OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh Valley & Surrounding Areas
Agnes R. Temmel
Nov 2, 2007
Agnes R. Temmel, age 84, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at the V.N.A. of St. Luke?s Hospice, Bethlehem. Born on January 20, 1923, she was a daughter of Joseph and Katharina Boden Hollshwandner, German immigrants from Austria-Hungary. Agnes went to Holy Ghost school and to Bethlehem Catholic High School, graduating in 1940. After working as a secretary at the Bethlehem...
Helen M. Lettich
Nov 1, 2007
Helen M. Lettich, 83, of Bethlehem, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at New Eastwood Care & Rehabilitation Center in Easton. She was born July 5, 1924 in Nazareth, PA the daughter of the late Joseph and Paula Gerenser Ullman. She was the loving wife of the late William J. Lettich who died in 2004. She was a member of SS....
Julia Ortiz
Oct 31, 2007
Julia Ortiz, 76, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; the daughter of the late Bonifacio and Marcelina Torres Curet. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Angel M. Ortiz on April 24, 2002. Julia worked as a Presser for the former Forte Tie Co. and later for...
Mary Ann Flood
Oct 31, 2007
Mary Ann Beckage Flood, 71, of Bethlehem died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born July 13, 1936 in Freemansburg she was the daughter of the late AnnaKaleycik and Peter Beckage. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Flood, of Allentown. Mary Ann worked for Laros Printing for many years....
Grace C. Capuano
Oct 30, 2007
Grace C. Capuano, 91, of Bethlehem died on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the VNA Hospice House of St. Luke's. She was born September 11, 1916 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Rocco and Antoinette Marinaccio Carchio. Grace was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Anthony M. "Tony" Capuano on October 9, 2007. In addition to...
Roberta Mae Bogdan
Oct 25, 2007
Roberta Mae Bogdan, 84, of Bethlehem Twp., died Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Country Meadows Nursing Home. She was born April 17, 1923 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Gottfried and Clara Anna Lorenz Flammer. She was the wife of the late Louis L. Bogdan. Roberta worked for St. Luke's Hospital for 23 years as a birth registrar. She...
Mary T. Ammend
Oct 24, 2007
Mary T. Ammend, 90, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at her residence in Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Adam and Veronica Mingora Kuruc. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Henry R. Ammend on May 1, 2001. She was an excellent seamstress and worked in the local garment industry....
Margaret E. Horvath
Oct 24, 2007
Margaret Horvath, 94, of Bethlehem died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at St.Lukes Hospital. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late John and Rose Rayner Gombosi. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Horvath. Margaret worked as a seamstress at the Muriel Dress Co. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bethlehem; where...
Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr.
Oct 23, 2007
Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr .WWII, Korea, veteran Col. Jacob P. Sartz, Jr., 89 of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Moravian Village in Bethlehem. He was born November 1, 1917, in Shanghai, China, son of the late Jacob P. and Alice Messner Sartz. Raised in Bernville, PA outside of Reading, Mr. Sartz went on to attend Penn State?s...
Dorothy M. Wasco
Oct 20, 2007
Dorothy M. Wasco, 79, of Bethlehem, died Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's in Bethlehem. Born January 17, 1928 in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Anton & Barbara Cmorey Marcincin. Dorothy was the wife of the late Paul Wasco who died in 1981. She was a member of St. Anne?s Catholic...
Thomas P. Nolan, Jr.
Oct 19, 2007
Thomas P. Nolan, Jr., 63, of Bethlehem died Friday October 19, 2007 at Lehigh Valley Hospital ? Muhlenberg after being stricken at home. He and his wife Carol McNamee Nolan were married for 37 years. The son of the late Thomas P. and Genevieve M. Repsher Nolan, Sr., Tom was born in Philadelphia and raised in Deleware County, PA. He...
Olga Sawarynski
Oct 18, 2007
Olga Sawarynski, 87, fell asleep in the Lord on October 18, 2007 in Bethlehem. Born in Bethlehem on April 17, 1920, she was the third child of Michael and Agrippina Kokash Radchuk. She married Michael Sawarynski on October 26, 1940 and was married for 54 years until his death in 1995. She is survived by one son, Deacon Mikhail Sawarynski...
James A. Vaccaro
Oct 15, 2007
James A. Vaccaro, 95, of Bethlehem, died on Monday, October 15, 2007 at Manor Care Health Services.He was born December 19, 1911 in Pittsfield, MA; the son of the late James and Rose Russo Vaccaro.James is survived by his wife of 73 years, Elizabeth M. Weinhardt Vaccaro of Bethlehem.He was a graduate of Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, MA and earned...
Margaret M. Ziminski
Oct 15, 2007
Margaret M. Ziminski, 84, of Bethlehem died Monday October 15, 2007 at St. Luke?s Hospital, Fountain Hill. Born, March 7, 1923, in West Hazelton, Pa; she was the daughter of the late Earl and Mary Braskey Strack. She was the wife of the late Stephen Ziminski who died on April 18, 1995. She was a member of the Notre Dame...
John C. Lavan
Oct 14, 2007
John C. LaVan, 93, of Bethlehem died Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Moravian Village of Bethlehem. Born September 16, 1914 in Bethlehem he was the son of the late Mary Anderson and John Levan. He was married to Helen Kousz LaVan with whom he would have celebrated 68 years of marriage on December 2. John worked at the Bethlehem Steel...
Evelyn Taglang
Oct 13, 2007
Evelyn C. Taglang, 94, of Bethlehem, died on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Moravian Village of Bethlehem. She was born April 19, 1913 in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Thomas Leidy Weirbach and Anna Weirbach Mohn. Evelyn is survived by her husband of 70 years, Francis J. Taglang of Bethlehem. She worked for the Bethlehem Steel Co. before dedicating...
Margaret J. Webb
Oct 13, 2007
Margaret J. Webb, 87, of Bethlehem died on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Gracedale Nursing Center. She was born May 4, 1920 in Philadelphia; the daughter of the late Edward Adam John Herbott and Mary Elizabeth Hanna Herbott. Margaret is survived by her husband William H. Webb and would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on Nov. 5th. She graduated...
Maria M. Arrue
Oct 13, 2007
Maria Arrue , 99, of Miami, Fla, formerly of Allentown, died on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Mercy Hospital in Miami. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Augusto & Juana Brage. Maria met her husband of over 50 years, Rafael E. Arrue who died in 1985, in Cuba. Rafael was in Cuba for his job...
Robert R. Kresge
Oct 12, 2007
Robert R Kresge, 61, of Walnutport, PA died peacefully at his residence surrounded by his loving family on Friday, October 12, 2007. He was born in Bethlehem the son of the late Carlton D. Kresge and Helen I. Shamenek Kresge of Allentown. Bob was a graduate of Moravian College where he was a 119 LB Wrestling Champion. He was a...
Robert W. Fulton
Oct 9, 2007
Robert W. Fulton, 94, formerly of Wilson Boro, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Old Orchard Health Care Services in Easton. Born September 21, 1913 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Robert W. and Louise Quick Fulton. He was the loving husband of the late Rose Anne Fortunato Fulton who died in 1998. Robert was a...
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