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

Edward H. Furlong
Jan 30, 2011
Edward H. Furlong, 60, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday January 30, 2011. Born in San Francisco, CA on July 16, 1950, he was the son of Harry and Florence Leach Furlong. He is survived by his fiance, Victoria Ruiz of Bethlehem. Edward was employed by the True Value Distribution Center in Allentown where he was a Supervisor. He will be...

Sue A. Borda
Jan 29, 2011
Sue A. Hoch Borda, 61, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald L. Borda on June 29, 2009. Sue worked as a Receptionist for St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Hecktown. Sue will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Stephen...
Leon J. Mcgeady
Jan 28, 2011
Dr. Leon J.McGeady Dr. Leon J. McGeady of Bethlehem died on Friday, January 28th , 2011. He was born in Freemansburg, the son of the late Elda Smock McGeady and Gerald J. McGeady. He received his B.S., M.S. and PhD. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1943, 1946 and 1950 respectively from Lehigh University. He served on the faculty of Lafayette College...

Mary A Shuck
Jan 28, 2011
Mary A Elias Shuck, 86 , of Bethlehem Township, died on Friday, January 28, 2011 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem, PA She was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA and was the daughter of the late Abraham and Phoebe Elias and the widow of Leo Shuck who died in December of 1989. Mary was a homemaker and devoted mother. She was a...

Jose Colon Rodriguez
Jan 28, 2011
Jose Colon Rodriguez passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011 with his devoted and loving family at his bedside. Born in Salinas, Puerto Rico he was the son of Sixto and Carmela Colon Rodriguez. He was a devoted husband to his wife Cecilia, their children, grandchildren and his brothers and sisters, nieces, and nephews. Jose worked as a chef in...
Marianne T. Bitler
Jan 25, 2011
Marianne T. Bitler, 67, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at St. Luke?s Hospice House on January 25th. Marianne was born Feb. 8, 1943 to the late Kenneth D. and Catherine Boyle Bitler. She was a graduate of Liberty High School, class of 1961. She retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad with 34 years of service. In her spare...
Dorinda J. Vicoso
Jan 25, 2011
Dorinda J. Vicoso, 87, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday January 25, 2011, at Lehigh Valley Hospital ? Muhlenberg. Born in Forninhos, Portugal, she was the daughter of the late Abel Andrade and Maria Guerra. She was the wife of the late Jose R. Vicoso, Sr. who died in 2002. She was a member of Holy Infancy Catholic Church and of...

Wilhelmina Beverly
Jan 24, 2011
SFC Wilhelmina Beverly, 34, of Fairburn, Ga. formerly of Bethlehem Twp. died January 24, 2011 at the Columbia Regional Medical Center in Miami, Florida. She was born on January 13, 1977 in Philadelphia, daughter of Wauneta Beverly and raised by Barbara Young of Bethlehem. She entered the US Army as a Medical Logistics Specialist in August 1996. She had assignments...
Mary M. Racosky
Jan 23, 2011
Mary M. Racosky, 81, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Michael and Rose Kolosa Toth. She was the loving wife of the late Michael E. Racosky who died in 2001. Mary worked as a bookkeeper for the Muriel Dress Co. She was a former...
Roseanne B. Leary
Jan 23, 2011
Roseanne B. ?Ro? Leary, 58, of Bethlehem passed away on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 in Lehigh Valley Hospital Hospice after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She and her husband, Thomas P. Leary, were married on the 13th of August in 1982. She was the daughter of the late Frederick Hussar and Eleanor Fistner Hussar Kacar. She was also...

John Kametz
Jan 23, 2011
John M.?Jack? Kametz, 82, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Hospice House of St. Luke's. He was born September, 12, 1928 in Bethlehem; the son of the late Michael and Frances McGoldrick Kametz. John is survived by his devoted wife of 56 years, Mary Ann Kametz. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during...
Richard Barrett Muschlitz
Jan 22, 2011
Richard ?Ricky? Barrett Muschlitz, 27, of Palmer Township, PA died on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Easton Hospital in Easton, PA. Born June 20, 1983 in Bethlehem, he was the son of Marie Grunwald Muschlitz and Richard M. Muschlitz. Ricky was an attorney, passing the bar exams in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in three consecutive days. Just last year he...
William R. Szulborski
Jan 22, 2011
William R. Szulborski, 58, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at LV Hospice. He was born May 13, 1952; the son of Kathleen Hanley Szulborski of Fountain Hill and the late William Stanley Szulborski. Bill was a graduate of Bethlehem Catholic High School and while attending Kutztown University in 1973 was elected as the youngest councilman ever to...
Elisa Costa Jacinto
Jan 21, 2011
Elisa Costa Jacinto, 89, of Bethlehem died on Friday, January 21, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT. She was born in Espinheiro, Portugal; the daughter of the late Agostinho DaCosta and Maria Da Natividade Janelas. Elisa was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Luis Jacinto. She worked as a Seamstress for A.G. Baba Sports Wear. Elisa was...

Ann Royce
Jan 20, 2011
Ann Royce, 84, formerly of Freemansburg Ave. in Bethlehem Township; died Thursday morning at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem. Mrs. Royce, born in Bethlehem, was the widow of Harold Royce who died in 1984. She was the daughter of the late Antonio DeCarlo and Lena Pelizoto Nace. She was also the step-daughter of the late Vernan Nace. Many years ago, Ann...
Matthew Morganello
Jan 20, 2011
Matthew Michael Morganello, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born September 30, 1926 in Bethlehem; the son of the late Joseph and Nellie Petrucella Morganello. Matthew is survived by his devoted wife of over 60 years, Mary Morano Morganello. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII and...

Regina Jamiolkowski
Jan 20, 2011
Regina Zelasko Jamiolkowski, 89, of Bethlehem Township, died on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at St.Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. She was born in Sugar Notch, Luzerne County, PA and was the daughter of the late Anthony and Veronica Yasinski Zelasko and the widow of the late Chester ?Reds? Jamiolkowski who died September 30, 2006 with whom she was married to for...
Charles G Donchez
Jan 20, 2011
Charles G. Donchez, 93, of Bethlehem died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in Holy Family Manor. Born in Bethlehem he was the son of the late Karoly and Ann Csrenko Donchez. He and his wife Gloria Reardon Donchez married on May 19, 1951 and dedicated the last 59+ years to each other and their family. Charlie retired from the Bethlehem Steel...

Herminia Acevedo
Jan 20, 2011
Herminia Valera Acevedo, 83 , of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at her Residence in Bethlehem, PA. She was born in Aguado, Puerto Rico and was the daughter of the late Pedro Valera and Justina Soto. Hermina was a member of Holy Infancy Catholic Church. She was a homemaker and devoted mother and grandmother. Herminia will be lovingly...
Georgine M Kelhart
Jan 18, 2011
Georgine M Domyan Kelhart, 69, of Coopersburg, died on Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospice in Lower Saucon Township. She was the companion of Gerald W. Matla for the past ten years. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Alex and Irene Molnar Domyan. She was the widow of Stephen Kelhart who died in 2000. Georgine operated, with...