Moser
Feb 19, 2014
Paul L. Moser, 89, of Fountain Hill died on February 19, 2014 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg. Husband of Pauline (Harman) Moser. Born in Fountain Hill on July 26, 1924, Paul was the son of the late Harvey and Laura (Litz). He was employed at the P.B.N.E. railroad at the Bethlehem Steel until his retirement. He was a radioman 3rd...
Rudolph F. Traupman
Feb 19, 2014
Rudolph F. Traupman, 89, of Bethlehem, passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Hospice House of St. Luke's in Lower Saucon Twp. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late Rudolph R. and Magdaline (Wagner) Traupman. He was the loving husband of the late Edna C. (Halbreiner) Traupman. They were married 66 years before her passing in...
Constantine Tarasuk
Feb 18, 2014
Constantine Tarasuk, 87, of Bethlehem, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospice House. Born on June 2, 1926 in Clifton Township, he was the son of the late Roman and Alexandria (Supchick) Tarasuk. He was the husband of Alice (Baker) Tarasuk, they celebrated 59 years of marriage last June. He retired from the U. S. Navy...
Frank Kozma
Feb 17, 2014
Frank Kozma, 93, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, February 17, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. He was born January 28, 1921; one of seven children to the late John and Sophie (Kalmar) Kozma. He proudly served in the US Navy during WWII. Frank retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. as a # 2 Machine Shop crane operator, after...
William A. Glancy
Feb 17, 2014
William A. Glancy, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, February 17, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late William and Rose (Heidecker) Glancy. He was the loving husband to the late Gloria Glancy. William worked for the former Western Electric as an engineer for 30 years. He served his country in the U.S....
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