OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Mary Chando
Sep 2, 2010
Mary Chando, 89, of Bethlehem, surrounded by her loving family , died Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Moravian Village in Bethlehem. Born July 20, 1921, Mary was the eldest child of the late Michael and Susan Billetz Bandurich. Mary was the wife of Stephen Chando, Sr. celebrating 55 years of marriage until his death on August 6, 2004. She graduated...

Francis J. Bellew
Aug 31, 2010
Francis J. Bellew, 85, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at St Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late James and Mary Ford Bellew. He was the loving husband of Frances Bicking Bellew, they celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on April 9, 2010 He served his country during WWII with the...

Kathryn M. Baron
Aug 30, 2010
Kathryn M. Goida Baron Kathryn M Marciw Baron, 89, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, August 30, 2010 at St.Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. Kathryn was born in Palmerton, PA and was the daughter of the late Michael and Anastazia Marciw Marciw and the wife of Michael R. Baron with whom she celebrated their 10 anniversary this past September. Kathryn was the...

Ruth Ann Bobal
Aug 29, 2010
Ruth Ann Bobal, 66, of Bath, PA passed away Sunday, August 29, 2010 at St.Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA. Born November 4, 1943 in Hazelton, PA she was the daughter of the late Ruth Smith and Curtis Rataczak. She was married to Joseph F. Bobal, Jr. with whom she just celebrated 36 years of marriage this past July 27th. Ruth...
Paul A. Pilyar
Aug 29, 2010
Paul A. Pilyar, 89, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday August 29, 2010 at Praxis Nursing Home, Easton. Born in Bethlehem on November 27, 1920, he was the son of the late John and Anna Havernik Pilyar. He was the husband of the late Philomena Salvadge Pilyar who died in 2003. Paul was employed by the Bethlehem Steel and retired in...

Catherine Cruciani
Aug 28, 2010
Catherine Cruciani, 82, of Bethlehem, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Moravian Village in Bethlehem. She was born February 14, 1928 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Michael and Barbara Tangle Maurer. She is the wife of the late Alfred A. Cruciani, who died August 6, 2010. They celebrated 58 years of marriage on June 14th of this year....
Roberto Rodriguez
Aug 26, 2010
Roberto Rodriguez, 72, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. passed away Thursday August 26, 2010 at the University Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was born on October 3, 1937 in Puerto Rico, son of the late Bernardo and Cruz Rodriguez. He was the husband of Carmen Ojeda Rodriguez. Roberto was a retired carpenter. He was a loving and devoted man to...

Kuno J. Stadelmann, Sr.
Aug 25, 2010
Kuno J. Stadelmann, Sr., 81, of Bethlehem, died on August 25, 2010 at Hospice House of St. Luke's. He was born in Switzerland and was a member of the Swiss Army. Kuno was a Chef for the Hotel Bethlehem and Wood Co. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Alice Portman Stadelmann; his daughter Heidi Wruble; his son, Kuno...
Josephine Florence Roth
Aug 25, 2010
Josephine F. SantaMaria Roth, 91, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at LV Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Peter and Angeline Gentilcore SantaMaria. Josephine was preceded in death by her husband, Norman H. Roth and her daughter Norma Jean Yeager. She worked as a manager for Stonehenge Apts. from 1975-1983. Josephine was...
Angelo M. Butch
Aug 25, 2010
Angelo M. "Babe" Butch, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at Manor Care Health Services I in Bethlehem. He was born May 9, 1926 in Orange, NJ; the son of the late Samuel and Antonetta Palmieri Butch. Babe is survived by his wife of 61 years, Helen Butch. He served in the US Army Air Corps during...
Elizabeth J. Beahm
Aug 24, 2010
Elizabeth Louise "Becky" Beahm, 80 of Bethlehem died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospice in Lower Saucon Township. She was the wife of the late Earl E. Beahm, Sr. who died in 1988. Born in Allentown she was the daughter of the late James J. And Helen K. Briody Cannon. Becky had been employed by the Bethlehem Area...
William Charles Goheen
Aug 23, 2010
William Charles "Willie" Goheen, 74, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, August 23, 2010 at LV Hospital-Muhlenberg. He was born February 2, 1936; the son of the late John and Helen Goheen of Allentown. Willie was employed by Liberty Nursing Home in Allentown, Good Shepherd Work Service Recycling in Allentown, and APS in Bethlehem. Recently, he was partially retired, splitting his...

Dorothy Jacqueline Haas
Aug 23, 2010
Dorothy Jacqueline K. Haas, 83 of Birch Road in Hellertown, Pa. died Monday Aug 23rd. She and her husband Donald W. Haas celebrated their 60 wedding Anniversary earlier this year. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Frank P. and Anne C. Tibalo Kern. Dorothy was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Communications Dept. retiring in the...
Stanley K Fenstermacher
Aug 23, 2010
Stanley K. Fenstermacher, 68, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, August 23, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in Bethlehem; the son of the late Frank G. and Margaret H. Matthews Fenstermacher. Stan is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Sandra M. Windisch Fenstermacher. He was the owner and operator of Stan's Sanitation for 40 years. Stan...
Cesira Desentis
Aug 22, 2010
Cesira "Jessie" Anfiteatro-DeSentis, 85 of Bethlehem died on Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cedarbrook Fountain Hill, PA. She was born February 2, 1925 in San Leucio del Sannio, Benevento, Italy, daughter of the late Antonio Anfiteatro and Maria Izzo. She was the wife of Julius P. DeSentis, who passed away in 2003. Cesira Anfiteatro and her son Mario came to...
Anthony D. Defrancisco
Aug 21, 2010
Anthony "Tony D". DeFrancisco , 81 of Bethlehem died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday August 21, 2010 at his residence. He was born on February 27, 1929 in Bethlehem son of the late Giuseppe and Maria Mark DeFrancisco. He was the husband of the late Antoinette Dolly Villani DeFrancisco and grandfather of the late Matthew Fahey. Tony...

Robert Popp
Aug 19, 2010
Robert Popp, of Bethlehem, died peacefully at home on Thursday, August 19, 2010, after a long illness. He was born in Lansford, Pennsylvania in 1927, the son of Anna Haberchak Popp and Joseph Popp. He graduated from Lansford High School, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After retirement, he took enrichment courses and earned an Associate's Degree...
Marlene L. Jacobs
Aug 17, 2010
Marlene L. Kreimendahl Jacobs, 77, of Bethlehem, passed peacefully on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at Residence of her daughter surrounded by her loving family in Bethlehem, PA. Marlene was born in Garmantown, PA and was the daughter of the late Paul and Lilly Myers Kreimendahl and the widow of the late Howard S. "Jake" Jacobs who died August 5, 1994....
John J. Hilbert
Aug 15, 2010
John J. Hilbert, 81, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at his home. He was born on August 17, 1928 in Allentown; the son of the late John David and Laura Kinsell Hilbert. John was preceded in death by his wife Ruth Molinaro Hilbert on August 17, 1999. He proudly served his country in the US Army Air...
Margaret Ruth Gardin-Burris
Aug 14, 2010
Margaret Ruth Gardin-Burris, 85, from Gastonia North Carolina, died August 14, 2010 in Allentown, PA. She was born in Gastonia on February 23, 1925, daughter of the late Hiram Luther and Beatrice Duff Gardin, and wife of the late Robert A. Burris. She was a broker for North Carolina Mutual Insurance for many years. She was a lifelong member, Sunday...