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OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Edward F. Olesh
Dec 14, 2008
Edward F. Olesh, 69, of Coaldale, died on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at St. Luke's Miner's Memorial Hospital in Coaldale. Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Edward and Frances Sosnowski Olesh. He was the husband of Mary Ann Gougher Olesh. Edward was U.S. Navy veteran, and was employed by the U.S. Government. He is survived by...
H. Leroy Strawn
Dec 14, 2008
H. LeRoy Strawn, 87, of Bangor, PA formerly of Bethlehem, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born July 2, 1921 he was the son of the late Carrie Buss and William Strawn. LeRoy was married to his late wife Edna Mast Strawn. He is survived by a long time companion Margaret...
Miriam Eddy
Dec 14, 2008
Miriam H. Eddy, 97, of Bethlehem, died on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born April 30, 1911 in Wind Gap, PA the daughter of the late Albert J. Sloggett and Edna Wagner Harding. Miriam was preceded in death by her husband, Roswell S. Eddy. She was a 1931 graduate of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing,...
William J. Ripper, Sr.
Dec 13, 2008
William J. Ripper, Sr., 86, of Bethlehem was called home to the Lord on Saturday, December 13, 2008 surrounded by his loving family at Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes Hospital. He was born on September 29, 1922 in Bethlehem, PA. He was the son of the late Charles and Catherine Polk Ripper. He was the husband of...
Joan Fiore-Murphy
Dec 13, 2008
Joan Marie Fiore-Murphy, 49, entered into eternal rest, December 13, 2008 in Boulder, CO. Joan was born on April 6, 1959 in Bethlehem, PA to Louis G. and Jean Martin Fiore. On July 6, 1996 she married Thomas Murphy in Nederland, CO. Joan received her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Moravian College and a Master in Business Administration at...
Susanna Mamay
Dec 13, 2008
Susanna Beno Mamay, 95, of Bethlehem, PA died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Phoebe Richland Health Center in Richlandtown, PA. Born April 27, 1913 in Slovakia she was the daughter of the late Maria Dzurko and Joseph Beno. She was married to her late husband Stephen Mamay. Susanna worked her entire life as a domestic house keeper. She was a...
Helen Velekei
Dec 8, 2008
Helen Velekei, 91, of Bethlehem Twp., died on Monday, December 8, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Frances Pirtowski Zolnierzak. She was the loving wife of the late John J. Velekei. Helen worked for the Allentown State Hospital for 22 years before retiring in 1977. She was...
Sophie B. Cunningham
Dec 7, 2008
Sophie B. Hudak Cunningham, 95 , of Bethlehem, formerly of Fountain Hill, died on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at Cedar Brook-Fountain Hill in Bethlehem. Sophie was the daughter of the late George and Susan Dozer Hudak and the widow of Charles B. Cunningham who died in 1979. Sophie was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ursula's Catholic Church,...
Frances I. Korpics
Dec 7, 2008
Frances I. Straka Korpics, 89, of Hellertown, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 7, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem on October 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Norko Straka. She was the wife of the late Stephen J. Korpics, who passed away January 11, 2002. They were married in Bethlehem on...
Mary Genevieve Crossley
Dec 7, 2008
Mary Genevieve Thomas Crossley, 93, of Upper Black Eddy, PA died Sunday, December 7, 2008 at Hospice of the of St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA. Born September 2, 1915 in Renova, PA she was the daughter of the late Emily Elnora Fye and William S. Thomas. She was married to John G. Crossley, who passed away in 1992. Mary was...
Goldie C. Motil
Dec 6, 2008
Goldie C. Motil, 87, of Bethlehem died on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital. She was born March 16, 1921in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Imre and Theresa Luybli Kovacs Takacs. Goldie is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Joseph E. Motil of Bethlehem. Earlier, Goldie worked for several years as a sewing machine operator for...
Theresa J. Denofa
Dec 5, 2008
Theresa J. Denofa, 92 of Bethlehem went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 5, 2008 at Holy Family Manor. She was the wife of the late Thomas A. Denofa who died in 1977. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late John and Julia Mulzet Judd. Theresa had been a member of the former Our...
Robert R. Bitler
Dec 5, 2008
Robert R. Bitler, 60, of Emmaus, PA passed away Friday, December 5, 2008 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, in Allentown after a valiant fight with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Born January 27, 1948 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Catherine Boyle and Kenneth Bitler. He was married to Bridget Pesaresi Bitler with whom he celebrated 21...
Rose Marie Yasso
Dec 4, 2008
Rose Marie Yasso, 81, of Fountain Hill passed away on Thursday, December 04, 2008 in the Blough Health Care Center, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Bart and Mary Green Keating. Rose Marie was married for 58 years to the late, George F.Yasso, her high school sweetheart. Volunteerism was an integral part of Rose Marie's...
Ronald W Stahr
Dec 4, 2008
Ronald W. Stahr, 64 of Bethlehem Township died on Thursday Dec. 4th after suffering a heart attack while driving. He was pronounced at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenburg in Bethlehem. He and his wife Patricia L Barlok celebrated their 37th Wedding Anniversary this past September. Born in Bethlehem he is the son of the late William and Mary Dougherty Stahr. He...
Thelma M. Elliott
Dec 4, 2008
Thelma M. Elliott, 90, of Hellertown, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Saucon Valley Manor in Hellertown. Thelma was born in Schuylkill County and was the daughter of the late John and Mary Strause Salen and the widow of Peter Elliott who died in September of 1995. Thelma will be lovingly remembered by three nieces Arlene Krebs, Ruth Ann...
Frank Klucsik
Dec 3, 2008
Frank C. Klucsik, 84, of Monroe Township, NJ, formerly of Bethlehem, PA died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Monroe Village in New Jersey. Born February 26, 1924 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Theresa Kondor and Julius Klucsik. He was married to Margaret Popovich Klucsik with whom he celebrated 60 years of marriage on May 8th. Frank...
Margaret E. Ford
Dec 3, 2008
Margaret E. Ford, 82, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Hospice House of St. Luke's in Lower Saucon Twp. Born in Perkasie, PA; she was the daughter of the late Linford and Mamie Gross Moyer. She was the loving wife of John A. Ford of Bethlehem; they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past August. Margaret dedicated...
Robert D. Delazaro
Dec 3, 2008
Robert "Bob" D. DeLazaro, 73, of Bethlehem died on his birthday, December 3, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. He was the husband of Barbara Brandafi and they would have celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on December 8th. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Martin "Jack" DeLazaro and Gertrude Knauss DeLazaro. He was a graduate...
Charles A. Brown
Dec 2, 2008
Charles A. Brown, 73, of Bethlehem, PA went home to our Lord on Tuesday, December 02, 2008. After a seven-week battle at Hahnemann Hospital, he passed peacefully while surrounded by his family and loved ones. As in life and in death, he fought to the bitter end. Charlie was born on March 25, 1935, in Bethlehem, the son of the...
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