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Anna E. Altemus
Dec 24, 2008
Anna E. Altemus, 93, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at her home in Bethlehem. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Louis and Margaret Yuhasz Prayner. Anna was preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, James H. Altemus, Jr. She was the cook at St. Anne's convent in Bethlehem from 1955 to 1969....
Manuel A. Lugo
Dec 24, 2008
Manuel A. "Tito" Lugo , 52, of Bethlehem passed away Wednesday December 24, 2008. He was born in Camuy, Puerto Rico son of the late Heriberto and Maritza Rios Lugo. Manuel was a member of Holy Infancy Catholic Church in Bethlehem. He was a very positive person, and always willing to help others. He will be lovingly remembered by his...
Joseph Zwarycz
Dec 23, 2008
Joseph Zwarycz, 83, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in his home surrounded by his family. Born May 13, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, PA he was the son of the late Harry Zwarycz and Mary Papuga Zwarycz. He was married to Alice Tarasuk Zwarycz with whom he just celebrated 59 years of marriage this past July 30th. Joseph worked for...
Norah Ogden
Dec 20, 2008
Norah Pearl Ogden, 11/12/07- 12/20/08. Daughter of Joshua and Abby Geiger Ogden. Grand daughter of David and Donna Ogden and Robert 'Luke' and Anita Geiger. "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot...
Marjorie Ann Horak
Dec 19, 2008
Marjorie, 48, of Orefield, formerly of Watchung, NJ, passed on to be with the Lord, His angels and saints, on Friday, December 19, 2008. Margie was the daughter of Louise and Raymond Horak, her father having passed in 1991. Margie was a regular volunteer at Day Break, a program of the Lehigh County Conference of Churches, serving people with mental...
Julia Negron
Dec 17, 2008
Julia Negron, 85, of Bethlehem died Wednesday December 17, 2008 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes. She was born in Corozal, Puerto Rico daughter of the late Adolfo and Ignacia Quintero Negron. She was the wife of the late Ramon Carballo. Julia was a member of the Smyrna Church of the Lord in Bethlehem. She was...
Rosa Young
Dec 17, 2008
Rosa Young, 83, of Bethlehem died Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at VNA Hospice of St. Luke's. She and her husband Robert L. Young celebrated their 60th anniversary this past Thanksgiving. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Adolph and Daisy Jarmaine Feser. Rosa was a faithful member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Freemansburg. Known to...
Frances P Kucey
Dec 16, 2008
Mrs. Frances P. Kucey of Bethlehem died Tuesday December 16th at her daughter Janet Kovalchick's home in Lower Macungie, Pa. She was the widow of the late Stephen Kucey who died in 1994. Born in Bethlehem she is the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Sokol Piff. Mrs. Kucey had been a devoted life-long member of the former St....
John H. Morrell, Jr.
Dec 15, 2008
John H. Morrell, Jr. 60 of Bethlehem died Monday, December 15, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Roslyn, NY he was the son of John H. "Jack" Morrell, Sr. and the late Rita Ptacek Morrell. John was a veteran of the Army serving during Vietnam. He was a graduate of Fordham University and earned his MBA from Lehigh...
Miriam Eddy
Dec 14, 2008
Miriam H. Eddy, 97, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born April 30, 1911 in Wind Gap, PA the daughter of the late Albert J. Sloggett and Edna Wagner Harding. Miriam was preceded in death by her husband, Roswell S. Eddy. She was a 1931 graduate of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing,...
Edward F. Olesh
Dec 14, 2008
Edward F. Olesh, 69, of Coaldale, died on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at St. Luke's Miner's Memorial Hospital in Coaldale. Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Edward and Frances Sosnowski Olesh. He was the husband of Mary Ann Gougher Olesh. Edward was U.S. Navy veteran, and was employed by the U.S. Government. He is survived by...
H. Leroy Strawn
Dec 14, 2008
H. LeRoy Strawn, 87, of Bangor, PA formerly of Bethlehem, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born July 2, 1921 he was the son of the late Carrie Buss and William Strawn. LeRoy was married to his late wife Edna Mast Strawn. He is survived by a long time companion Margaret...
Susanna Mamay
Dec 13, 2008
Susanna Beno Mamay, 95, of Bethlehem, PA died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Phoebe Richland Health Center in Richlandtown, PA. Born April 27, 1913 in Slovakia she was the daughter of the late Maria Dzurko and Joseph Beno. She was married to her late husband Stephen Mamay. Susanna worked her entire life as a domestic house keeper. She was a...
William J. Ripper, Sr.
Dec 13, 2008
William J. Ripper, Sr., 86, of Bethlehem was called home to the Lord on Saturday, December 13, 2008 surrounded by his loving family at Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes Hospital. He was born on September 29, 1922 in Bethlehem, PA. He was the son of the late Charles and Catherine Polk Ripper. He was the husband of...
Joan Fiore-Murphy
Dec 13, 2008
Joan Marie Fiore-Murphy, 49, entered into eternal rest, December 13, 2008 in Boulder, CO. Joan was born on April 6, 1959 in Bethlehem, PA to Louis G. and Jean Martin Fiore. On July 6, 1996 she married Thomas Murphy in Nederland, CO. Joan received her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Moravian College and a Master in Business Administration at...
Helen Velekei
Dec 8, 2008
Helen Velekei, 91, of Bethlehem Twp., died on Monday, December 8, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Frances Pirtowski Zolnierzak. She was the loving wife of the late John J. Velekei. Helen worked for the Allentown State Hospital for 22 years before retiring in 1977. She was...
Frances I. Korpics
Dec 7, 2008
Frances I. Straka Korpics, 89, of Hellertown, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 7, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem on October 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Norko Straka. She was the wife of the late Stephen J. Korpics, who passed away January 11, 2002. They were married in Bethlehem on...
Mary Genevieve Crossley
Dec 7, 2008
Mary Genevieve Thomas Crossley, 93, of Upper Black Eddy, PA died Sunday, December 7, 2008 at Hospice of the of St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA. Born September 2, 1915 in Renova, PA she was the daughter of the late Emily Elnora Fye and William S. Thomas. She was married to John G. Crossley, who passed away in 1992. Mary was...
Sophie B. Cunningham
Dec 7, 2008
Sophie B. Hudak Cunningham, 95 , of Bethlehem, formerly of Fountain Hill, died on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at Cedar Brook-Fountain Hill in Bethlehem. Sophie was the daughter of the late George and Susan Dozer Hudak and the widow of Charles B. Cunningham who died in 1979. Sophie was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ursula's Catholic Church,...
Goldie C. Motil
Dec 6, 2008
Goldie C. Motil, 87, of Bethlehem died on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital. She was born March 16, 1921in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Imre and Theresa Luybli Kovacs Takacs. Goldie is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Joseph E. Motil of Bethlehem. Earlier, Goldie worked for several years as a sewing machine operator for...
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