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Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Irene K. Meszaros
Mar 21, 2008
Irene K. Meszaros, 88 of Ft. Myers, Florida formerly of Bethlehem died Friday March 21, 2008 at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers. She was born on September 3, 1919 in Bethlehem daughter of the late Frank and Rose Torok Koczan. She was the wife of the late Alexander L. Meszaros Sr. Irene was the co- owner & operator of...
Eva Scheks
Mar 18, 2008
Eva "Oma" Scheks, 90, of Bethlehem Twp., died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born December 24, 1917 in Austria-Hungary, the daughter of the late Johann and Anna Mink Durr. She was the loving wife of the late Franz "Pop-Pop" Scheks who died in 1999. Eva was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic...
Patrick S. Fernandes
Mar 18, 2008
Patrick S. Fernandes, 80, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday March 18, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill. Born on March 16, 1928, in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Severino and Sophie Sury Fernandes. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Mary Kilheeney Fernandes. Patrick was employed by the Bethlehem Steel for 37 years, working as...
Ilona Vida
Mar 18, 2008
Mrs. Ilona Vida, 84 of Bethlehem, Pa. died Wednesday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital at Muhlenburg, Bethlehem, Pa. She is the widow of the late Ferenc Vida who died in 1988. Born in Takacsi, Vesz Pr'
John W. Brixius, Jr.
Mar 17, 2008
John W. Brixius Jr., 56, of Bethlehem died Monday March 17, 2008. He was born on September 3, 1951 in Bethlehem son of Jack W. Brixius Sr. and Alice Hegar Brixius of Florida. He was the husband of Donna M. Kramer Brixius. They celebrated 31 years of marriage on July 2, 2007. John worked for Jaindl Farms. He was a...
Mara Anne Braig
Mar 17, 2008
Mara Anne Braig, 38, of Bethlehem, died Monday, March 17, 2008 in her home. Born January 14, 1970, in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of Christian C. Braig of Lansdale and Margaret Heney Braig of Bethlehem. Mara worked as a customer service rep. for AmerisourceBergen for the past year. She will be lovingly remembered by her parents, Christian and Margaret,...
Anne Plaskon
Mar 14, 2008
Anne Plaskon, 93, of Hellertown, PA and formerly of Bayonne, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at Kirkland Village, Bethlehem. Born in Waterbury, CT, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Anastasia Konavalchuk Kalada. She was the loving wife of the late Steven Plaskon who died July 9, 2007. Anne was employed by the former Western Electric as an...
Mary S Jennings
Mar 13, 2008
Mary S. Jennings, 89 of Bethlehem died March 13th in Reston, VA. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late James and Catherine Maloney Sullivan. She was wife to the late Robert E. Jennings for 42 years. She was a graduate of Bethlehem Catholic High School. Mrs. Jennings was employed for over 29 years in various positions by...
Adele L. Karustis
Mar 13, 2008
Adele L. Yavorosky Karustis, 96, of Phoebe Terrace, Allentown, formerly of Bethlehem, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Phoebe Home Nursing & Rehab Center in Allentown, PA. She was born May 21, 1911 in Shenandoah, PA, the daughter of the late Anthony and Eva Kazakewicz Yavorosky. She was the loving wife of the late George Karustis who died in 1992....
Mary M. Takach
Mar 12, 2008
Mary M. Takach, 87, of Bethlehem, formerly of Allentown, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital. She and her husband, the late Major Frank S. Takach, retired USMC, had been married for 45 years when he died in September of 1999. She was the daughter of the late Emil and Agnes Famina Mesko. A graduate of Liberty High...
Eugene J. Dougherty
Mar 12, 2008
Eugene J. Dougherty, 72, of Freemansburg, died peacefully the morning of Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surrounded by his wife and six daughters. Born in Beaver Brook, PA on December 14, 1935, he was the son of the late John A. and Irene Hulsizer Dougherty. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Bernadette G. Kerchner. They were married on...
Robert Koons
Mar 10, 2008
Robert "Captain Bob" Koons, 65, of Bethlehem, died Monday, March 10, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Born June 9, 1942 in Allentown he was the son of Gladys PetersKoons and the late William H. Koons, Sr. He was married to Debra White Koons. Robert was a fireman in Allentown. Prior to his career as a firefighter he served his...
Carol R. Mccormack
Mar 10, 2008
Carol R. Rice McCormack, formerly of Hanover Township in Bethlehem and of Hellertown, died on Monday, March 10, 2008, at Moravian Hall Square in Nazareth. Carol was the daughter of the late Edward and Elizabeth M. Becker Rice and the widow of the late Walter R. McCormack, who died in June 1986. She was born in New York City, NY...
Maria Adamchik
Mar 8, 2008
Maria Adamchik, 90, of Hellertown died Friday March 7, 2008 at Lehigh Valley Hospital 17th & Chew St. Allentown, Pa. She was born on January 2, 1918 in Bethlehem, daughter of the late Michael and Serafina Cherkovsky Adamchik. Maria was an executive secretary for the Vice President of Clairol for many years. She was an avid traveler going to Russia,...
Mary A. Kovacs
Mar 8, 2008
Mary A. Kovacs, 89, of Bethlehem died Saturday March 8, 2008 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes in Bethlehem. She was born on October 28, 1918 in Bethlehem daughter of the late Imre and Theresa Luybli Kovacs Takacs. Mary was a waitress and cook at the Hellertown American Legion for 20 years. She was a member...
Angel Luis Cabrera
Mar 8, 2008
Angel Luis Cabrera, 44, of Bethlehem, died March 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born on February 22, 1964 in Ponce, Puerto Rico he was the son of the late Angel Luis Cabrera, Sr. and Tecla Savila. Angel worked on the assembly line and was a forklift driver for Reeb Millwork Corp. in Bethlehem. He shared his cultural pride by...
Eva Marie Jankowski
Mar 7, 2008
Eva Marie Jankowski, 73, of Bethlehem died Friday March 7, 2008 at the Old Orchard Manor Care Health Services in Bethlehem Twp. She was born on December 11, 1934 in Nazareth, Pa. daughter of the late Charles and Anastazia Pello Mitch. She was the wife of the late Richard R. Jankowski who died in 2005. Eva was a registered nurse...
George M. Petko
Mar 6, 2008
George M Petko, 73 , of Bethlehem Township, died suddenly on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at his Residence in Bethlehem Township. He was born in Bethlehem, and was the son of the late Michael J. and Mary E. Polak Petko. George was the husband of Mildred F. Westwood Petko who he married in 1954. They would have celebrated their 54th...
Loretta Cerchiaro-Valentin
Mar 6, 2008
Philomena Loretta Cerchiaro-Valentin, 75, of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was born May 7, 1932 in Nesquehoning, PA; the daughter of the late Frank and Lucia Panebianco Cerchiaro. Loretta is survived by her loving husband Manuel R. Valentin of Bethlehem. Loretta was educated in Mauch Chunk Twp. schools graduating...
Helen G. Molnar
Mar 5, 2008
Helen G. Molnar, 85, passed away on Wednesday, March 5th at Holy Family Manor. She was born on September 8th, 1922 in Bethlehem. Helen was the daughter of the late Frank and Julia Gaspar. Her husband, John P. Molnar, died in 1984. She had lived her entire life in Bethlehem and had called Holy Family Manor her home for the...
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