Frank J. Bendl Jr., 93, of Bath passed away peacefully Monday, May 22, 2017 in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Irene (Horvath) Bendl and they celebrated 70 years of marriage on January 25th. Born October 24, 1923 in Nazareth, he was the son of the late Frank and Theresia (Didovits) Pendl. Frank was...
John "Hank" Nemeth of Fellowship Community, formerly of Northampton and Treichlers, died Monday, May 22, 2017. He was the husband of Stella (Keglovits) for 65 years. Born January 1, 1929 in Northampton to John and Theresa (Sabara) Nemeth. John attended Northampton schools and served his country in the Army stationed in Korea. He was an entrepreneur eventually establishing his own...
Leonard Kuchera, 82, of Whitehall passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Phoebe Home, Allentown. Born October 20, 1934 in Egypt, he was the son of the late Stephen and Catherine (Kuchera) Kuchera. Leonard honorably served his country in the United States Air Force. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Survivors: sister, Irene Keller and...
Joseph J. Henits, 93, of Danielsville passed away peacefully on his 70th wedding anniversary surrounded by his wife and loving family. Joseph was the husband of Frances (Bolognia) Henits. Born December 26, 1923 in Northampton, he was the son of the late Stephen and Elizabeth (Geosits) Henits. He worked at Martin Marietta for over 35 years. Joseph honorably served his...
Ruth M. Frisch, 83, formerly of Walnutport passed away peacefully on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Gracedale Nursing Home, Nazareth surrounded by her loving children. Born September 22, 1933 in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Frank S. and Mae E. (Mann) Oplinger. Ruth worked for Bethlehem Steel Corporation for several years. In later years, she worked at...
Rose A. Derkits, 96, of Northampton passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at home with her daughter, Dolores, by her side. She was the wife of the late John J. Derkits. Born in Nazareth, she was the daughter of the late Anton and Rose (Groller) Betz. Rose was a knitter at Fair-Tex Knitting Mills, Emmaus for 27 years....
Stephen Frank Markley, 82, of Macungie passed away Friday, May 5, 2017 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was the husband of the late Carol A. (Tanner) Markley. Born November 13, 1934 in Allentown, he was the son of the late Stephen and Dorothy Markley. Stephen worked as a machinist for Ingersoll Rand and then continued on at Schiller-Pfeiffer Machine...
Ward R. Crozier, 79, of Lehighton passed away peacefully Friday, May 5, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Dorothy (Metz) Crozier and they celebrated 56 years of marriage on March 26th. Born February 2, 1938 in Wilson Boro, he was the son of the late Stephen and Rachael (Ward) Crozier. He honorably served his country...
Sharon L. (Anderson) Tomasitz, 35, of Northampton passed away peacefully on Monday, May 1, 2017 after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born May 22, 1981 to Mark and Cynthia (Wawrzynski) Anderson. She graduated from Nazareth Area High School in 1999. On November 7, 2014, she married the love of her life, Aron Tomasitz. They enjoyed seven wonderful...
Margaret M. (Peggy) Worman, 94, of Hokendauqua, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. She was the wife of the late Robert R. Worman who died May 15, 2014. Born January 27, 1923 in Hokendauqua, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Kennedy) Platzer. Peggy was a Dallas Cowboys fan and she had...
Cheryl (Haswell) Loch, 62, of Northampton passed away peacefully Saturday, April 29, 2017 in the home of Michael and Carol Turczyn, lifelong friend and guardian for Cheryl. She was the wife of the late Darrel "Dinker" Loch who died August 7, 2012. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of Janet (Troxell) Haswell Reinert, of Northampton and the late Earle...
Rose M. Stubits, 91, of Northampton passed away peacefully Friday, April 28, 2017 in Gracedale. She was the wife of the late Joseph M. Stubits who died November 18, 1994. Born July 12, 1925 in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Rose (Sabara) Filipovits. Rose worked at the Clyde Shirt Factory for many years. She also...
Helen Hebrock, 86, of Northampton passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital, Bethlehem. She was the wife of Stephen Hebrock, Sr. and they celebrated 63 years of marriage on January 30th. Born April 25, 1931 in Cementon, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine (Barna) Ruszin. Helen worked as a seamstress...
Mary A. (Mitzi) Klepeiss, 85, of Coplay passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Klepeiss. Born July 31, 1931 in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Anna (Schwab) Pinter. Mary was a very dedicated member of St. Peter Roman...
Theresa K. Burits, 77, of Northampton passed away peacefully Monday, April 24, 2017 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Paul Burits and they shared 51 years of marriage. Born August 18, 1939 in Lansford, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Albina (Radocha) Hyla. Theresa was a registered nurse at Sacred Heart...
Isadore (Izzy) Weiner, 92, of Whitehall passed away peacefully Thursday, April 20, 2017 in the Phoebe Home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of the late Dorothy J. (Groller) Weiner who died August 4, 2016 and they were married for 62 years. Born October 22, 1924 in Northampton, he was the son of the late Joseph and...
Frank J. Sakasitz, 79, formerly of Coplay passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Born July 9, 1937 in Upper Nazareth Township, he was the son of the late Frank P. and Emma (Derkits) Sakasitz. After honorably serving his country in the Army, Frank proudly worked as a lineman and supervisor for PPL until he retired in 1995. Frank...
Elvira R. Hien, 88, of Lehigh Township passed away peacefully Friday, April 14, 2017 in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Anthony Hien and together they shared over 65 years of marriage. Born January 9, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Medard and Regina (Eirich) Weber. Elvira enjoyed...
Anna J. Savory, 94, of Lehigh Twp., passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017. She was the wife of the late David J. Savory Sr. who died February 19, 2004. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Jennie (Castrataro) Mastrangelo. Anna was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Walnutport where for many years...
Nathaniel A. Straub, 19, of Walnutport passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Born November 11, 1997 in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Christopher Straub, Sr. and Monica (Malik) Henthorn of Walnutport. Nathaniel was a graduate of Northampton High School in 2016. He worked at Joshua Tree Service as an apprentice, arborist-tree climber. Survivors: mother and stepfather,...