Obituaries

Aug 4, 2018

Kay L. Fritz, 61 of Walnutport, PA died on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus, Allentown, PA. Born February 15, 1957 in Northampton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roland Rinker and Althea (Fogelman) Rinker - Beil of Coplay, PA. She was the wife of the late Gary D. Fritz who passed away...

Aug 3, 2018

Rita June Hill, 93 of Nazareth, Pennsylvania died on Friday, August 3, 2018, at Moravian Hall Square Retirement Comm. in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Born on February 23, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Walter Ozias and the late Anna (Wilcox) Ozias. She was the wife of the late Robert Hill. Surviving are daughter, Rita A. wife...

Aug 3, 2018

Moselle I. "Mosey" Lorah, 95, of Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, died on Friday, August 3, 2018, at the VNA Hospice House at St. Luke's in Bethlehem.  Born June 16, 1923, in Lehighton, she was the daughter of the late Nelson and Martha (Krum) Frehulfer, and wife of the late Willard E. Lorah. She was an active member of the former Trinity United...

Aug 1, 2018

John Paul Halada, 98, formerly of Palmerton, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday August 1, 2018, in Palm Harbor, Florida. He was a son of the late Joseph and Anna Halada.  He was the husband of Lois (Conover) Halada until her passing in July of 1958. John Paul Halada was born on July 7, 1920, and grew up in Palmerton,...

Jul 30, 2018

Betty A. Hall, 93 of Northampton, PA passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018, at her home. Born on April 14, 1925 in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Spengler and the late Irma (Ritter) Spengler. She was the wife of the late Richard Hall. Betty was employed by Northampton School District as a Cafeteria Cashier for...

Jul 29, 2018

Janet W. (Schaller) Buss, 78, of Clearview Road, Coplay, N. Whitehall Twp, died Sunday afternoon, July 29, 2018, in her home. She was the wife of Paul K. Buss, Sr. since Nov 22, 1958. Born in Northampton, she was a daughter of the late Frank, Sr. and Walma (Keiser) Schaller. Janet was employed as a sewing machine operator by the...

Jul 29, 2018

Dale T. Fenstermaker, 84, of S. Front Street, Allentown, died Sunday evening, July 29, 2018, in his home. Born in N. Whitehall Twp, he was a son of the late Tilghman and Hattie E. (Bear) Fenstermaker. Dale was employed as a laborer for Grim Sanitation Co., Ironton. He attended Jordan United Church of Christ, Walbert. Dale was an avid NASCAR...

Jul 28, 2018

Margaret A. (Heckman) Moser-Schell, 94, of Bethel, Berks County, formerly of Krumsville, died early Saturday morning, July 28, 2018, at Laurel Center Nursing and Rehab, Hamburg. She was the wife of the late Francis R. Moser who passed in 1979, and the late Robert G. Schell. Born in Lower Nazareth Twp, she was a daughter of the late Robert M....

Jul 28, 2018

Donna M. Procanyn, 50, of Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, Delaware Twp, died early Saturday morning, July 28, 2018, at the Inpatient Hospice Unit of Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. She was the fiancé of Edward S. Tudge with whom she resided. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of William and Louise (Balliet) Procanyn of Northampton. Donna was employed by...

Jul 25, 2018

Roger W. Landes, 67 of Walnutport, PA died on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at RiverStone Manor, LLC in Walnutport, PA. Born in Northampton, he was the son of the late Warren Landes and the late Mildred (Bartleson) Landes. Roger was a Veteran of the Vietnam War. He formerly attended Grace United Church of Christ in Northampton. A Funeral service with...

Jul 25, 2018

Phyllis H. Keller, 89, of Delps Road, Danielsville, Moore Twp, died early Wednesday morning, July 25, 2018, at Renaissance Home, Northampton. She was the wife of Robert E. Keller since Nov 16, 1947. Born in N. Catasauqua, she was daughter of the late Audrey and Ethel (Miller) Heiney.

Phyllis was employed as a layout operator for the...

Jul 24, 2018

Gloria J. Koehler, 73, of Wind Gap, PA died on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Hospice House of the VNA @ St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA.  Born August 2, 1944 in Bushkill Center, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edward Detweiler and Anna (Snyder) Mack of Nazareth, PA.  She was the wife of Howard S. Koehler. Gloria was...

Jul 23, 2018

Ruth Musselman, 86 of Whitehall, PA, died on Monday, July 23, 2018, at her residence. Born October 1, 1931 in Slatington, PA, she was the daughter of the late Russell Davis and the late Esther (Krause) Davis. She was the wife of the late William W. Musselman who passed away in 1983. Ruth was a sewing machine operator for various...

Jul 22, 2018

Patricia M. Shankweiler, 61, of Northampton, PA died on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Muhlenberg Campus in Bethlehem, PA. Born October 5, 1956 in Bethlehem/Fountain Hill, PA she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Vreeland and the late Mary (Gallagher) Vreeland. She was the wife of Larry Shankweiler, together they celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary last...

Jul 21, 2018

Michael D. Wassum, 59, of Autumn Lane, Jim Thorpe, Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania, died Saturday morning, July 21, 2018, in his home.  Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Donald R. Wassum, and Mrs. Sandra M. (Coffin) Wassum-Eckroade of Penn Forest Township. Michael was employed as a Plastics Engineer for Computer Designs, Whitehall, for many...

Jul 21, 2018

Axel W. Gardner, 97 of Whitehall, PA. passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Whitehall Manor, in Whitehall, PA. Born March 19, 1921 in Allentown, PA, he was the son of the late Axel H. Gardner and the late Amy (Bechtel) Baus-Gardner. He was the husband of the late Virginia R. (Heydt) Gardner who passed away in April of...

Jul 21, 2018

Louie J. "Joe" Bradberry, of East Allen Township, died on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at his home.  Born November 29, 1938 in Attalla, Alabama, he was the son of the late Louie E. and Lorayne (Harbin) Bradberry. He and his wife Patricia (Patton) Bradberry were married on April 22, 1961. He last worked for Dick Milhman/Koch Ford in Easton for...

Jul 20, 2018

Ricky W. Fritzinger, 62 of Slatington, PA died on Friday, July 20, 2018, at his residence in Slatington, Washington Tswp., PA. Born February 29, 1956 in Palmerton, PA., he was the son of the late William Fritzinger and Jean A. (Zader) Fritzinger of Allentown, PA.

Ricky was last employed by Deka Battery- East Penn Mfg., Fleetwood, PA. ...

Jul 19, 2018

Linda C. Ruhf, 75 of Bethlehem, died on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at her home. Born February 27, 1943 in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Gladys (Miller) Ruhf. She was a nursing instructor for St. Luke's School of Nursing, Bethlehem, for many years before retiring in1996. She was also a member of St. Mark's Evangelical...

Jul 19, 2018

Scott D. Smith, 59, of Lafayette Avenue, Palmerton, Pennsylvania, died Thursday evening, July 19, 2018, at his home.  He was the husband of Tracy M. (Muniz) Smith since September 20, 1986.  Born in Lehighton, he was a son of Donald J. and Lillian M. (Beers) Smith of Palmerton. Scott was employed as a Design Engineer by the Intel...