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

Lorraine Collins
Apr 19, 2008
Lorraine Collins, 80, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, April 18, 2008, at Old Orchard Health Services. She was born October 14, 1927, in Wilkes Barre, PA, the daughter of the late Edward and Hilda Powell Lewis. Lorraine was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, James P. Collins, Jr., on May 3, 2007. She was a graduate of Liberty High...
Natacia M Musika
Apr 18, 2008
Natacia Musika Muzyka, 84, of Hellertown, formerly of 1157 Westbury Dr. Bethlehem, died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles & Anna Ludsky Rubelsky. On September 7, 1946 Natacia married her husband, John J. Musika, who died on Dec. 14, 1986....

Mary T Martin
Apr 18, 2008
Mrs. Mary T. Martin, 90 of Bethlehem, died Friday morning at Country Meadows Rehabilitation Center, Bethlehem Township surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of the late Frank A. Martin who died in 1976. Born in Bethlehem she is the daughter of the late Michael and Mary J. Geryek Grasic. She had been a devoted member of St....

Joseph Alex Baksa
Apr 18, 2008
Joseph A. Baksa, 93, of Bethlehem died on Friday April 18, 2008 at Lehigh Valley Hospital. He was born on October 18, 1914, the son of the late Lajos and Erzsebet Szegedi Baksa. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife Mary R. Horvath Baksa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Battery C 213th Coast Artillery and...
Margaret Dicicco
Apr 17, 2008
Margaret DiCicco, 92, of Bethlehem, formerly of Wallingford, PA, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the Moravian Village in Bethlehem. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Juliana Reganata. Her husband of 62 years, the late Louis DiCicco, died in 1997. They had a wonderful life together. Margaret had a natural flair for fashion and...
Sister Petronilla Cizik, O.S.F.
Apr 16, 2008
Sister M. Petronilla Cizik, O.S.F., 91, a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis of the United States Province for 72 years, died on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Monocacy Manor in Bethlehem, PA. Sister Petronilla entered the community from Sacred Heart Parish in Wilkes-Barre, PA in September of 1933 and professed her first vows in 1935 at Mount...
Janet E. Greenleaf
Apr 15, 2008
Janet Elizabeth Greenleaf, of Center Valley, PA, passed away April 15, 2008. She was the loving wife of Dr. James Albert Greenleaf for 41 years. Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Janet was the daughter of the late Edgar and Mary Rabenold Bohstedt. She graduated from Louis E. Dieruff High School, Bloomsburg and Lehigh Universities. Janet taught in the Allentown and East...

Anthony M. Morganelli
Apr 15, 2008
Anthony "Tony" M. Morganelli, 89, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Hospice House of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born June 13, 1918 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Bambina Servodio and Angelo Morganelli. He was married to Mary Dobish Morganelli, with whom he would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this June....
Madelyn Schadle
Apr 15, 2008
Madelyn C. Schadle, 92, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Westminster Village. She was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of the late George E. and Nellie Falvey Long. Madelyn was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Schadle in 1973. She was a graduate of Fountain Hill High School. Madelyn worked in the Rigger Office of the...
John Makos
Apr 14, 2008
Mr. John Makos, 93 of formerly of 12th Street in Bethlehem Township died Monday afternoon at Cedar Brook, Fountain Hill Annex. He was the husband of the late Mary Nakata Makos who died in 2000. Born in Bethlehem, Pa. he is the son of the late Steven and Fannie Sampar Makos. John worked for the Bethlehem Steel Company in the...
Walter Chichersky
Apr 14, 2008
Walter "Chick" Chichersky, 83, died on Monday, April 14, 2008, at Gracedale Nursing Center. He was born December 6, 1924, in Centralia, PA, the son of the late Daniel and Catherine Masynick Chichersky. Chick grew up in South Bethlehem in the area known as The Heights. He was very proud of his Ukrainian heritage and traveled to Ukraine several times...

Bernadette Schramko
Apr 14, 2008
Bernadette J. Schramko, 75, of Bethlehem died at The Hospice of the Visiting Nurse Association of St. Luke's Monday, April 14, 2008. Born in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Josephine Smallock Schramko. She was a member of SS. Cyril & Methodious Catholic Church, Bethlehem. She was a member of the Catholic Sokols. Surviving is a...
Andrew Guidon
Apr 13, 2008
Andrew Guidon, Jr., 76, of Freemansburg, died on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital. He was born in Freemansburg, the son of the late Andrew and Anna Buckshan Guidon. Andy is survived by his loving wife, Magdaline Polack Guidon. He graduated as Valedictorian from Liberty High School and continued his education at Lehigh University. Andy was the owner and...
Kathleen Mcbride
Apr 13, 2008
Kathleen Tonetti McBride, 78, of Bethlehem, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Westminster Village in Allentown. Born March 24, 1930 in Bethlehem she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Terr and Emil Tonetti. She was married to Joseph McBride. Kathleen worked as an executive secretary for the former Bethlehem Steel. Prior to that she worked at the Laros Company...
Amiel C Falasca
Apr 12, 2008
Amiel C. Falasca, 86 of Bethlehem died Saturday morning at Kirkland Village, Bethlehem, Pa. He and his wife Carolyn E. Johnson Falasca celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past January. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. he is the son of the late Amiel C. and Agnes Raisch Falasca. Mr. Falasca worked for AT&T Company in New York City for 35 years...

Lela L. Spadt
Apr 12, 2008
Lela Louise Spadt, 77, of Bethlehem, died Saturday April 12, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill. Born on November 21, 1930, in Waterfall, VA, she was the daughter of the late Fred W. and Nannie L. Clayborn Hensley. She was the wife of the late Francis J. Spadt Sr. She will be lovingly remembered by: daughter, Barbara A. Grazer...

Robert C. Hartzell
Apr 11, 2008
Robert C Hartzell, 77, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, April 11, 2008 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. He was born in Allentown, and was the son of the late John and Catherine Smith Hartzell. Bob is the husband of Eleanore M. Andrasko Hartzell who he married in 1954. Bob is a 1950 Graduate of Central...
Frank C. Stummer
Apr 10, 2008
Frank C. Stummer, 77, of Bethlehem, died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at St.Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill. He was born September 22, 1930 in Bethlehem, the son of the late Frank J. and Elizabeth C. Fodi Stummer. He was the loving husband of Dolores A. Donchez Stummer of Bethlehem. They celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary this past November 22nd. Frank...
Andrew Oravec
Apr 9, 2008
Andrew Oravec, of Bethlehem, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at the St. Luke's VNA Hospice House, Lower Saucon Township. He was born in Bethlehem on January 2, 1914; son of the late Steven and Johanna Cech Oravec. He was the husband of the late Helen Zurick Oravec who passed away on March 23, 2005. He was employed by the...
Emma Marie Ronca
Apr 8, 2008
Emma Marie Ronca, 96, of Hellertown, formerly of Bethlehem and Boca Raton, FL died on Tuesday evening, April 8, 2008 at Saucon Valley Manor. She was the wife of Anthony J. Ronca who predeceased her in 1999. Born in Hellertown, Emma was the daughter of the late Frank and Julia Gall Stern. She attended Holy Ghost Grade School in Bethlehem...