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Ola B. Cehelsky
Oct 30, 2021
Ola B. Cehelsky, born on May 1, 1925 in Lviv, Ukraine to Volodomyr Bilozor and Maria Fedynska Bilozor, died on October 30, 2021, at Above and Beyond Assisted Living in Allentown, PA. She was a long-time resident of Bethlehem, PA. During WWII Ola and her family fled to Germany. A refugee in a Red Cross Camp, trained in Conservatory for...
Dennis J. Galligani Sr.
Oct 30, 2021
Dennis James Galligani Sr. 75 of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania transitioned peacefully on October 30th surrounded by his loving family. Dennis was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois where he met his wife Alyce at George Williams College. Dennis and Alyce had then moved back to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where Alyce was originally from and they started their family of three children Dennis...
Joseph Shea
Oct 27, 2021
Joseph Shea, 66, of Danielsville died on October 27, 2021, surrounded by his loving family, at Johns Hopkins University Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was the son of Alma M. Shea and the late Lawrence G. Shea, Sr. He was the loving husband of Karen Michael-Shea. Joe graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School. He went on to...
Helen Kozma
Oct 27, 2021
Helen Kozma, 97, passed away on October 27, 2021. She was born on June 15, 1924 in Wilkes-Barre, daughter of the late John and Anna (Bodack) Polack. Helen was the loving wife of the late Frank Kozma. Helen was a hard worker, spending many years working in the textile mills in Bethlehem. She enjoyed baking, keeping a clean house, and...
Alberta J. Baggest
Oct 24, 2021
Alberta J. Baggest, 79, of Bethlehem, PA died Sunday October 24, 2021 at her home. She was the wife of James R. Baggest for 60 years in November. She was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Albert and Beatrice (Miller) Ebling. She owned Albertas Hair Fashion in Bethlehem for 59 years. She loved to travel, play duplicate bridge,...
Joseph Gutierrez
Oct 21, 2021
Joseph Gutierrez, 90, of Bethlehem, died on October 21, 2021. He was born in Ting
Irene K. Yenshaw
Oct 21, 2021
Irene K. (Kapec) Yenshaw, 95, of Bethlehem, died Thursday, October 21, 2021 at Bethlehem Manor. Born in Sheppton, PA she was the daughter of the late George and Anna (Merva) Kapec. She was married to Edmund T. Yenshaw with whom she celebrated 71 years of marriage until his death on December 16, 2019. Irene worked for the former Western Electric,...
Doris C. Oechsle
Oct 20, 2021
Doris C. Oechsle, 94, passed away on October 20, 2021, at Devon House Senior Living in Allentown, PA. She was born on October 30, 1926 in Bethlehem, daughter of the late Stanley and Elsie (Seifert) Zingler. Doris graduated from Liberty high school in 1945. She served as a secretary for Bethlehem Steel Corp. She will lovingly be remembered for her...
Margaret "Peggy" K. Crim
Oct 18, 2021
Margaret (Peggy) Kathryn Koval Crim, 72 of Bethlehem, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends on October 18, 2021 at St. Lukes University Hospital. Peggy was born in Shenandoah, PA on December 8, 1948 to the late Stephen and June (Phillips) Koval. Peggy graduated from Mahanoy Area High School in 1966 where she was a member...
Beatris Rivas
Oct 17, 2021
It is with profound sorrow, our family announces the passing of Beatris (Bea) Rivas, 47, of Bethlehem, on Sunday, October 17, 2021, at St. Lukes Hospital--Fountain Hill. Born on February 1, 1974, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Gertrudes Rodriguez; Ernesto and Elena Galarza (Crespo). A graduate of Freedom High School, Bea continued her education at...
William E. Doyle
Oct 15, 2021
William E. Doyle, 80, of Bethlehem, died at home on October 15, 2021. He was born May 25, 1941 in Allentown, youngest child of the late Patrick and Mary (Pyke) Doyle. William is survived by his devoted wife of 54 years, Janet M. (Anthony) Doyle. William was a graduate of Central Catholic High School and proudly served in the US...
Diane A. Garland
Oct 15, 2021
Diane "Chicky" A. Garland, 72, of Bethlehem, PA passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021 at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. She was a recipient of a "Gift of Life" lung transplant. Born on October 14, 1949 in Fountain Hill, PA she was the daughter of the late Ludwig and Naomi (Weil) Breidenbach. She was the loving wife of...
Robert L. Mcolley
Oct 12, 2021
Robert L. McColley Jr, age 71, passed away in the hospital unexpectedly, but with his family by his side on October 12, 2021. He was welcomed into Heaven by his parents Robert L. McColley and Mary (Heiczinger) McColley, as well as his sister Carol (McColley) Alesick. Robert was a graduate of Liberty High School. He graduated with honors and was...
Josephine Z. Allen
Oct 12, 2021
Josephine Z. Allen, 83, of Bethlehem passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Rocco and Lucy (Guerrieri) Zullo. She was the loving wife of the late William H. Allen with whom she was married for 57 years. Josephine was a longtime member of the former Our Lady of Pompeii of the Most...
Peter Michael Sedler
Oct 11, 2021
Peter Michael Sedler, Jr., 73, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly, at home on October 11, 2021. He was born in Bethlehem on July 7, 1948; son of the late Peter Michael Sedler, Sr. and Ethel (Groff) Sedler. Pete is survived by his devoted wife of nearly 50 years, Charlette Sue Sedler. Pete will be most fondly be remembered as a...
Lucille L. Kuchera
Oct 9, 2021
Lucille L Kuchera , 95, of Bethlehem, PA passed away peacefully at home on October 9 surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Dorothy (Pribylsky) Stephan and Michael J. Stephan. She was predeceased by her husband Andrew W. Kuchera and her daughter Judi L. Tracy (Matt). Lucilles smile and laughter filled the room with brightness especially...
Robert P. Olshefski
Oct 6, 2021
Robert P. Olshefski, 86, of Bethlehem died peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Born on April 16, 1935 in Nanticoke, PA he was the son of the late Mary (Tronsue) and Frank Olshefski. He was the loving husband of the late Geraldine V. (Gogola) Olshefski. Robert worked at General Motors (Michigan) and then at Bethlehem Steel...
Anna M. Pratka
Oct 4, 2021
Anna Marie Veronica Pratka, 93, of Bethlehem died Monday, October 4, 2021 at St. Lukes Hospital- Fountain Hill Campus. Born in Trumbauersville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eleanor and Joseph Grzegorzewicz. She was married to Peter Pratka with whom she celebrated 49 years of marriage until his death on March 28, 2002. Prior to starting a family...
Mary Ann T. Vidumsky
Oct 1, 2021
Mary Ann T. Vidumsky, 90, of Bethlehem, died on October 1, 2021. She was born in Bethlehem; daughter of the late Christy and Rita (Walsh) Dalton. Mary Ann is survived by her devoted husband of 71 years, John E. Vidumsky. Mary Ann will be lovingly remembered as a talented golfer. She shot two holes-in-one and found great peace on the...
Brett Andrew Adair
Oct 1, 2021
Brett Andrew Adair, 52, of Northampton, died at home on October 1, 2021, with his family by his side. With a deep love for his family and a tremendous will to live, Brett battled a very aggressive type of cancer labelled as Poorly Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma for the last 9 months. He was born December 16, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio;...
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