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Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Pasquale Caccaviello
Feb 27, 2016
Pasquale “Toto” Caccaviello, 78, of Bethlehem, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Hospice House of St. Lukes. Born in Brooklyn, NY; he was the son of the late Frank and Antoinetta Caccaviello and the brother of Luisa Fiore of Bethlehem, and Geraldine Nazzaro of Princeton, NJ. For most of his life, Toto lived in Princeton with his...
Lottie Shannon
Feb 26, 2016
Lottie Shannon, 82, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, February 26, 2016. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Myrtle (Bogart) Fritchman. She was the wife of the late Jacob H. Shannon who died in 2011; they were married 59 years. Lottie dedicated her life to her family and especially loved being a Nana. She will...
Gloria Urban
Feb 25, 2016
Gloria Urban, 85, of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, February 25, 2016, at her residence. She was born in Hazleton, the daughter of the late, Everisto and Isabelle (Lakitsky) Bertoni. She was the devoted wife of 63 years to the late Anthony Urban, Jr. Gloria worked for the Bethlehem Area School District in the cafeteria for 30 years. She was a...
Michael J. Stern
Feb 25, 2016
Michael Joseph Stern, Jr., 86, of Auburn, PA died on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Magdelena (Margaret Narlesky) Stern and Michael Joseph Stern, Sr. He was a Bethlehem resident for 79 years, before relocating to Lake Wynonah, Auburn, PA in 2008. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Constance...
Avis Mary Godbout
Feb 20, 2016
Avis Mary Godbout, 88, of Bethlehem Township, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Country Meadows in Bethlehem Township. She was the daughter of the late Elsie M. Murphy. Avis was married to Charles Godbout for 63 years until his death on April 16, 2013. Avis was a 1944 graduate of Mary Louis Academy in Queens, NY and a...
Robert "Bob" A. Schaffer
Feb 19, 2016
Robert “Bob” A. Schaffer, 82, was born April 3, 1933 in Limeport, PA. He was the only child of the late Lovine and Elsie (Reinik) Schaffer. Bob was the loving husband of Jo Ann (Sydorak) Schaffer, celebrating 46 years of marriage. Bob was a graduate of Allentown High School in 1951. After high school, he played professional baseball in the...
Mike Mulhearn
Feb 18, 2016
John Michael “Mike” Mulhearn, 66, of Trexlertown, died on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Born in Darby, PA, he was the son of Dolly Mulhearn and the late Jack Mulhearn. Mike loved music and especially enjoyed a good guitar riff. He was an avid Philadelphia Phillies fan and a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan, even though he reminded people daily that "they...
Mary Elizabeth Lilak
Feb 17, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Lilak, 90, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Lilak. Mary was a retired Lt. Colonel from the U.S. Army Nursing Corps, having served in both WWII and Vietnam. She was also a Supervisor at Walter Reed Army Hospital and Valley Forge. She was...
John Gorcsan
Feb 16, 2016
John Gorcsan, Jr., 95, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at UPMC Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late John Gorcsan, Sr. and Vilma (Hassai) Gorcsan. He was the devoted husband to Lucy Rose (Carchio) Gorcsan. They celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary this past November. John graduated from Lehigh University in...
Anna T. Marcincin
Feb 15, 2016
Anna T. Marcincin, 91, of Tamaqua formerly of Hellertown, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at Seton Manor in Schuylkill County. Born February 5, 1925 in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Apolonia (Palenchar) and Andrew Ulincy. She was married to the late Joseph F. Marcincin for 43 years until his death on May 19, 1990. Anna worked...
Helen R. Kostelnik
Feb 13, 2016
Helen R. Kostelnik, 96, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at her home at Moravian Village. She was born in Bethlehem; daughter of the late Urban and Anna (Balik) Kostelnik. Helen retired from the Bethlehem Steel after over 40 years of service at the Homer Research Department. She was a parishioner of Incarnation of Our Lord Parish where...
Gayvorlor S. Ghanwoloku
Feb 13, 2016
Gayvorlor S. Ghanwoloku, 66, of Bethlehem, died on February 13, 2016 at St. Lukes Hospital. He was born February 8, 1950 in Lofa County Liberia, Africa; son of the late Sumo and Larwou Ghanwoloku. Gayvorlor was a Lincoln Technical Institute and Temple University graduate. He spent a majority of his career as an electrical engineer, working for the Bethlehem Steel...
John J. Freeh
Feb 12, 2016
John J. Freeh, Sr., 94, of Upper Saucon Twp., died on Friday, February 12, 2016. John breathed his last at home surrounded by his family during the final prayers of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. His happy, holy death crowned a life of service to God, family, friends, and neighbors. John was born March 13, 1921; the first son and...
Lillian M. Mccarthy
Feb 12, 2016
Lillian M. McCarthy, 90, formerly of Bethlehem, died on Friday, February 12, 2016 at Fellowship Manor in Whitehall. She was born March 12, 1925 in Allentown; daughter of the late, Lewis and Carrie (Peters) Adams. She was the loving wife of 43 years to the late John J. McCarthy, Jr. Lillian was a founding member of Our Lady of Perpetual...
Edward James Hartigan
Feb 12, 2016
Edward James Hartigan, 64, of Bethlehem passed away on Friday February 12, 2016 at St. Lukes Hospice House. He was born on July 9, 1951 in Bethlehem son of the late James and Irma (Pfau) Hartigan of Bethlehem. He was the husband of Kathleen (Csrenko) Hartigan. They would have celebrated 29 years of marriage on February 19th. Edward was a...
Sister Aurelia M. Cerny
Feb 12, 2016
Sister Aurelia (Mary) Cerny, O.S.F. Sister M. Aurelia, 81, a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis, United States Province, in her 62nd year of Profession, died on Friday, February 12, 2016, in St. Clare Hospital, Denville, NJ. Sister entered the community from SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Clifton, N.J. in 1953 and professed her first vows in 1954...
Barbara A. Ford
Feb 12, 2016
Barbara A. Ford, 77, of Bath, PA passed away on Friday February 12, 2016 in the At Home Parkland Health and Hospice in Schnecksville, PA. She was born on March 20, 1938 in Bethlehem, PA daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Geisinger) Collins. She was the loving wife over 40 years to Richard M. Ford. Barbara was a 1956...
Edward M. Bolcar
Feb 11, 2016
Edward “Eddie” M. Bolcar, Jr. 58, of Bethlehem Twp., passed away on February 11, 2016 in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Lynn (Weaver) Bolcar. They celebrated 28 years of marriage on September 2, 2015. Eddie was born October 29, 1957 in Fountain Hill. He was the son of Edward, Sr. and Irene (Kereczman)...
Joann J. Korosecz
Feb 9, 2016
JoAnn J. Korosecz, 67 of Allentown, died on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. She was born in Hamburg, PA, the daughter of the late Ernest and Helen (Henne) Dunnavant. She was the loving wife to Robert “Bob” Korosecz they celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary before his death in 2010. She will be lovingly remembered by her son, Devan Smith, brother, Alan...
Helen L. Gallo
Feb 8, 2016
Helen L. Gallo, 97, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, February 8, 2016. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late, Stephen and Elizabeth (Polcik) Bednarik. She was the loving wife of the late, Michael J. Gallo. She was a member of Incarnation of our Lord Parish in Bethlehem. Helen enjoyed taking care of her family and home. Helen...
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