OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Rosanne M. Kasian
Nov 11, 2010
Rosanne M. Kasian, 67, of Coatesville, PA; died on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Allentown, PA; the daughter of the late George W. and Barbara Vranesic Grasic. Rosanne is survived by her devoted husband of 44 years, Edward A. Kasian, Sr. of Coatesville. She retired from The Office of the Bursar at West Chester...

Rudolph Louis Rayner
Nov 10, 2010
Rudolph Louis Rayner, Valley Manor, Coopersburg, PA, and a long-time resident of Upper Saucon Township died Nov 10, 2010. Born Jan 5 1920, Mr. Rayner was the son of the late Fani Csaszar Rainer and Stephen Istvan Rainer. His late sister was Mrs. John Christine Wiczena. He was married to the late Helen Marie Zsilavec Rayner for 54 years. He...
Irene F. Halkias
Nov 10, 2010
Irene F. Halkias, 80, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Grgurinovic. She was the loving wife of Theodore "Ted" G. Halkias. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this November 18th. Irene worked as an administrative assistant for the Bethlehem...

Earl G. Johnson
Nov 9, 2010
Mr. Earl G. Johnson, 95 formerly of Freemansburg died Tuesday afternoon at Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem, Pa. Earl was the loving husband of Helen Dehelker they celebrated their 73rd Anniversary May 1st. Born in Easton, PA he was the son of the late Harry and Bella Johnson. Earl worked for the Bethlehem Steel Company as a Bar Turner in...

Steve Sherbechuk
Nov 9, 2010
Steve Sherbechuk, 99, of Bethlehem, and formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, died Monday November 9, 2010 at Gracedale Nursing Home. Born in the Ukraine on October 23, 1911, he was the son of the late Feodor and Evdokia Pashkovska Scherbijczuk. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Anna Kowal Sherbechuk, who died in 2004. Steve was the...
Joan L Hogan
Nov 4, 2010
Joan L. Trimble Hogan, 75, of Bethlehem, PA formerly of West Palm, FL died on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem, surrounded by her family. Joan was born in Fountain Hill and was the daughter of the late John R. and Elizabeth Curran Trimble. Joan was a 1953 graduate of Allentown Central...
Mary A. Koch
Nov 3, 2010
Mary A. Koch, 100 of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem. Her secret to a long life was "one cup a coffee a day with eight cubes of sugar!" Mary was born in Palmerton, the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Gearhart Hanus. She was the loving wife of the late Elmer...
Elizabeth Ann Ronneberg
Nov 3, 2010
Elizabeth Ann Ronneberg, 22, of Bethlehem passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Born July 11, 1988 in Williamsport, PA she was the daughter of JaneDruckenmiller Ronneberg of Bethlehem and Henry Ronneberg and wife Michelle of Williamsport, PA. Elizabeth was a talented artist and recently presented her senior art show at Northampton Community College. She loved to travel, read and listen...

Mary E. Horvath
Nov 2, 2010
Mary E. Horvath, 96, formerly of Radford, VA died Tuesday November 2, 2010 at Heritage Hill Senior Community, Weatherly, PA. Born in Jamestown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Demkovich Smell. She was the wife of the late John C. Horvath who died in 2006. Mary gave many years as a volunteer for the Red...
Althea Ann Livirrie
Nov 1, 2010
Althea Ann Livirrie of Bethlehem, PA passed away Monday, November 1, 2010. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Rose Politi and Joseph Livirrrie. Althea graduated from Liberty High School, St. Luke's School of Nursing and Cedar Crest College with a degree in Cooperative Nursing. She entered the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during the Korean War and...

Dorothy A. Marth
Nov 1, 2010
Dorothy A. Marth, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Monday November 1, 2010 at Gracedale. Born in Bethlehem on February 20, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Wari Ranilovich. She was the wife of the late Ignatius J. Marth Jr. who died in 2003. She worked in the shipping department for the former Ka-Res Lingerie retiring...

George R. Fulop
Oct 30, 2010
George R. Fulop, 69, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Hospice House of St. Luke's. He was born December 13, 1940 in Bethlehem; the son of the late George and Mary Pinter Fulop. George is survived by his loving wife, Maryann Chassar Fulop of Bethlehem. He was a graduate of Liberty High School and worked for the...
Peter M. Chando
Oct 30, 2010
Peter M. "Shan" Chando, 59, of Catasauqua, Pa. died Saturday October 30, 2010 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. He was born on March 31, 1951 in Bethlehem, Pa. son of the late Stephen and Mary Bandurich Chando. He was the husband of Wendy Veitel Chando. They celebrated 38 years of marriage this past June. Peter worked for Bethlehem Steel as a...
Theresa M. Pahootski
Oct 26, 2010
Theresa M. Pahootski, 90, longtime resident of Miller Heights, died on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. She was born in Sugar Notch, PA. Theresa worked as a seamstress for several local factories. She was also a member of the I.L.G.W.U. She was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Miller Heights. Theresa was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of...

Susan Supak
Oct 25, 2010
Susan Pivarnik Supak, 85, formerly of Linden, Edison and North Brunswick, NJ, died Monday, October 25, 2010, at her home in Bethlehem, PA. She was born May 4, 1925 in Palin, Czechoslovakia; the daughter of the late George and Barbara Sakac Pivarnik. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, George Michael Supak. Susan, a 1943 graduate...
Ruth Blatnik
Oct 23, 2010
Ruth V. Blatnik, 76, passed away peacefully at Gracedale Nursing home in Nazareth, PA. She was born in Freemansburg, PA; the daughter of the late Harry and Marion Searfoss Wolfe. Ruth was the wife of the late Paul J. Blatnik Sr. Ruth dedicated her life to her family and is survived by her sons, Michael Blatnik, Paul Blatnik Jr. of...
William P. Cooke Sr.
Oct 22, 2010
William P. Cooke Sr., 77, of Bethlehem, died on Friday October 22, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Jerome and Genevieve Foy Cooke. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Theresa Bencak Cooke. He was a Bethlehem police officer for 33 years retiring as a...
E. Peter D'Ambrosio
Oct 16, 2010
E. Peter D'Ambrosio, 86, of Bethlehem, PA passed Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Blough Health Care Center in Bethlehem. Born June 20, 1924 in Bethlehem he was the son of the late Antoinette DelloGacono and Peter D'Ambrosio. He was married to the late Helen Boldizsar D'Ambrosio with whom he celebrated 55 years of marriage. Peter worked with the U.S. Post...
Joseph P. Gescek
Oct 16, 2010
Joseph P. "Ray, Rutchie" Gescek, 80, of Bethlehem died peacefully at home Saturday, October 16, 2010 surrounded by his children after his long battle with lung cancer. He was the son of the late Phillip and Frances Doncsecz Gyecsek. Born in Bethlehem he attended Liberty High School and in 1948 joined the US Army serving 8 months in Korea during...
Mary Walchonski
Oct 16, 2010
Mary Walchonski, 92, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday October 16, 2010 at Above and Beyond Mountain View, Allentown. Born in Hazleton, PA on November 11, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Onufrey and Rosalia Strack Kostiuk. She was the wife of the late John Walchonski who died in 1998. She was also preceded in death by her sisters,...