OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Elizabeth Magocs
Nov 24, 2007
Elizabeth ? Betty ? Magocs, 89, of Nazareth, PA formerly of Bethlehem Township, died on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Gracedale in Nazareth, PA She was born in Bethlehem Township and was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Cablk Magocs. Betty was a machine operator at the former Sarco Spirax Co. She was a member of the U.S.W.A....
John M. Banks
Nov 23, 2007
John M. Banks, 84, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, November 23, 2007 at St.Lukes Hospital. He was born December 19, 1922 in Campbell, NE the son of the late John F. and Zeta A. Foutz Banks. John was preceded in death by his wife Betty-Jane N. Wood Banks in 1995. He retired from Lock Joint-Interpace Corporation in 1987 after 50...
Francis Stephen Katrinak
Nov 22, 2007
Francis S. Katrinak, 83, of Bethlehem died Thursday, November 22, 2007 at St.Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem. Born January 12, 1924 in Bethlehem he was the son of the late Theresa Novotne and Martin Katrinak. Francis worked at the Bethlehem Steel for 40 years with the blast furnaces and retiring as a foreman. He served his country honorably for six years...
Eileen Young
Nov 22, 2007
Eileen Sinnott Young, loving wife, mother and grandmother, died of complications from lung disease on November 22, 2007. She was 62. Eileen was born on October 2, 1945 in Bethlehem, PA and was a long-time resident of both Scottsdale, AZ and Abington, PA. She was dedicated to her family?as they were to her?including her husband of 41 years, Ford Evans...
Rachael Lopez
Nov 21, 2007
Rachael R. Lopez, formerly of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at Saucon Valley Manor in Hellertown. She was born in Galeana, Nuevo Len, Mexico; the daughter of the late Manuel and Paula Cano Rodriguez. Rachael was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Reuben E. Lopez, Sr. She worked for the Bethlehem Steel Co. during WWII...
Lucille L. Fahey
Nov 17, 2007
Lucille L. Fahey, 88, of Bethlehem died on Saturday November 17, 2007 at Gracedale Nursing Center in Nazareth. She was born March 16, 1919 in Fountain Hill, the daughter of the late Cleo and Mabel Burgstresser Layton. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband, Francis J. Fahey, Jr. and her grandson Matthew Fahey. She was a graduate of Moravian...
Loretta E. Medei
Nov 16, 2007
"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure." Loretta E. Kichline Medei, 64, of Bethlehem, died on Friday, November 16, 2007 at St. Lukes Hospital. Born July 10, 1943 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Harleigh P. and Florence L. Sterner Kichline. She is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Gene Medei of...
John Philip Krasley
Nov 12, 2007
John Philip Krasley, 65, of Bethlehem died suddenly at his home on Monday, November, 12, 2007. Born in Danielsville he was the son of the late Lloyd F. & Mildred V. Oplinger Krasley. Phil was the loving husband of Margaret Corrow for 32 years. He retired in June of 2003 as a layout operator after 38 years of employment with...
Jesse Allan Stafford
Nov 12, 2007
Jesse Allan Stafford, 29, of Bowmanstown, PA; died Monday, November 12, 2007. He was born September 19, 1978 in Great Falls, Montana, the son of Kevin and Tina Koons. Jesse enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was a very artistic person, who loved to draw and sketch. He will be lovingly remembered by his parents, daughter, Ela...
Jacob Daniel Vanbrunt
Nov 12, 2007
Jacob Daniel Vanbrunt, 17, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, November 12, 2007 at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was born June 6, 1990 in Bethlehem; the son of Doris and Francis E. Schumacher of Bethlehem and Daniel Vanbrunt and his partner Michelle of Whitehall. Jake was a Senior at Liberty High School in Bethlehem where he was a member...
David L Hallman
Nov 12, 2007
David L. Hallman, 50 of Allentown, Pa. died Monday Nov. 12th in St. Catherine?s Hospital Frackville, Pa. He is the husband of Maddy Lucas Hallman. David was a very loving and hard working young man. He was employed by Rapco of Allentown. He served with the U.S. Air Force. Born in Allentown, Pa. he is the son of Eleanor Katz...
Helen L. Ungurian
Nov 11, 2007
Helen L. Ungurian beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Westminster Village. A long time resident of Bethlehem, Helen Ungurian was born April 18, 1911 in Sasca Montana, Romania, to William and Susanna Iovan Buda. Married at age 15 to Emil M. Ungurian, she emigrated with him to the U.S. in 1927. They were the...
Grace Lopey
Nov 10, 2007
Grace Boletz Lopey Grace Boletz Lopey, 86 , of Lyon Station, PA formerly of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Kutztown Manor in Kutztown, PA She was born in Bethlehem. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Frances Bohar Boletz and the widow of the late Joseph Lopey who died September 16, 1994. Grace was a...
Mary C. Shimer
Nov 9, 2007
Mary Sciarra Shimer, 74 of Bethlehem, went to be with the Lord, Friday November 9, 2007. She was the daughter of the late James Sciarra and Mabel Young. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Arthur ?Buster? Shimer, Sr. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, daughter Patricia Zoksseski wife of Frank Zoksseski of Bethlehem, Pa, son...
Norbert Francis Cadden
Nov 8, 2007
Norbert Francis Cadden, 85 of Allentown and formerly of Bethlehem, died November 8 in the Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke?s, Lower Saucon. Born October 24, 1922 in Mauch Chunk, he was the husband of 61 years to Beatrice Otto Cadden. A graduate of Mauch Chunk High School and Muskingum College, he was a distinguished PIAA basketball and football...
Anna May Yanochko
Nov 6, 2007
Anna May Yanochko, 77, of Bethlehem, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was born in Pardeesville, PA; the daughter of the late Steven and Julia Hyduke Kowalig. Anna is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, John G. Yanochko, Sr. of Bethlehem. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for the former Leader Nursing...
Nicholas David Zaun
Nov 4, 2007
Nicholas "Nick" David Zaun, 14, of Bethlehem and Allentown died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. He was born December 21, 1992 in Bethlehem, the son of James Zaun of Bethlehem and Mary Keefe of Allentown. Nick was a freshman at Liberty High School. He was a wrestler on the undefeated freshman team. Nick loved working with children....
Rachel Bayer
Nov 3, 2007
Rachel Throop Bayer, age 93, died peacefully Saturday November 3, 2007 at Kirkland Village, a Continuing Care Community in Bethlehem, PA. Mrs. Bayer leaves behind six children, Daniel and his wife Claudette of Harrisburg, PA; Peter of Jupiter, Florida; Thomas and his wife Linda of Port Vila, Vanuatu, South Pacific; Andrea Paine and her husband Rodger of Chagrin Falls, Ohio;...
Theresa Kroboth
Nov 3, 2007
Theresa Kroboth, 87, of Bethlehem died on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late John and Anna Skerlak Kroboth. Theresa was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bethlehem. She is survived by her sisters, Stella Harryn and Elizabeth Kroboth both of Hellertown and Margaret Baliko and...
Victoria Leach
Nov 2, 2007
Victoria ?Lala? Leach, 88, of Bethlehem died Thursday, November 2, 2007 in St. Luke?s Hospital, Fountain Hill surrounded by family. She was born April 8, 1919 in Punta Arenas, Chile to Captain Charles A. Milward, Royal Naval Reserve and Isabella Burns Milward. She was educated in Chile and in England at Charles Towers School. During World War II, she worked...
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