Joan Blasch

Joan M. Collins Blasch of Bethlehem died unexpectedly, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown. She was the beloved wife of John F. Blasch for 43 years. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Patrick J. and Mary A. Daly Collins. She was a graduate of Little Flower High School in Philadelphia.

Joan is survived by her husband John of Bethlehem; sisters, Patricia A., Farinella Ralph of Barrington, N.J.; Veronica J. Harrington Roger of Lafayette Hill, Pa.; brother-in-law-Gerry Riviello and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary E. Riviello.

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be held, Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 11 a.m. at St. Philip Neri Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444. Burial will follow at St. John Neumann Cemetery, County Line Rd. & Upr. St. Chalfont, PA 18914. Arrangements Connell Funeral Home, Inc., Bethlehem, PA.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice in memory of Joan.