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Janet E. Sinclair
Feb 25, 2008
Janet E. Sinclair, 90, of Easton, died Monday, February 25, 2008, at Blough Health Care Center. Born in Easton on January 4, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Raymond A. and Carrie Virginia Evans Sinclair. Janet worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad as a rate clerk for 30 years before retiring in 1976. She was a member of...
Robert D. Wilcox
Feb 25, 2008
Robert D. Wilcox, 77, of Easton died Monday February 25, 2008 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Lukes. He was born on December 29, 1930 in Nanticoke, Pa. son of the late Hobart and Leona Wilcox. He was the husband of Mildred H. Farkas Wilcox. They celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this past October. Robert worked for...
Helen Rinkunas
Feb 25, 2008
Helen Rinkunas, 92, died on Monday, February 25, 2008 at her home in Moravian Village of Bethlehem. She was born in Hellertown and graduated from Hellertown High School. Helen was preceded in death by her husband Stanley F. Rinkunas, Sr. in 2005. Prior to dedicating her life to her family as a homemaker, Helen worked for the former A.G. Baba...
Edward L. Buehrle, Sr.
Feb 24, 2008
Edward Buehrle, 47, of Fountain Hill died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at St.Lukes Hospital. He was born in Lansdale, PA the son of Joyce V. Buehrle of Fountain Hill and Elmer L. Buehrle of California. Ed is survived by his wife, Kathleen R. Buehrle of Fountain Hill with whom he owned and operated E + K Maintenance for 15...
Joyce L. Gehman
Feb 24, 2008
Joyce L. Gehman, 84 of Northampton, formerly of Allentown passed away peacefully on Sunday February 24, 2008 in Northampton Assisted Living. Born in Allentown she was the daughter of the late Harold and Mildred Sterner Kindig. Joyce worked at Spirax Sarco for 20 years and retiring in 1987. She was a member of St. Pauls's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown....
Catherine T. Contente
Feb 22, 2008
Catherine T. Contente, 87, of Bethlehem, died February 22, 2008, at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem. Born, September 2, 1920 in Ashley, Pa; she was the daughter of the late Malachi and Gussie Smigelski Conway. She was the wife of the late Manuel F. Contente. She was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during WWII. She was a...
Lucille C. Phillip
Feb 22, 2008
Lucille C. Shive Phillip, 83, of Allentown, died Friday, February 22, 2008 at the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem, surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of William F. Phillip with she just celebrated 56 years of marriage this past January. Lucille was born September 18, 1924, the daughter of the late William...
Arthur Mauriz
Feb 22, 2008
Arthur Mauriz, 94, of Bethlehem, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2008 at Blough Health Care Center. He was born in Philadelphia and was the son of the late Joseph and Frances Gutierrez Mauriz. Arthur was the beloved husband of Anna Rudnicki who passed away in December 2005. They were married for 66 years. Arthur worked for 41 years at...
Kristine Stenger
Feb 21, 2008
Kristine Stenger, 80, of Gracedale Nursing Home in Nazareth, died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Easton Hospital. She was born December 10, 1927 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Majk and Kristina Csaszar Keretz. She was the loving wife of the late Lawrence Alex Stenger. Kristina worked for Sure Fit, Inc. for 25 years. She was a member of...
Ernest Rothrock, Sr.
Feb 21, 2008
Ernest Rothrock, Sr., 85, of Bethlehem died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. Born August 29, 1922 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Elmer and Lizzy Rothrock. He was married to Theresa Brezack Rothrock. Ernest worked at Rothrock Plumbing and Heating. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Army during World War II. He...
Stephen Kohut
Feb 19, 2008
Stephen Kohut, 84, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday February 19, 2008. Born, November 17, 1923, in Bethlehem; he was the son of the late Metro and Anna Billetz Kohut. He was the husband of the late Beatrice Schreiber Kohut. Stephen was employed by the Bethlehem Police Department from 1959 to 1988, and retired as a Captain. From 1947 to 1959 he...
Anna Becker Sokalsky
Feb 19, 2008
Anna Ridgick Becker Sokalsky, 82, of Bethlehem died Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Born October 25, 1925 in Windber, PA she was the daughter of the late Anna Dayock and Michael Ridgick. She was married to the late Francis Michael Becker. Anna was very proud of her work for the Bethlehem Steel during WWII. She later worked for the former Diamond...
Alice L. Deberardinis
Feb 18, 2008
Alice L Reinheimer DeBerardinis, 87, of Bethlehem, PA Died on Monday, February 18, 2008 at Manor Care Health Services II in Bethlehem, PA She was born in Bethlehem and was the daughter of the late John and Emma Kratzer Reinheimer. Alice was the widow of Julius Kukor who died in December of 1964 and the widow of Alfred DeBerardinis who...
Helen E. Sekerak
Feb 17, 2008
Helen Elizabeth Danko Sekerak, 79, of Bethlehem, PA passed away on February 17th, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem after a brief period of illness. She was born in Ebervale, near Hazelton, PA. She graduated from Hazle Township High School and was employed for many years by Bell of Pennsylvania. Helen retired from her position as a maintenance administrator in...
Mildred L. Dias
Feb 16, 2008
Mildred Dias, 90, of Bethlehem, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. She was born in New Brunswick, NJ the daughter of the late Marcelino and Gertrude Lopez. Mildred was the widow of Norman S. Dias who died in December of 1998. She worked as a sales clerk for the former Hess...
John G. Bergan
Feb 16, 2008
John G. Bergan, 71, of Bath died on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 in the Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's. Born in Newark, NJ he was the son of the late John G. and Nette Mistretta Bergan, Sr. Mr. Bergan retired from Conrail in 1985 after 29 years of service where had worked as a locomotive engineer. He had...
Marie Dana Donchetz
Feb 14, 2008
Marie Dana Victoria Mutarelli Donchetz of Bethlehem passed away on Feb. 14, 2008 at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Mutarelli and Vittoria Martucci Mutarelli and the wife of the late William Donchetz. Marie was a graduate of Liberty High School class of 1942 and St. Luke's School of Nursing...
Joseph Stephen Zampar
Feb 14, 2008
Joseph Stephen Zampar, 92, of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Hospice House of the VNA of St. Luke's. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late Louis and Anna Horvath Zampar. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife Claire Miller Zampar. He retired in 1978 from the Bethlehem Steel where he worked for 42...
Robert J. Kramer
Feb 13, 2008
Robert J. Kramer, 28, of Allentown, beloved son and brother. He was born in Hazelton, PA the son of the late Robert J. Kramer and June M., wife of Jeffrey Rowe of Bethlehem. Rob was a 1998 graduate of Liberty High School where he was a member of the Deca Club. He owned the Avis Car Rental in Whitehall, PA....
Dr. John C. Szczepanski
Feb 11, 2008
Dr. John C. Szczepanski, 58, previously of Stow, MA and more recently of Huntsville, Alabama, died February 11th at Huntsville Hospital. He was the husband of Christina Stavnicky Szczepanski. Born in Bethlehem, PA, son of Helen and the late Casmir Szczepanski, Dr. Szczepanski spent 22 years in the military before retiring in 1993 as a Lieutenant Colonel. During that time,...
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