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Ida A. Coffin
Oct 20, 2014
Ida A. Coffin, 87, of Nazareth, formerly Bethlehem passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 at Gracedale nursing home in Nazareth. Born August 16, 1927 in Slatington she was the daughter of the late Emma (Burger) and William Kibler. She was married to the late George Henry Albert Coffin, Sr. Ida was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and...
Russell Harris Browne
Oct 19, 2014
Russell Harris Browne, 95, of Fountain Hill, died at Sacred Heart Senior Living on Sunday, October 19, 2014; which would have been the 73rd wedding anniversary of Russell and his late wife, Helen M. (Roseman) Browne. He was born April 25, 1919 in Bethlehem; son of the late Russell Harris and Harriet (Carpenter) Browne. Russell served in the US Army...
Peter A. Alonso
Oct 19, 2014
Peter A. Alonso, 87, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Ramiro and Camila (Mata) Alonso. He was a WWII veteran who served with the U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division; stationed in Okinawa and Japan. He was a member of the Hellertown American Legion and a life member of...
Claude L. Mason, Jr.
Oct 19, 2014
Claude L. Mason, Jr. 86, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA on November 18, 1927 the son of the late, Claude L. Mason, Sr. and Mary (Bennett) Mason. He was the loving husband to Esther M. (Shaw) Mason who died in 1998. Claude was a...
William J. Grabus
Oct 18, 2014
William J. Grabus, 68, of Bethlehem Twp., died on Saturday, October 18, 2014. He was born October 27, 1945 in Philadelphia; son of the late Edward and Laura (Nowak) Grabus. Bill is survived by his wife, Patricia J. (Wadsworth) Grabus. Bill was a graduate of Father Judge High School and served in the Philadelphia Police Department prior to becoming a...
John R. Makos
Oct 17, 2014
John R. Makos, Sr., 85, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, October 17, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospice House. He was born in Fountain Hill, the son of the late, Mathias and Anna (Donchez) Makos. He was the loving husband of the late Theresa J. (Sabella) Makos who died in 1998. John worked for Bethlehem Steel and Bethlehem Corporation as a...
Edward A. Pettit
Oct 17, 2014
Edward A. Pettit, Jr., 71, of Bethlehem, died unexpectedly on Friday, October 17, 2014 at his residence. He was born July 7, 1943 in Bronx, NY; son of Edward A. Pettit Sr. and Mary (Mallon) Pettit. Edward is survived by his loving wife of 33 years, Sue A. (Caldwell) Pettit. Edward was a 1965 graduate of Manhattan College. He retired...
Mary Jane Delay Kammetler
Oct 15, 2014
Mary Jane DeLay Kammetler, 86, of Bethlehem, died Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at Cedar Brook Nursing Home in Fountain Hill. She was born in Tamaqua, PA; daughter of the late William S. and Ida Mae (Brachman) DeLay. She was the devoted wife of 60 years to the late Robert A. Kammetler, Sr. before his death last October 16th. Mary Jane...
Gabor S. Macsi
Oct 11, 2014
Gabor S. Macsi, Jr., 89, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, October 11, 2014. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Gabor, Sr. and Suzie Macsi. He was the loving husband to Loretta A (Piccirilli) Macsi; they were married 67 years. He worked for the Bethlehem Steel in the beam yards as a Foreman, retiring in 1982. He...
Miguel A. Gonzalez
Oct 10, 2014
Miguel “Mickey” A. Gonzalez, 62, of Bethlehem passed away on Friday October 10, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 19, 1952 in Lares, Puerto Rico, son of the late Leboria Gonzalez and Paulina Garcia of Allentown. He was the husband of Sonja A. (Wrecsics) Gonzalez. They met when she locked her keys...
Stephen F. Bednar
Oct 10, 2014
Stephen F. Bednar, Jr. 71, son of the late Stephen F. Bednar, Sr. and Irene Jancosko Bednar of Bethlehem, PA died Friday at Golden Living in East Stroudsburg, PA. He was a welder at Lehigh Foundry. He is survived by three children, John and his wife Christina of Henryville, PA, Steve Bednar III, and Cathy Bednar of Forks Township, PA....
Donald W. Elm
Oct 9, 2014
Donald W. Elm, Sr., 78, of Bethlehem, died suddenly, on Thursday, October 9, 2014. Born in Duryea, PA; he was the son of the late William and Anna (Kelly) Elm. He was the loving husband of the late Kathleen Ann (Gaughan) Elm who died in 1997; they were married 40 years. Don was employed by Lucent Technologies where he was...
John Lysy
Oct 5, 2014
John “Babe” Lysy, 90, of Manville, passed away peacefully, on Sunday, October 5, 2014, in Bethlehem, PA. Born in Manville; he was the son of the late Max and Tilly (Vozne) Lysy. He was the husband of the late Mary (Shubiak) Lysy who died in 2008. He was employed by the US General Services Administration in Bell Meade, where he...
Carmella "Sis" Romano
Oct 5, 2014
Carmella “Sis” Romano, 97, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Holy Family Manor. She was born September 1, 1917 in Girardville, PA; daughter of the late Benjamin and Sue (Racco) Saraceno. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Ponzi Romano. Carmella retired owned and operated beauty salons for 70 years. She originally partnered...
Margaret Jane Niechwiadowicz
Oct 4, 2014
Margaret Jane Niechwiadowicz, 87, died October 4 at St. Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Daughter of Bertha and John McCarthy, she was born on January 22, 1927 in Bethlehem, PA. She was a graduate of Bethlehem Catholic High School. She and her husband Edward resided in Bethlehem and celebrated 65 years of marriage in May. Margaret found great joy in the...
Wayne D. Rummel
Oct 2, 2014
Wayne B. Rummel, 65, of Bethlehem, passed away on Thursday October 2, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. He was born on November 23, 1948 in Bethlehem, son of the late Alex Rummel and Mary (Borovies) Rodriguez. He was the husband of Marie (Fodero) Rummel. They celebrated 48 years of marriage on May 3rd and were together for...
Lucille Otto
Oct 2, 2014
Lucille (DeAngelis) Otto, 64, of Nazareth passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Rosemary and Ralph DeAngelis. Lucille worked for Muhlenberg Hospital in the Lab and also Shoprite in Bethlehem. She is survived by her daughter, Nicole wife of Jeremy Bauer of Florida, brother, Joseph DeAngelis and wife Nancy of Bethlehem...
John J. Holva
Oct 1, 2014
John J. Holva, Jr., 71, of Bethlehem Township, passed peacefully in his sleep, on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late John J. Sr. and Mary (Demianoff) Holva. He was employed by and retired from the former Keystone Cement Company, Bath. He was a life member of the Heights A.A., the Jefferson Democratic,...
Barbara A. Zito
Sep 30, 2014
Barbara A. Zito, 72, of Bethlehem Township passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Manor Care Nursing Home in Bethlehem. Born June 2, 1942 in Ormrod, PA she was the daughter of the late Kathryn (Benjo) and John Bobenko. She was married to Michael A. Zito with whom she celebrated 19 years of marriage. Barbara worked for several accounting firms...
Grace Defilippo
Sep 29, 2014
Grace DeFilippo, 81, of Northampton, died peacefully on Monday, September 29, 2014. She was born in Elmhurst, NY; daughter of the late John and Josephine (Montera) DeAngelo. She was the loving wife of D. Thomas DeFilippo, they were married 62 years. Grace worked as an executive secretary in the Lehigh Valley for many years; 10 of those years with the...
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