Antoinette Karas

Antoinette (Horoschak) Karas, 92, of Lehighton, died peacefully on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at The Palmerton Personal Care Home in Palmerton, PA.  Born in Coaldale, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Elizabeth (Bortniak) Horoschak.  She was the wife of the late George Karas, who died in 1996.

Antoinette was a 1945 graduate of the Coaldale High School, and a member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Lansford.  She was employed for 26 years as a dental assistant to Dr. Clyde L. Graver in Lehighton.  During retirement, she was a volunteer in the Senior Corps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

She enjoyed a lifelong hobby of knitting and crafted countless items for charitable causes.  Veterans and needy children were among the many that benefitted from her handiwork, and enduring spirit of generosity.  Antoinette also enjoyed traveling, reading and spending time with family and friends.

Surviving are a daughter, Gail Aronoff, son, George and wife Vicki (Fedorishen) Karas, and grandson, David, all of Lehighton as well as many nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by eight siblings.

A Private Interment was arranged at the parish cemetery in Summit Hill, by Campton Funeral Home in Palmerton. Online condolences and remembrances can be made at www.schislerfuneralhomes.com .

Contributions in her memory can be made to Disabled American Veterans-VAROIC, PO Box 42938, Wissahickon and Manheim Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19101 or online at DAV.org or directed to any charity or non-profit organization of choice.