OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Charles A. Nazzaro
Jan 5, 2008
Charles A. Nazzaro, 100, peacefully died surrounded by his loving family at his residence in Easton, on Friday, January 4, 2008. He was born in Brooklyn, NY the son of the late Salvatore and Maria Formato Nazzaro. Charles was preceded in death by his wife, Jennie Daddino Nazzaro in 1978. He retired from Con Edison as a Senior Cable Splicer...

Robert A. Sipos
Jan 5, 2008
Robert A. Sipos Robert "Bob" Sipos, 55, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, after a battle with cancer. Robert was born in Bethlehem, and was the son of the late John and Pia Mattes Sipos. He will be lovingly remembered by his brothers, William A. Sipos of Bethlehem, with whom he resided,...

Harry J. Thompson
Jan 3, 2008
Harry J. "Hank" Thompson, 75, of Bethlehem died on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Allentown, the son of the late Harry and Ellen Curry Thompson. Hank is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Shirley Sayer Thompson. He was a graduate of Bethlehem High School. Hank worked for the Bethlehem Steel Co. as...
Margaret Kemper
Jan 2, 2008
Margaret M. Kemper, 92, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at Old Orchard Health Services. She was born January 24, 1915 in Mount Carmel, PA; the daughter of the late Christopher and Margaret Lynch Noble. Margaret was preceded in dath by her husband Elwood L. Kemper in 1963. She retired in 1986 as a Manager of the Cosmetic...

Lucy L. Pellegrino
Jan 1, 2008
Lucy L. Angeline Pellegrino, 102, of Allentown, formerly of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at Sunrise Assisted Living Center of Allentown. Born July 9, 1905 in Roseto, PA. she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Raphael Angeline. She was married to the late Fioravanti Pellegrino. Lucy was a member at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. She dedicated...

Lawrence L. Csaszar
Jan 1, 2008
Lawrence L. Csaszar, 78, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at Hospice House of St. Luke's. He was born in Bethlehem, the son of the late Lorincz and Teresa Csaszar. Larry is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Rosemarie Zelko Csaszar of Bethlehem. He served his country as a Military Police Officer in the U.S. Army...
Mary C. Squibbs
Dec 29, 2007
Mary C. Squibbs, 71, of Bethlehem Twp died on Saturday December 29, 2007. Born in Alverda, Pa. She was the daughter of the late Caroline Tomasko Yopchick and Joseph Yopchick. She graduated from Pine Twp High School in Heilwood, PA. She was a resident of Stratford, CT for many years and moved to Bethlehem Twp in 1998 after residing in...

Elizabeth M. Fodi
Dec 28, 2007
Elizabeth Margaret Fodi, 91, of Bethlehem died on Friday, December 28, 2007 at Saucon Valley Manor. She was born and raised in Hellertown, the daughter of the late John and Rose Scheck Fodi. Elizabeth served in the Womans Marine Corp during World War II as a secretary at Parris Island. She retired from the Bethlehem Steel Company after 35 years...

Elizabeth I. Horvath
Dec 28, 2007
Elizabeth I. Horvath , 99 , of Allentown, PA died on Friday, December 28, 2007 in Sunrise at Mountainview in Allentown, PA Born December 9, 1908 in Clarence, PA she was the daughter of the late George & Mary Papp. Elizabeth and her late husband, Stephen J. Horvath, had been married for 60 years when he died in 2003. She...
Ahmet Aksu
Dec 27, 2007
Dr. Ahmet Aksu, 79, of Bethlehem died Thursday December 27, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospice 17th & Chew St. Allentown, Pa. He was born on September 30, 1928 in Bursa, Turkey son of the late Ali Aksu. He was the husband of Olga Drencko Aksu. They celebrated 50 years of marriage this past May 19th. Ahmet was a physician of...
Andrew Kopac, Jr.
Dec 27, 2007
Andrew Kopac, Jr. 79 of Bethlehem, Hanover Township died suddenly Thursday Dec. 27th at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenburg. He is the husband of the late Margaret A. Yanek Kopac who died in 2001. Born in Hazin, Slovakia he is the son of the late Andrew and Anna Kopac. Andrew came to America at the age of 21. He worked for...

Diana H. Cromwell
Dec 26, 2007
Diana H. Cromwell Diana H. Cromwell, 44 of Monroe, N.Y. formerly of Allentown died Wednesday Dec. 26th in Allentown. Born in Hoboken, N.J. and raised in Teaneck, N.J she is the daughter of Joseph Cromwell of Port Orange, Fla and the late Nadaline Sarah Medich Cromwell. Diana worked for Shop Rite in Monroe, N.Y. at the time of her death....
Richard L. Juless
Dec 26, 2007
Richard L. Juless, 60, of Pen Argyl, died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem. He was born November 21, 1947 in Bethlehem, the son of the late William and Beatrice Fisher Juless. He was the loving husband of Carol A. Moyer Juless, they celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary on June 1, 2007. Richard worked as a...
Mildred M. Girard
Dec 24, 2007
Mildred M. "Millie" Girard, 73, of Bethlehem Twp., died Monday, December 24, 2007 at St. Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. She was born September 20, 1934 in Coaldale, PA, the daughter of the late Kenneth D. and Catherine Boyle Bitler. She was the wife of Richard A. Girard; they celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this past August 23rd. Millie worked...

Catherine Bennett
Dec 24, 2007
Catherine ?Carrie? Bennett, of Bethlehem, died December 24, 2007. Born on May 29, 1917, in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Dominick and Sandella Gatta DeNofa. She was the wife of the late Mickey Bennett of Philadelphia. She was a member of Ss. Simon & Jude Catholic Church, Bethlehem. She is survived by her daughter Carol Cornfeldt and...

Irene Rucker
Dec 22, 2007
Irene Rucker, 89, of Deerfield Beach, Florida and Center Valley, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2007 at Kirkland Village, Bethlehem. She and her husband Gus would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on December 26. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey on February 9, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Johanna Susoljak. In her early years...

Theresa M Nemeth
Dec 22, 2007
Theresa M Pieffer Nemeth, 87 , of Allentown, PA died on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, PA She was born in Hungary. Theresa was the daughter of the late Julius and Helen Bedo Pieffer and the widow of the late John Nemeth who died in 1979. Theresa will be lovingly remembered by her two nieces...
Richard Wright
Dec 19, 2007
Richard ?Orville? J. Wright, born in Dunkirk, NY, November 20, 1924, passed away December 19, 2007 at Moravian Village, in Bethlehem. He was the son of the late Frances Boyle and Willard Wright. A lifelong resident of Fountain Hill, he was a veteran of WWII where he served on the Aircraft Carrier Hollandia. Richard was a longtime member of St....
William Joseph Hines, Iii
Dec 18, 2007
Bill Hines was born on October 19, 1927, in Mt. Pocono, PA the eldest son of the late William J. Hines, Jr. and late Helen E. Roche Hines. He was predeceased by a brother, Thomas A. Hines of Esmond, Rhode Island in 1987. As a youth, Bill was active in the Boy Scouts of America and was an altar boy...
Nellie E. Doncsecz
Dec 18, 2007
Nellie E. Doncsecz, 82, of Freemansburg died early Tuesday morning, December 18, 2007, at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke?s, Lower Saucon Twsp. She was the wife of the late William S. Doncsecz who died in 1993. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Feher Salontai. Nellie was a lifelong member of St....