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Anna Mae Lapausky
May 3, 2011
Anna Mae Lapausky, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Manor Care. She was born December 15, 1922 in Dunmore, PA; a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Michaeli Devine. Anna Mae was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Stephen Lapausky. Earlier, Anna Mae worked for G.C. Murphy and Co. on 3rd St....
Stephen L. Celecz
May 1, 2011
Stephen L. Celecz, 78, of Easton, PA passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 in his home. Born August 26, 1932 in Bethlehem he was the son of the late Mary Ribics and Anthony Celecz. Stephen proudly served his country in the US Navy on the USS Bennington during the Korean War. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Stephen went on...
Vilma M. Righi
May 1, 2011
Vilma M. Righi, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday May 1, 2011. Born in Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, NJ on December 14, 1926, and residing in Alpha, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Astore and Amalia Massie. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Louis Righi. Vilma was a life-long member of the Assumption of the...
Ruth E. Gates
Apr 30, 2011
Ruth E. Gates, 86, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Holy Family Manor. Born in Pittston, PA on September 6, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Grace Redington Martin. She was the wife of the late Paul J. Gates. Ruth was employed as a sales clerk by Hess's department store in Allentown for...
Marie A Hall
Apr 28, 2011
Marie A. Hall, 90, of Bethlehem died Thursday morning in Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown, Pa. Marie and her Roscoe B Hall celebrated 61 years of marriage prior to his death in 2003. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Louis and Adeline Passerini Arbizzani. A lifelong resident of Bethlehem she was a charter member of St. Anne's...
Mary L. Butz
Apr 28, 2011
Mary L. Butz, 81, of Bethlehem, died on April 28, 2010, at Cedarbrook - Fountain Hill. Born in Quakertown on October 10, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Addie Koeder Davis. She was the wife of late Sterling Butz. Mary worked as a waitress for various Lehigh Valley restaurants including Thomas's Diner and the Village Inn....
Stewart Raymond Hall
Apr 27, 2011
Stewart Raymond Hall, 92, of Madisonville, TN formerly of East Stroudsburg, PA went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Born January 30, 1919, in Bethlehem, PA, he was the son of the late Francis and Dolores Heller Hall. He was married to Grace Laura Overdorf...
Jean M. Burda
Apr 26, 2011
Jean M. Burda, 82, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at LV Hospital-Muhlenberg. Born August 18, 1928; Jean was the daughter of the late Michael and Antoinette DeCrosta Cotugno. She is survived by her loving husband of 32 years, Stephen J. Burda. Jean was a parishioner of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bethlehem. She will be lovingly remembered by...
Minnie Weiss, R.N.
Apr 26, 2011
Minnie Labosky Weiss, R.N. 88, of Bethlehem passed away early Tuesday morning at Holy Family Manor. She and her husband Edward A. Weiss, Jr., celebrated their 65th anniversary on April 22nd, 2011. Born in Excelsior, Northumberland Cty., Pa, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Mary Olesniewicz Labosky. Minnie was a graduate of Coal Tsp. High School in...
Catherine M. Gerber
Apr 25, 2011
Catherine M. Gerber, 90, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, April 25, 2011. Born in Bethlehem on May 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Hezyk Radlowski. She was the wife of the late Francis J. Gerber and a member of the University Parish of Holy Ghost. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Judith...
Anna Kereczman
Apr 25, 2011
Anna Kereczman, 88, of Bethlehem died on Monday, April 25, 2011 at the Hospice House of St. Luke's She was born April 18, 1923; the daughter of the late Onufer and Fannie Danylo Prestosh. Anna was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Kereczman, Jr. She retired from St. Luke's Hospital after 20 years of service as a Unit Clerk....
Marie Santanasto
Apr 25, 2011
Marie Jacob Santanasto, 85, of Bethlehem, PA passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 in Bethlehem. Born November 2, 1925 in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada she was the daughter of the late Mary Gandour and Richard Jacob. She married Louis P. Santanasto on October 2, 1954 and celebrated 17 years of marriage before he passed away on July 13, 1972. Marie grew...
John A. Mierzwa
Apr 24, 2011
John Anthony Mierzwa, 78, of Bethlehem, PA passed away at his home Sunday morning, April 24, 2011. Born August 27, 1932 in Breslau, PA, as the son of the late Stella Rabitski and Joseph Mierzwa. John celebrated 50 years of marriage with Marcia McQuiston Mierzwa on April 15, 2011. John will be lovingly remembered by his wife Marcia, son John...
Irene M. Uttard
Apr 24, 2011
Irene M. Uttard, 85, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Gracedale Nursing Home. She was born February 4, 1926; the daughter of the late Charles and Verda Ritter Moser. Irene was preceded in death by her husband Arthur J. Uttard, Sr. in 1992. She is survived by her children, John M. Uttard; Arthur J. Uttard, Jr. both...
Rony R. Palomo
Apr 23, 2011
Rony R Palomo , 50 , of Easton, PA died on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Easton Hospital in Easton, PA He was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He is the son of the late Augusto Palomo and Irma Paz and step-father Andrew Filosa of Valley Stream, NY. Rony was a self employed truck driver. He was a member of...
Sara D. Sufrich
Apr 23, 2011
Sara D Brandon Sufrich, 47, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Sara is the daughter of Richard P. Burton, Sr. of Jacksonville, FL and Frances Brandon of Bethlehem. Sara is the wife of William "Bill" J. Sufrich of Bethlehem with whom she celebrated their twenty third anniversary this past October. Sara was a...
Alfonse Manuel Debellis
Apr 22, 2011
Alfonse "Al" Manuel DeBellis, 79, of Bethlehem Township, PA passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. Born October 20, 1931 in Allentown he was the son of the late Lena Blahut and Nicholas DeBellis. He was married to Lois J. Carney DeBellis with whom he celebrated 57 years of marriage this past February 27th. Al...
Anna Elizabeth Torok
Apr 19, 2011
Anna Elizabeth Torok, 88, of Hellertown, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem. She was born May 6, 1922; the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth Bacak Shivok-Kovach. Anna was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Frank E. Torok. Doing her part during World War II, Anna assembled electronics for...
Roberta E. Ringler
Apr 17, 2011
Roberta E. Ringler, 76, formerly of Reading, died on April 17, 2011in Bethlehem. Born in Reading on March 5, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Esther Snyder Ringler. She was a graduate of Albright College, employed by the former Community General Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital, Reading, where she worked as an Orthoptist. She was a...
Daniel Joseph Young
Apr 14, 2011
Daniel Joseph Young, 86, of Bethlehem, died on April 14, 2011 at the Hospice House of St. Luke's. He was born March 18, 1925 in Tamaqua, the son of the late Daniel Charles Young and Marguerite Boyle Young. Daniel proudly served his country with the 2140th Army Air Force Base Unit during WWII with 50 combat missions in Italy, Germany...
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