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Fidel Gonzalez, Sr.
Dec 12, 2007
Fidel Gonzalez, Sr. 82, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday, December 12, 2007. He was born in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, the son of the late Juan and Natividad Lopez Gonzalez. Fidel is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Sara Rodriguez Gonzalez of Bethlehem. He retired in 1989, after 17 years of service at the Bridesberg Foundry. Fidel was a...
Alberto Castillo
Dec 11, 2007
Alberto Castillo, 74, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Manor Care Health Services in Bethlehem. He was born April 14, 1933 in Puerto Rico, the son of the late Domingo and Tomasa Limbert Castillo. He was the loving husband of Justa Gonzales Castillo; they celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary this past October 23rd. Alberto worked as a bus...
Felicia Straubinger
Dec 11, 2007
Felicia ?Chana? Straubinger, 82 of Bethlehem passed away Tuesday Dec. 11, 2007 at Westminster Village in care of Westminster and St. Luke?s Hospice at St. Luke?s after being in declining health. Chana was born on December 1, 1925 in Bethlehem, Pa to Ramiro and Camila Mata Alonso. She attended Liberty High School and in 1948 graduated from Bethlehem Business College....
Helen M. Gross
Dec 9, 2007
Helen M. Gross, 89, of Bethlehem died on Sunday, 12/9/07 at Hospice House of the VNA. of St Luke?s. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late John & Laura M. Sutphin Gross. Helen was the long time companion of the late Peter A. Franco, who died in 2001. She had worked for over 40 years as a...
Mildred A. Mcginley
Dec 9, 2007
Mildred Millie A. McGinley of Clearwater, Florida died on Sunday, December 9, in her home. She was 82. She was a former, long-time resident of Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Millie was the daughter of the late Amos Stamets and Anna Knoble Stamets of Phillipsburg and the beloved wife of Thomas F. McGinley for 56 years until his passing four years ago....
Paul R Opp
Dec 8, 2007
Paul R. Opp, Jr., 28 of Hellertown died suddenly on Friday at his home. Born in Bethlehem, he is the son of Paul R. Opp, Sr and Elizabeth Guidon Zettlemoyer both of Hellertown. Paul was a very talented artist and musician sharing his talents with his brother Jonathan. He Graduated from Freedom High School in 1997 and attended Fine Arts...
Patricia A. Kelly
Dec 7, 2007
Patricia A. Kelly, 77, of Penns Farm Bethlehem Township, died Friday December 7, 2007, at Lehigh Valley Hospital ? Cedar Crest, Allentown. Born, March 15, 1930, in Newark, NJ; she was the daughter of the late John G. and Anna Marie ?Mae? Keating Kelly. Patricia was a 1947 graduate of the St. Vincent Academy. She was employed by NJ Bell...
Jeannette M. Weiss
Dec 6, 2007
Jeannette M. Weiss, 85 of Bethlehem died Thursday December 6, 2007 at Easton Hospital. She was born on March 20, 1922 in Indeanopolis, IN daughter of the late Arthur and Mae Connell Metzger. She was the wife of the late Frederick G. Weiss. Jeannette was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. She was a devoted mother,...
Marie F. Kish
Dec 6, 2007
Marie F. Kish, 76, of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at Manor Care Health Services in Bethlehem. She was born May 12, 1931 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Robar Donchez. Marie was a 1948 graduate of Liberty High School. She worked as a Beautician for 10 years and enjoyed her time as a...
Maria L. Melendez
Dec 6, 2007
Maria L. Melendez, 47, of Bethlehem passed away Thursday December 6, 2007 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Bronx, NY the daughter of the late Wilfredo Calderon and Isabel Ortiz Calderon of Bethlehem. Maria worked for Access Services Group for six years. She will be lovingly remembered by her Husband Didiel Ruiz of Bethlehem; daughters, Michele Melendez and...
Albert V. Gonzales
Dec 5, 2007
Albert V. Gonzales, 89, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at St.Lukes Hospital. He was born April 23, 1918 in Chanute, KS the son of the late Cirilo and Maria Valdivia Gonzales. Albert was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Domitila A. "Tillie" Gonzales. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel Co. in 1978 as a...
Bruce S. Kovaleski, Jr.
Dec 5, 2007
Bruce S. Kovaleski, Jr., 79 of Bethlehem Township, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Lehigh Valley Hospital ? Muhlenberg in Bethlehem. Born in Pringle, PA on July 30, 1928; he was the son of the late Bruce S., Sr. and Katherine Garbush Kovaleski. He is survived by his wife of 53 years the former Dorothy Hinkle. Bruce was employed by...
Joseph Paul Blazovic, Jr
Dec 4, 2007
Joseph Paul Blazovic, Jr., 66, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at his home in Bethlehem, PA. Joseph was born in Rahway, NJ on January 18, 1941. He was the son of the late Joseph P. and Mary Derkack Blazovic. He lived in Bridgewater, NJ for many years before moving to Bethlehem, PA. Joe is survived by his long time...
Joseph Hegedus
Dec 4, 2007
Joseph Hegedus, 76, of Allentown, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late Mary Mesaros and Joseph Hegedus, Sr. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Mihalek Hegedus in 2000. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army earning three purple hearts during...
Bela M Persa
Dec 3, 2007
Bela M. Persa, 81 of Bethlehem Township died Monday Dec. 3rd at VNA Hospice at St. Luke?s in Lower Saucon Township. Bela?s wife, Anna Kozul Persa, of 57 years died this past March. Born in Bethlehem he is the son of the late Stephen and Helen Sever Persa. After graduating in 1943 from Liberty High School Bela entered the U.S....
William J. Seifert
Dec 3, 2007
William J. ?Bill? Seifert, 85 of Bethlehem, PA passed away on Monday Dec. 3, 2007. He and his wife Margaret M. Bednar Seifert celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on Sept. 25, 2007. Bill worked for the former Lehigh Valley Railroad/Conrail for 37 years as an office supervisor before retiring in 1982. Previously Bill worked for S&G Menswear in Bethlehem. Bill...
Anna J. Dunstan
Dec 2, 2007
Anna J. Dunstan, 84, of Bethlehem died Sunday December 2, 2007 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Lukes. She was born on February 19, 1923 in Upper Black Eddy , Pa. daughter of the late Ignatz and Ernestine Beidler Laky. She was the wife of the late James H. Dunstan. Anna was a member of St. Anne?s RC Church...
Bertha E. Pakulski
Dec 2, 2007
Bertha E. Pakulski, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Bethlehem, died December 2, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. Born in Kent County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert & Bertha Sierkierski Demski. She and her husband, William Pakulski, Jr. would have celebrated their 60th anniversary in January. Over the years they moved from Baltimore to Bethlehem...
Kevin Charles Rodgers
Dec 1, 2007
Kevin Rodgers, 41, of Effort, PA; died on December 1, 2007. He was born in Bethlehem; the son of the late William Whitey Rodgers and Carol L. wife of John Crilley of Effort, PA. Kevin was currently a senior at East Stroudsburg University. He previously attended Florida State University, where he developed into a lifelong fan of the Noles. Kevin...
Valentine Fontanez
Nov 30, 2007
Valentine Fontanez, 76, of Bethlehem, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at Manor Care Health Services in Bethlehem. He was born December 10, 1930 in Corozal, Puerto Rico, the son of the late Eladio and Sinforiana Santiago Fontanez. Valentine worked for Bethlehem Steel and he was a painter. He was a supporter of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association and a member...
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