OBITUARIES

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Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas

Steven Anthony Siderias

Steven Anthony Siderias

May 23, 2013

Steven Anthony Siderias, 47, formerly of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, May 26, 2013. He was born July 9, 1965, son of Frances (Walakovits) Siderias of Bethlehem, and the grandson of the late Charles A. and Helen E. Walakovits. Steve was a 1983 graduate of Liberty High School, where he excelled on the Hurricane baseball team. He also played Junior Legion...

Richard P. Rohrbach

Richard P. Rohrbach

May 22, 2013

Richard P. Rohrbach, 82, of Bethlehem, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013. He was born in Bethlehem the son of the late Elizabeth Pollinger. He was married for 49 years to the late Agnes Hydro. He worked for over 21 years for the former Retail Credit Co. and later worked for PNQ Wholesale. He served during the Korean War with the...

Jeffrey B. Michur

Jeffrey B. Michur

May 22, 2013

Jeffrey B. Michur, 62, of Bath, Pa. passed away at his residence. He was born on May 5, 1951 in Northampton, Pa., son of the late Joseph J. and Helen ( Shelak) Michur. Jeffrey was a production line worker for Amazon. He will be lovingly remembered by his son, Joseph S. Michur of Bethlehem, and brother, Adrian Michur of Silver...

Marjorie M. Nemes

Marjorie M. Nemes

May 22, 2013

Marjorie M. Nemes, 91, of Wyndmoor, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in her home. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Evan and Ilona A. John. Marjorie (John) Nemes grew up in Fountain Hill and graduated from Liberty High School in 1939. She received her diploma in nursing from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing...

Mary Morganello

Mary Morganello

May 20, 2013

Mary Morganello, 93, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Hospice House of St. Luke's. She was born October 10, 1919, in Bethlehem; the daughter of the late Domenico and Angela (Ummarino) Morano. Mary was the devoted wife of over 60 years to the late Matthew Michael Morganello. Mary worked as a teller for First National Bank....

Martin Ramirez

Martin Ramirez

May 18, 2013

Martin Ramirez, 78, of Bethlehem, PA died Saturday, May 18, 2013 surrounded by his family in his daughter's home. Born January 30, 1935 in Caguas, Puerto Rico he was the son of the late, Narciso and Eugenia (Mejias) Ramirez. He was married to Lucia (Benitez) Ramirez for 47 years until her death on March 5, 2007. Martin worked as a...

Joanne Del Prado

Joanne Del Prado

May 17, 2013

Joanne (Pope) Del Prado, 63, of Easton, PA died Friday, May 17, 2013 in her home surrounded by her family. Born April 17, 1950 in Silver Springs, MD she was the daughter of Margaret Pope and the late Joseph Richard Pope, Sr. Joanne worked as a nurse for 30 years and spending 21 years at St. Luke's in Bethlehem. She...

Helen A. Zavecz

Helen A. Zavecz

May 15, 2013

Helen A. Zavecz, 89, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Blough Healthcare. She was born in Bethlehem; daughter of the late Julius and Clara Fabian Szarka Nagy. She was the devoted wife of the late William Zavecz who died in 1996. They were married for 50 years. Helen was a homemaker. She was a parishioner of the...

Julia Zelasko

Julia Zelasko

May 14, 2013

Julia (Bolash) Zelasko, 98, of Nazareth, formerly of Bethlehem Township, PA died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Gracedale Nursing Home in Nazareth. Born November 9, 1914 in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lydia (Zamolyi) Bolash. She was married to the late Joseph B. Zelasko. Julia worked for the former Laros Printing in the shipping department...

Samuel J. Sims

Samuel J. Sims

May 13, 2013

Samuel J. Sims, 79, died May 13, 2013 at home. Prior to his treatment for soft tissue sarcoma, which began in December 2012, Sam was actively engaged in his geology consulting, playing tennis at SVCC, and traveling regularly with Myrna to the west coast and to Europe. Sam was born February 20, 1934 in Los Angeles, the son of Roxey...

Louis Sinicz

Louis Sinicz

May 13, 2013

Louis Sinicz, 99, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, May 13, 2013. He was born January 16, 1914 in Bethlehem, son of the late Frank and Katie (Horwath) Sinicz. Louis is survived by his devoted wife of 72 years, Theresa E. (Ruggiero) Sinicz. Louis joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for two years prior to proudly serving in the US Navy from...

Dorothy A. Rush

Dorothy A. Rush

May 13, 2013

Dorothy A. Rush, 94, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Gracedale Nursing Home. Born in Easton, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Alice (Labor) Beers. She was a 1936 graduate of Easton High School and was employed by the Easton Express during the 1950's and 1960's. She was active with various Easton area charities...

Luis A. Rivera

Luis A. Rivera

May 12, 2013

Luis A. Rivera, 58, of Fountain Hill, PA passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at Easton Hospital. He was born August 9, 1954 in Patillas, Puerto Rico, son of the late Octavio Rivera and Carmen (DeAlba) of Puerto Rico. He will be lovingly remembered by his fiance, Crystal Heckman, of Fountain Hill; daughters, Jessica Rivera, wife of Luis Ortiz...

Charles H. Schuler

Charles H. Schuler

May 11, 2013

Charles H. Schuler, 91, of Lower Saucon Twp., died on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born October 5, 1921; son of the late Harry and Lena Schuler. Charles was married to Josephine J. (DelRe) Schuler for 58 years. Charles proudly served in the US Navy during WWII. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. as...

Anna T. Blanar

Anna T. Blanar

May 11, 2013

Anna T. Blanar, 90 of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Anna (Sikora) Bucko and wife of the late Francis Blanar who died in 2005. They were married 57 years. She was a member of Incarnation of Our Lord Parish, formerly Ss....

Mary A. Brenneman

Mary A. Brenneman

May 9, 2013

Mary A. Brenneman, 91, of Bethlehem, PA died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, MD. Born August 30, 1921 in Coledale, PA she was the daughter of the late George and Mary (Kuruc) Harvilla. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Brenneman, Sr. Mary was a Nurse Anesthetist in Reading, PA before dedicating...

Theresa Sobota

Theresa Sobota

May 7, 2013

Theresa "Tessie" Sobota, 82, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Gracedale Nursing Home in Nazareth. She was born March 3, 1931 in Bethlehem, daughter of the late John and Eva (Bednarik) Sobota. Tessie was a graduate of Bethlehem Catholic High School. She worked briefly at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. prior to dedicating her life to God. Theresa...

Timothy Branscom

Timothy Branscom

May 6, 2013

Timothy Stephen Branscom of Bethlehem passed away May 6, 2013. He was born in Bethlehem, son of the late Russell and Ruth (Pazzetti) Branscom. He was the husband of Kelly Jo (Stauffer) Branscom. They celebrated 29 years of marriage on March 4th. Timothy worked as a brakeman for PBNE for 23 years. He graduated from Ss. Simon & Jude School,...

Catherine J. Posivak

Catherine J. Posivak

May 6, 2013

Catherine J. Posivak, 95, of Fountain Hill died Monday morning in Cedarbrook Fountain Hill Annex. Catherine was the wife of the late Joseph F. Posivak. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Anna (Tonscola) Horninger. Catherine was an excellent sewing machine operator working for the former Bethlehem Garment Factory and Baba Garment Factory retiring in...

William Cusatis

William Cusatis

May 1, 2013

William Cusatis, 86, died on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at his residence in Bethlehem. He was born February 1, 1927 in Hazelton, PA; son of the late James and Marie (Potts) Cusatis. Bill was preceded in death by his devoted wife of 52 years, Evelyn Betty (McMurtrie) Cusatis. Bill was a 1945 graduate of Bethlehem Technical High School. He proudly...

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