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OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Elsie M. Denise
Dec 27, 2008
Elsie M. Denise, 89, of Bethlehem, entered into God's care on Saturday December 27, 2008 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pa. She was born on November 2, 1919 in Bethlehem , a daughter of the late Frank and Theresa Windisch Horvath. She was the wife of the late Francis Denise. Elsie was a graduate of Bethlehem Business College. She...
Mildred Daffner
Dec 25, 2008
Mildred Daffner, 79, of Bethlehem died Thursday December 25, 2008 at her residence. She was born on May 22, 1929 in McKees Rocks, Pa. She was the wife of the late Earl W. Daffner. Mildred worked as a seamstress in the Allentown area. She loved to sew and enjoyed watching all kinds of sporting events. She will be lovingly remembered...
Irene C. Sniscak
Dec 25, 2008
Irene C. Fartun Sniscak, 92, of Bethlehem died Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Westminster Village in Allentown. Born May 29, 1916 in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Barbara Cser and Ivan Fartun. She was married to Paul Sniscak who passed away in 1994. Irene worked as a sewing machine operator for several factories throughout the Lehigh Valley....
Walter J. Stye
Dec 25, 2008
Walter J. Stye, 90, of Fountain Hill died December 25, 2008 at Manor Care Health Services. He was the husband of the late Doris Miller Stye who died on April 15, 1998. They were married for 58 years. Born in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Jacob and Cecilia Drewsicka Stye. He was a automobile salesman for...
Philip Posivak
Dec 24, 2008
Philip A Posivak, 73, of Ft. Pierce, FL; died on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Indian River Memorial Hospital. He was born Allentown, the son of Ellen M. Sauers Posivak of Bethlehem and the late Andrew J. Posivak and was a Bethlehem resident until the late 1990s when he moved to Ft. Pierce Florida. Philip is survived by his wife...
Manuel A. Lugo
Dec 24, 2008
Manuel A. "Tito" Lugo , 52, of Bethlehem passed away Wednesday December 24, 2008. He was born in Camuy, Puerto Rico son of the late Heriberto and Maritza Rios Lugo. Manuel was a member of Holy Infancy Catholic Church in Bethlehem. He was a very positive person, and always willing to help others. He will be lovingly remembered by his...
Anna E. Altemus
Dec 24, 2008
Anna E. Altemus, 93, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at her home in Bethlehem. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Louis and Margaret Yuhasz Prayner. Anna was preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, James H. Altemus, Jr. She was the cook at St. Anne's convent in Bethlehem from 1955 to 1969....
Joseph Zwarycz
Dec 23, 2008
Joseph Zwarycz, 83, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in his home surrounded by his family. Born May 13, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, PA he was the son of the late Harry Zwarycz and Mary Papuga Zwarycz. He was married to Alice Tarasuk Zwarycz with whom he just celebrated 59 years of marriage this past July 30th. Joseph worked for...
Norah Ogden
Dec 20, 2008
Norah Pearl Ogden, 11/12/07- 12/20/08. Daughter of Joshua and Abby Geiger Ogden. Grand daughter of David and Donna Ogden and Robert 'Luke' and Anita Geiger. "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot...
Marjorie Ann Horak
Dec 19, 2008
Marjorie, 48, of Orefield, formerly of Watchung, NJ, passed on to be with the Lord, His angels and saints, on Friday, December 19, 2008. Margie was the daughter of Louise and Raymond Horak, her father having passed in 1991. Margie was a regular volunteer at Day Break, a program of the Lehigh County Conference of Churches, serving people with mental...
Julia Negron
Dec 17, 2008
Julia Negron, 85, of Bethlehem died Wednesday December 17, 2008 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes. She was born in Corozal, Puerto Rico daughter of the late Adolfo and Ignacia Quintero Negron. She was the wife of the late Ramon Carballo. Julia was a member of the Smyrna Church of the Lord in Bethlehem. She was...
Rosa Young
Dec 17, 2008
Rosa Young, 83, of Bethlehem died Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at VNA Hospice of St. Luke's. She and her husband Robert L. Young celebrated their 60th anniversary this past Thanksgiving. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Adolph and Daisy Jarmaine Feser. Rosa was a faithful member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Freemansburg. Known to...
Frances P Kucey
Dec 16, 2008
Mrs. Frances P. Kucey of Bethlehem died Tuesday December 16th at her daughter Janet Kovalchick's home in Lower Macungie, Pa. She was the widow of the late Stephen Kucey who died in 1994. Born in Bethlehem she is the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Sokol Piff. Mrs. Kucey had been a devoted life-long member of the former St....
John H. Morrell, Jr.
Dec 15, 2008
John H. Morrell, Jr. 60 of Bethlehem died Monday, December 15, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. Born in Roslyn, NY he was the son of John H. "Jack" Morrell, Sr. and the late Rita Ptacek Morrell. John was a veteran of the Army serving during Vietnam. He was a graduate of Fordham University and earned his MBA from Lehigh...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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