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Lila Bedics
Apr 20, 2009
Lila Bedics, 87, of Bethlehem died Monday April 20, 2009 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Campus. She was born February 2, 1922 in Fountain Hill daughter of the late John and Helen Kramer Breidinger. She was the wife of Francis Bedics Sr. They celebrated 68 years of marriage on February 22. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, sons,...
Amelia Rose Taylor
Apr 20, 2009
Amelia Rose Taylor, 3, of Bethlehem Township, received her wings and became an angel on Monday April 20, 2009. Born in Bethlehem on August 14, 2005, she was the daughter of Thomas R. Taylor and Stacy Cregar Celecz wife of Louis. She will be lovingly remembered by her mother, Stacy, father, Thomas, step father, Louis, sister, Lillian Celecz, grand parents,...
Francis J. Petko Sr.
Apr 20, 2009
Francis J. Petko Sr., 82, of Bethlehem, died Monday April 20, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Polak Petko. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Irene C. Csaszar Petko. Francis was a butcher who owned his own business for many years. He was a...
Maria Daconceicao
Apr 15, 2009
Maria DaConceicao, 91, of Bethlehem, died Wednesday April 15, 2009 at Manor Care of Bethlehem. Born in Miranda Do Corvo, Portugal she was the daughter of the late Antonio Ferreira and Lidia DaConceicao. She was the wife of the late Manuel Goncalves. Maria was a member of the Holy Infancy Catholic Church. She volunteered much of her time to the...
Robert P. Klova
Apr 14, 2009
Robert P. Klova, 77, of Allentown died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Whitehall Manor Senior Home in Allentown, and has passed on into the gentle hands of Our Lord after a long bout with Parkinson's. He was the loving husband of Louise Pointkowski Klova for 51 years. Born in Easton, he was the son of the late Paul and Patrenella...
Helen Chaszar
Apr 13, 2009
Helen Chaszar, 87, of Bethlehem, went home to be with the Lord and her son, William, who died on Easter Sunday in 2005 on Monday, April 13, 2009. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Theresa Mahl Kauker. Helen worked as a cashier for Pantry Pride for over 30 years and later worked for M.W....
Caroline B. Papp
Apr 7, 2009
Caroline Papp, 82, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born September 8, 1926 in Northampton; the daughter of the late Joseph and Nellie T. Frederick Yurish. Caroline was preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, Zoltan Papp in 2006. She worked as a sewing machine operator for D&D Factory...
John A. Werner
Apr 4, 2009
John A. Werner, 52, of Bethlehem died Saturday April 4, 2009 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Campus. He was born December 20, 1956 in Fountain Hill son of the late Robert Werner and Shirley Romig Werner of Bethlehem. He was the husband of Beth Vanderpool Werner. They celebrated 10 years of marriage this past November. John worked in the water...
Rev. Thomas J. King
Apr 4, 2009
Rev. Thomas J. King, 77 died Saturday April 4th at Holy Family Villa in Bethlehem. Fr. King was born in Bridgeport, Montgomery County Pa and was the son of the late Gerald J. and Alice R. McCormick King. As a youth Fr. King attended St. Augustine School in Bridgeport, Pa. and also St. Patrick's and St. Francis in Norristown. He...
Alexander J. Walkiewicz
Apr 3, 2009
Alexander "Alex" J. Walkiewicz, 87, of Bethlehem, died Friday April 3, 2009 at Manor Care, Bethlehem. Born in Steel City, Pa; he was the son of the late Antoni and Kathryn Moscal Walkiewicz. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Anna Beckage Walkiewicz. Alex was employed by the Bethlehem Steel for 35 years. He was a machinist in...
Michele J. Knecht
Apr 3, 2009
Michele J. Knecht, 52, of Allentown, died Friday April 3, 2009. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Margaret Papson Trescak. She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Harry W. Knecht, Jr. Michele was employed by St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem for 25 plus years. She worked as a unit clerk in the Priscilla...
Grace A. Maco
Apr 1, 2009
Grace A. Maco, 93, of Bethlehem died Wednesday April 1, 2009 at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem on May 1, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Stayer Gomboz. She was the wife of the late William Maco. She was a member of the former St. Josehp's Catholic Church, Bethlehem, where she sang in...
Hermina Julia Gassler
Mar 31, 2009
Hermina Julia Gassler, 87, of Bethlehem, peacefully went to be with her Lord, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at L.V. Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born January 15, 1922 in Coplay, the daughter of the late Michael and Cecelia Lederer Gollar. Hermina retired from the Bethlehem Area School District after 15 years of service. She will be lovingly...
Minnie L. Lembach
Mar 31, 2009
Minnie L. Lembach, 82, died peacefully surrounded by her family on 3/31/09 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Allentown, the daughter of the late Walter and Laura Smith Betzenberger. Minnie will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 60 years, Robert C. Lembach of Bethlehem; her daughter Linda, wife of Jeff Haider of Newfoundland, PA; her son, Larry...
S. Louis Serban
Mar 29, 2009
S. Louis "Bruno" Serban, 88 , of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Bruno was born in Bethlehem, and was the son of the late Remus and Parachiva Barna Serban and the widorer of Emma Erkinger Serban. Bruno served in the Army Air Force during WW II. He worked for the Bethlehem Steel Co....
Joseph A. Rossetti
Mar 28, 2009
Joseph A. Rossetti, 93, of Bethlehem passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Born, June 24, 1915 in Allentown, he was the son of the late Andrew and Elvira Rossetti. He was the husband of the late Jane M. Rossetti. Joseph was a graduate of Allentown High School and a 1937 graduate of Lehigh University, with honors in accounting...
Ruth J. Malozzi
Mar 27, 2009
Ruth J. Frankett Malozzi, 81, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, March 27, 2009 at Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem. Ruth was born in Bethlehem and was the daughter of the late Harry and Martina Stoffel Frankett. Ruth is the wife of Bennett B. Malozzi with whom she celebrated their 64th anniversary on September 3, 2008. Ruth was a member of...
William J. Chayka
Mar 25, 2009
William J. Chayka, 87, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 25 in Lehigh Valley Hospital Hospice. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Sophie Kapuscak Chayka. Born on June 3, 1921 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late George and Sophie Koleshi Chayka. He is survived by two daughters, Susan Gates of Virginia and Carol Parker of...
Ethel H. Weaver Eustis
Mar 23, 2009
Ethel H. Vargo Weaver Eustis, 84, of Bethlehem Township, died Monday, March 23, 2009 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Born May 31, 1924 in Detroit, MI she was the daughter of the late Helen Lucas and Michael Vargo. Ethel was married to her late husband Peter F. Weaver who passed in 1968, she later married her late husband John D....
Richard Stockton Taylor
Mar 23, 2009
Richard Stockton "Stocky" Taylor, Jr. Stocky Taylor, 64, of Bethlehem died Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Luke's. Born in Washington DC he was the son of the late R. Stockton Taylor and Elizabeth Griffith Taylor. Stocky graduated from The Haverford School, where he was injured in a wrestling match at the age...
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