Wilma "Eme" Messics

Wilma “Eme” Messics, 89, of Bethlehem, died peacefully on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at Westminster Village, Allentown. She was born in Bethlehem to Windish immigrant parents, Stephen and Mary (Vratar) Kucsan. She was raised during the Depression in a southside Bethlehem apartment building on Evans St. with her brothers, Steve and John, and sister, Mary. Eme married Charles L. Messics, nicknamed “Perk,” her husband of 42 years. He was a Bethlehem Steel carpenter who ultimately built their dream home on Rodgers Street in Bethlehem but passed away in 1988. Eme was a talented seamstress and prior to the birth of her three children she worked in various sewing factories. She volunteered many hours to the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and sewing dance costumes for her daughters dancing school recitals. Eme enjoyed bingo, polka music, and day trips to Atlantic City with her lady friends. She was a faithful member of St. John's Windish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bethlehem.

She will be lovingly remembered by her friends and family, including son, C. David and wife, Gail; daughters, Shirley Daluisio, wife of Charles, and Mary Ann Fisher; grandson, Jared Messics; granddaughter, Catherine Fisher; and niece/godchild, Roberta Ohl and her son Joshua.

Visitation hours will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Connell Funeral Home, 245 E. Broad St., Bethlehem and again on Wednesday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in St. Johns Windish Evangelical Lutheran Church, 617 E. 4th St., Bethlehem. An 11 a.m. funeral service will follow. Burial will be at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 212 E. Broad St., Bethlehem, PA 18018 or the church.

Cemetery
Nisky Hill Cemetery
254 E. Church St.
Bethlehem PA 18018
US

Visitation
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Connell Funeral Home, Inc.
245 East Broad St.
Bethlehem PA 18018
US
610-868-8531

Visitation
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
St. John's Windish Lutheran Church
617 E. 4th St.
Bethlehem PA 18015
US

Funeral Service
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
11:00 AM
St. John's Windish Lutheran Church
617 E. 4th St.
Bethlehem PA 18015
US

Funeral HomeConnell Funeral Home, Inc.
245 East Broad St.
Bethlehem PA - 18018
US
610-868-8531