Margaret C. Pesola

Margaret C. Pesola, 85, of Bethlehem, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill. Born in Hellertown, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Saxon Sontak. She was the loving wife of the late John G. Pesola.

Margaret worked for Young Folks Bazaar Children's Shop as a part-time clerk

and then for B Braun Medical Co. as an assembly line worker.

She was a founding member of Notre Dame Catholic Church of Bethlehem.

She will be lovingly remembered by her sons, John J. Pesola & his wife Sandra of Hellertown; Stephen V. Pesola of Northampton; daughter, Margaret M. Butryn of Bethlehem; sister, Ella H. Albright of Bethlehem; and her three grandchildren, James Agentis, III, Danielle Agentis and Christopher S. Christman & his wife Teena.

She was preceded in death by: brothers, Joseph, William, John, and Edward Sontak

and sister, Mary Sontak.

Services: A Funeral Service will be held, Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. at Connell Funeral Home, Inc. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Notre Dame Catholic Church 1861 Catasauqua Rd. Bethlehem. Visitation will be held,

Friday, from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, from 9:15-10:15 a.m. both in the funeral home. Burial will be at Holy Saviour Cemetery, in Bethlehem, PA.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Arthritis Foundation of the Lehigh Valley,

1227 Liberty St., Allentown, PA 18102.