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Helen Sawchuk
Apr 9, 2011
Helen Sawchuk, 87, of Bethlehem Township, died on Saturday April 9, 2011. Born in Miller Heights on May 30, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Cablk Magocs. She was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Co. during WWII and worked as a floor supervisor for South Manufacturing of Bethlehem for 25 years, retiring in 1988. She...
Mary H Tudgay
Apr 8, 2011
Mary H. Tudgay, 89, of Bethlehem, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2011. She was the wife of James Tudgay who died in 1962. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late William A. Hartnett, Sr. and Ida M. Blackton Hartnett. She graduated from Liberty High School. Mary was office manager for the former City Motors of Bethlehem...
Dr. Joseph W Fisher, Jr.
Apr 8, 2011
Dr. Joseph W. Fisher, Jr., 85, of Bethlehem died Friday at St. Luke's. He was the husband of Eleanor Fisher with whom he was married nearly 63 years. Born in Chicago, IL, he graduated from Loyola University, and their Stritch School of Medicine. He practiced at St. Luke's for 35 years. He was pre-deceased by his granddaughter Courtney, and is...
Helen Horvath
Apr 8, 2011
Helen Horvath, 85, of Bethlehem, died Friday, April 8th at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Helen graduated from Bethlehem Business College. She worked at the Bethlehem Steel Co. and The Bon-Ton during her life in addition to being a devoted wife and mother. Born October 8th, 1925, in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late John and Barbara Herceg....
Jane F Hess
Apr 8, 2011
Jane F. Hess, 80 of Bethlehem Township died Friday night at St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill. Jane was the wife of the late Earl B. Hess who died in 1998. Born in Weatherly, PA she is the daughter of the late John and Julie Fadden. Jane was a graduate of St. Gabriel's High School in Hazelton, PA and a...
Bernadine A. Edwards
Apr 6, 2011
Bernadine A. Edwards, 89, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday April 6, 2011. Born in Bethlehem on March 26, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James and Helen Frick Cullen. She was the wife of the late Calvin B. Edwards. Bernie was employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad as a stenographer for 5 years, retiring in 1947. She was...
Albert A. Sami
Apr 6, 2011
Albert A. Sami, 54, of Allentown, died on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Liberty Nursing Home in Allentown. He was born August 19, 1956 in Equatorial Guinee, West Africa, the son of the late Alberto Sami-Sua and Doreas Anas-Bokara Sami. He was the loving husband to Fenella N. Coker Coker-Sami. They celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary this past June 21st....
Mary V. Warminsky
Apr 6, 2011
Mary V. Warminsky, 80, of Bethlehem Township died Wednesday morning at her home. She was the widow of Joseph A. Warminsky, I who died in 1998. Born in Bethlehem she is the daughter of the late John and Anna Berger Grello. Mary had been a long time member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bethlehem Township. She had worked for...
Kathryn M. Kelleher
Apr 6, 2011
Kathryn M. Kelleher, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the age of 91. She was married to the late John J. "Jack" Kelleher, who died in 1959. They were married in 1952. She was born on September 5, 1919, to the late Albert L. Aldinger and the late Kathryn M. Trimble Aldinger of Bethlehem. She was also...
Dennis C. Hartzell
Apr 4, 2011
Dennis C. Hartzell, 60, of Bethlehem died on Monday, April 4, 2011 at Hospice House of St. Lukes, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born September 30, 1950; the son of the late Charles and Frances Muscara Hartzell. Dennis is survived by his devoted wife, Diane C. Finn Hartzell. They would have shared 39 years of marriage...
Helen M. Johnson
Apr 4, 2011
Helen M. Johnson, 94, passed away, Monday, April 4, 2011 at Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem. She was the wife of the late Earl G. Johnson for 73 years who passed away in November 2010. Formerly of Freemansburg, she was a life-long resident. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Catherine Dehelker. Helen dedicated her...
Julia K Amole
Apr 3, 2011
Julia K. Houp Amole, 88, died on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Gracedale Nursing Home in Nazareth, PA. Born in Reading, PA she was the daughter of the late Ralph M. and Esther B. Buchanan Houp. Julia worked for Just Born Candies, Inc. in Bethlehem as a receptionist and switch board operator. She retired in 1984 after 25 years of...
Joseph F. Kiniuk
Apr 3, 2011
Joseph Kiniuk, 84, of Bethlehem, died peacefully on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his family. Born April 30, 1926 in Philadelphia, Joseph was the son of the late William and Pearl Beldyk Kiniuk. He is survived by his devoted wife of 55 years, Margaret J. Rikli Kiniuk. Joseph was raised on his family's farm, which he...
Elizabeth Szuter
Apr 2, 2011
Elizabeth Szuter, 84, of Bethlehem died Saturday April 2, 2011 at her residence. She was the wife of the late Police Capt. John Szuter who died in 1969. Betty was a waitress for many years at the Maples Restaurant and a member of the Emmanuel E.C. Church in Bethlehem. She is survived by a brother, Charles Taschler and a sister-in-law...
Helen Telepchak
Apr 2, 2011
Helen Yaworsky Telepchak, 76, of Hellertown, PA passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011 in home surrounded by her family. Born May 8, 1934 in Nesquehoning she was the daughter of the late Clementine Batouf and Joseph Yaworsky. She was married to Wash Telepchak with whom she celebrated 56 years of marriage this past June. Helen dedicated her life to her...
Jeanne A. Meixell
Mar 31, 2011
Jeanne A. Meixell, 87, of Allentown, died on Thursday March 31, 2011. Born in Allentown on September 2, 1923, she was the daughter of the late William J. Sr. and Frieda Kratzer Butler. She was the wife of the late Robert Meixell who died in 1987. Jeanne began dancing at the age of 4. She grew up to become a...
Peter V. Santamaria
Mar 31, 2011
Peter V. SantaMaria , 71, of Bethlehem Township passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 in his home surrounded by his family. Born July 18, 1939 in Bethlehem, he was the son of Anna Jancosko SantaMaria and the late Vincent SantaMaria. He was married to Judy Freeman SantaMaria for 48 years. Peter taught English and Reading for 35 years, the last...
Marie E. Ruth
Mar 30, 2011
Marie E. Ruth, 92, of Bethlehem died Wednesday March 30, 2011, at Moravian Village in Bethlehem. She was born on June 27, 1918 in Bethlehem, daughter of the late Robert T. and Mary K. Johnston. She was the wife of the late William E. Ruth Jr. Marie worked as a secretary for the Bethlehem School District and Notre Dame Catholic...
Harriet E. Hudak
Mar 29, 2011
Harriet E. Hukak, 83, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Born in Fountain Hill on November 3, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Helen Schwartz Wolfe. She was the wife of the late Albert "Abbie" Hudak. She was employed by Durkee Foods for 14 years then Kings Market, Bethlehem, where she worked as a...
Eileen Joan O'Hare
Mar 29, 2011
Eileen O'Hare, 91 years young, left this word to be with God on March 29, 2011.Born on July 23, 1919, Eileen O'Hare was raised in Brooklyn, NY, spending the first 45 years of her life living in Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, NY Eileen was a legal secretary for Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, now part of the Phillsbury, Winthrop,...
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