OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas

David L Hallman
Nov 12, 2007
David L. Hallman, 50 of Allentown, Pa. died Monday Nov. 12th in St. Catherine?s Hospital Frackville, Pa. He is the husband of Maddy Lucas Hallman. David was a very loving and hard working young man. He was employed by Rapco of Allentown. He served with the U.S. Air Force. Born in Allentown, Pa. he is the son of Eleanor Katz...
Helen L. Ungurian
Nov 11, 2007
Helen L. Ungurian beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Westminster Village. A long time resident of Bethlehem, Helen Ungurian was born April 18, 1911 in Sasca Montana, Romania, to William and Susanna Iovan Buda. Married at age 15 to Emil M. Ungurian, she emigrated with him to the U.S. in 1927. They were the...

Grace Lopey
Nov 10, 2007
Grace Boletz Lopey Grace Boletz Lopey, 86 , of Lyon Station, PA formerly of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Kutztown Manor in Kutztown, PA She was born in Bethlehem. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Frances Bohar Boletz and the widow of the late Joseph Lopey who died September 16, 1994. Grace was a...
Mary C. Shimer
Nov 9, 2007
Mary Sciarra Shimer, 74 of Bethlehem, went to be with the Lord, Friday November 9, 2007. She was the daughter of the late James Sciarra and Mabel Young. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Arthur ?Buster? Shimer, Sr. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, daughter Patricia Zoksseski wife of Frank Zoksseski of Bethlehem, Pa, son...
Norbert Francis Cadden
Nov 8, 2007
Norbert Francis Cadden, 85 of Allentown and formerly of Bethlehem, died November 8 in the Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke?s, Lower Saucon. Born October 24, 1922 in Mauch Chunk, he was the husband of 61 years to Beatrice Otto Cadden. A graduate of Mauch Chunk High School and Muskingum College, he was a distinguished PIAA basketball and football...
Anna May Yanochko
Nov 6, 2007
Anna May Yanochko, 77, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born in Pardeesville, PA; the daughter of the late Steven and Julia Hyduke Kowalig. Anna is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, John G. Yanochko, Sr. of Bethlehem. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for the former Leader Nursing...
Nicholas David Zaun
Nov 4, 2007
Nicholas "Nick" David Zaun, 14, of Bethlehem and Allentown died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. He was born December 21, 1992 in Bethlehem, the son of James Zaun of Bethlehem and Mary Keefe of Allentown. Nick was a freshman at Liberty High School. He was a wrestler on the undefeated freshman team. Nick loved working with children....
Rachel Bayer
Nov 3, 2007
Rachel Throop Bayer, age 93, died peacefully Saturday November 3, 2007 at Kirkland Village, a Continuing Care Community in Bethlehem, PA. Mrs. Bayer leaves behind six children, Daniel and his wife Claudette of Harrisburg, PA; Peter of Jupiter, Florida; Thomas and his wife Linda of Port Vila, Vanuatu, South Pacific; Andrea Paine and her husband Rodger of Chagrin Falls, Ohio;...

Theresa Kroboth
Nov 3, 2007
Theresa Kroboth, 87, of Bethlehem died on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late John and Anna Skerlak Kroboth. Theresa was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bethlehem. She is survived by her sisters, Stella Harryn and Elizabeth Kroboth both of Hellertown and Margaret Baliko and...
Victoria Leach
Nov 2, 2007
Victoria ?Lala? Leach, 88, of Bethlehem died Thursday, November 2, 2007 in St. Luke?s Hospital, Fountain Hill surrounded by family. She was born April 8, 1919 in Punta Arenas, Chile to Captain Charles A. Milward, Royal Naval Reserve and Isabella Burns Milward. She was educated in Chile and in England at Charles Towers School. During World War II, she worked...

Agnes R. Temmel
Nov 2, 2007
Agnes R. Temmel, age 84, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at the V.N.A. of St. Luke?s Hospice, Bethlehem. Born on January 20, 1923, she was a daughter of Joseph and Katharina Boden Hollshwandner, German immigrants from Austria-Hungary. Agnes went to Holy Ghost school and to Bethlehem Catholic High School, graduating in 1940. After working as a secretary at the Bethlehem...
Helen M. Lettich
Nov 1, 2007
Helen M. Lettich, 83, of Bethlehem, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at New Eastwood Care & Rehabilitation Center in Easton. She was born July 5, 1924 in Nazareth, PA the daughter of the late Joseph and Paula Gerenser Ullman. She was the loving wife of the late William J. Lettich who died in 2004. She was a member of SS....
Julia Ortiz
Oct 31, 2007
Julia Ortiz, 76, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; the daughter of the late Bonifacio and Marcelina Torres Curet. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Angel M. Ortiz on April 24, 2002. Julia worked as a Presser for the former Forte Tie Co. and later for...

Mary Ann Flood
Oct 31, 2007
Mary Ann Beckage Flood, 71, of Bethlehem died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born July 13, 1936 in Freemansburg she was the daughter of the late AnnaKaleycik and Peter Beckage. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Flood, of Allentown. Mary Ann worked for Laros Printing for many years....
Grace C. Capuano
Oct 30, 2007
Grace C. Capuano, 91, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the VNA Hospice House of St. Luke's. She was born September 11, 1916 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Rocco and Antoinette Marinaccio Carchio. Grace was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Anthony M. "Tony" Capuano on October 9, 2007. In addition to...
Roberta Mae Bogdan
Oct 25, 2007
Roberta Mae Bogdan, 84, of Bethlehem Twp., died Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Country Meadows Nursing Home. She was born April 17, 1923 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Gottfried and Clara Anna Lorenz Flammer. She was the wife of the late Louis L. Bogdan. Roberta worked for St. Luke's Hospital for 23 years as a birth registrar. She...

Mary T. Ammend
Oct 24, 2007
Mary T. Ammend, 90, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at her residence in Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Adam and Veronica Mingora Kuruc. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Henry R. Ammend on May 1, 2001. She was an excellent seamstress and worked in the local garment industry....

Margaret E. Horvath
Oct 24, 2007
Margaret Horvath, 94, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at St.Lukes Hospital. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late John and Rose Rayner Gombosi. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Horvath. Margaret worked as a seamstress at the Muriel Dress Co. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bethlehem; where...

Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr.
Oct 23, 2007
Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr .WWII, Korea, veteran Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr., 89 of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Moravian Village in Bethlehem. He was born November 1, 1917, in Shanghai, China, son of the late Jacob P. and Alice Messner Sartz. Raised in Bernville, PA outside of Reading, Mr. Sartz went on to attend Penn State?s...
Dorothy M. Wasco
Oct 20, 2007
Dorothy M. Wasco, 79, of Bethlehem, died Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born January 17, 1928 in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Anton & Barbara Cmorey Marcincin. Dorothy was the wife of the late Paul Wasco who died in 1981. She was a member of St. Anne?s Catholic...