OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Hellertown, Pennsburg, & Surrounding Areas
Tobias Witman, Jr.
Mar 18, 2010
Tobias Joseph Witman, Jr., 85, of Danielsville, died Thursday, March 18, 2010, in his home. He was the beloved husband of Barbara (Strohl) Witman. Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Tobias J. and Helen (Eck) Witman, Sr. He worked for over 37 years at the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. retiring in 1987. He was a...
Randall Stancick
Mar 8, 2010
Randall Lynn (Keyser) Stancick, 58, of East Greenville, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Quakertown. Born in Abington, she was the daughter of the late Theodore K. and Bette Jane (Phander) Keyser. She was the M. R. Service Director in the Lehigh Valley for Step-By-Step, Inc. in Bethlehem. Prior to that she was a case manager...
Terry Morgan
Mar 6, 2010
Terry E. Morgan, 64, of Hoffmansville Rd, Bechtelsville, died Saturday, March 6, 2010. He was the beloved husband of Agnes (Hillegass) Morgan. Born in Red Hill he was a son of the late Samuel and Gladys (Alexander) Morgan Sr. He was a supervisor at Knoll Furniture in East Greenville for over 30 years. Terry was a member of St....
Mary Gombocz
Mar 5, 2010
Mary Gombocz, 97, of Ellen St., Hellertown, died March 5, 2010. She was the wife of the late Joseph Gombocz who died in 2008. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Gizella and Alexander Toth III. She was also preceded in death by brothers Alexander Jr., and William. She was a sales clerk for the former...
Robert Transue
Mar 5, 2010
Robert L. Transue, 62, of Springtown Hill Rd, Hellertown, died March 5, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Pamela (Leith) Transue. They celebrated 27 years of marriage in October. Born in Ft. Hill, he was a son of Anna (Stahl) Transue of Hellertown and the late Leon William Transue. He was a veteran of...
James Mccollough
Feb 26, 2010
James A. McCollough, 77, formerly of Hellertown, died February 26, 2010. He was the husband of Doris (Hacker) McCollough. They were married 48 years. Born in Easton, he was a son of the late Theodora (Trump) McCollough. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He retired in 1984 from the former Bethlehem Steel Co, after...
Kalman Franko
Feb 25, 2010
Kalman N. Franko, Jr., 87, of Hellertown, died Thursday, February 25, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. Kalman was the beloved husband of the late Gladys (Fraley) Franko who passed away in December, 2005. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he was a son of the late Kalman and Theresa (Locser) Franko. Kalman taught drafting at the Mayo Vo-Tech...
Anna Jacobs
Feb 22, 2010
Anna Marie (Shaak) Jacobs, 92, of Quakertown Road, Pennsburg, died February 22, 2010. She was the widow of Lester B. Jacobs. Born in Sellersville, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Ada Mae (Harr) Shaak. She and her husband owned and operated the former Jake’s Market and Ann’s Dinette, in Pennsburg for 21 years. She was a...
H. Lee Coker
Feb 16, 2010
H. Lee Coker, 94, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, in Phoebe Home, Allentown. He was the husband of the late Margaret Lawfer Coker, and the son of Horace L. and Bessie (Sibley) Coker. He served as a beverage distributor in the Lehigh Valley for many years. In 1961, Lee opened Camp Olympic in Emmaus. As head basketball coach, he...
Wynanne Wright
Feb 14, 2010
Wynanne C. Wright, 59, of Highlands Blvd., Easton, PA, died February 14, 2010. Born in Metuchen, NJ, she was a daughter of Elizabeth (Hemsch) Dunlap, of Elizabethtown, PA and the late Edward Dunlap. She was an English teacher at Piscataway High School for over 15 years before becoming ill. She was an avid reader and a grant author at...
Catherine Yeaton
Feb 13, 2010
Catherine Frances Yeaton of Easton, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2010. She was 78. Catherine was born on October 30, 1931 in Westport, Massachusetts to Alvin A. and Stella (White) Yeaton. She moved to New York City in her 20’s, where she worked for the Otis Elevator Co. as a bookkeeper. She then moved back to Massachusetts,...
Dorothy Eddinger
Feb 8, 2010
D. Lillian Eddinger, 85, of Hellertown, died February 8, 2010 at her residence at Saucon Valley Manor. She was the beloved wife of T. James. Eddinger for 67 years. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Suzanna Bedner. She was a member of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church, Hellertown. She was...
Irma Wolf Smith
Feb 4, 2010
Irma I. (Renninger) Wolf Smith, 89, of Perkiomenville, and formerly of Center Valley, died February 4, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Quakertown. She was the widow of Harry B. Smith and William A. Wolf. Born in Frederick, she was a daughter of the late Augustus B. and Elsie E. (Stengel) Renninger. She worked in accounting for about 15 years...
David Hall
Feb 3, 2010
David G. “Tiny” Hall, 72, of Allentown, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2010 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Betty Lou (Smith) Hall. The celebrated 45 years of marriage in January. Born in Wilkes Barre, he was the son of the late Howard E. and Gladys M. (Hughs) Hall. He worked in the Ingot...
Janet Scott
Feb 3, 2010
Janet L. (Ketrow) Scott, 75, of Northampton, died February 3, 2010. She was the beloved wife of Franklin T. Scott. Survivors: husband, daughters: Trudy, Bonita, Belinda, and Vicki; a son Ryan; nine grandchildren; and two sisters: Marian and Christine. She was pre-deceased by a brother William. For complete information visit, www.falkfuneralhomes.com.
Patricia Kudera
Feb 1, 2010
Patricia “Pat” Kudera, 67, of Lower Saucon Township, died Monday, February 1, 2010. She was the beloved wife of John K. Kudera with whom she celebrated 48 years of marriage last November. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Charles E., and Hilda M. (Jacobs) Case. She worked as a seamstress for many years in various...





