OBITUARIES

Dec 29, 2020

Penny Kay Schaffer, 68, of Douglassville, passed away December 29, 2020. She was the beloved wife of Jon D. Schaffer. They were married 37 years this past February. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Alton and Catherine E. (Hoover) Bauman. Penny was a graduate of Upper Perkiomen High School. She served as a postal worker...

Dec 29, 2020

The world lost a beloved mother and grandmother, Janet (JJ) Sickel, 81, of Bethlehem, on December 29, 2020. She was the wife of the late William A. Sickel who passed on February 3, 2012. Born in Allentown on June 24, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Catherine (Simons) Duh. Janet and her husband owned and...

Dec 28, 2020

Sheila H. O’Brien, 78, of Easton, passed away on December 28, 2020. Born in Easton, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Katherine (Kerry) Derringer. She was predeceased by her Husband, William E. “Bill” O’Brien. Sheila was a Beautician as well as working for Crayola for 36 years, retiring at age 55. She loved her family and...

Dec 27, 2020

Margaret "Marge" Howell of Gilbertsville, PA, and formerly of Washington, NJ, joined her heavenly father on December 27, 2020. Born November 12, 1928 in Boonton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Bertha (Love) Carroll. She was a graduate of Boonton High School and the Broomfield Secretarial School. She was the wife of the late...

Dec 26, 2020

Clayton “Bud” Klotz was born October 15th, 1929 in Redding, California. Bud returned with his parents and siblings to Pennsylvania, and settled in Bethlehem, Pa. He graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem , Pa. After graduation he joined the US Army, and served his country honorably in Trieste, Italy, with the TRUST core during the Korean conflict. After...

Dec 25, 2020

Paul F. Snyder Jr., 81, of Red Hill, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2020. He was the husband of the late Helen (Rothenberger) Snyder who passed in 2013. Born in Trumbauersville, he was a son of the late Paul F. Sr. and Stella M. (Miller) Snyder. Paul served his country honorably in the Navy. Although he worked in...

Dec 24, 2020

Geraldine “Gerry” Norkitis, 80, of Upper Salford Township, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2020. She was the beloved wife of Edward “Ed” Norkitis. They celebrated 56 years of marriage in August. Born in Swoyersville, PA, she was a daughter of Henry and Jennie Volack. Gerry received a BSN from Misericordia and was a Nursing Supervisor at Grand View...

Dec 24, 2020

Nancy Wargo, 70, of Hellertown, passed away on December 24, 2020. Born In Allentown, she was daughter of the late William Alfred and Anna Mae (Becker) White. She was predeceased by her husband, John Wargo in 2001. For many years, Nancy worked in the Deli at Super fresh.

Surviving are her children: Stephen Wargo, and his wife...

Dec 23, 2020

Joan Lee Tidwell Smith Alis Volat Propriis: She flies with her own wings! Joan Lee Tidwell Smith, 86, died peacefully surrounded by her family on December 23, 2020. She was the wife of the late R. Winfield “Win” Smith of Marlborough Township. Joan was born on June 15, 1934 in Norfolk, VA to the late DeForest and Grace Tidwell....

Dec 22, 2020

Charles G. Skiles, of Hummelstown, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 near his home. He was the son of the late Patrick and Eleanor Skiles. Charles was born on March 28, 1943 in Masontown, Pennsylvania and was a graduate of German Township High School. He was a retired Pennsylvania State Hospital employee after 30 years of service. Charles...

Dec 22, 2020

Brenda L. (Roeder) Koder of East Greenville passed away on Dec. 22, 2020 after a long illness. She would have been 52 in February. She was the wife of Ralph L. Koder, Jr., celebrating their 28th anniversary in 2020.

Born in Allentown, PA she was the daughter of Larry and Barbara (Diehl) Roeder.

She is...

Dec 20, 2020

Arlan D. Dietrich, 79, of Red Hill, passed away on December 20, 2020. He was the husband of the late Carol A. (Gregory) who died in 1994. Following Carol’s death, he was the companion of the late Annette Bechtel who died in 2018. Born in Lower Macungie, he was a son of the late Charles S. and Mamie (Trexler)...

Dec 19, 2020

Barbara Ann Leister Hansel, 73, of East Greenville, passed away December 19, 2020. She was the beloved wife of John “Jack” Hansell. Born in West Rockhill Township, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Martha “Marie” (Conrad) Leister. Barbara began her career at the former Plummers Optics in Pennsburg. She then was a teacher’s aide at the...

Dec 19, 2020

Wallace Milton Wagner, 85, of Hellertown, passed away of December 19, 2020. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Raymond B. and Minnie E. (Dorney) Wagner. He was a truck driver for many years untill he retired at age 62, in 1998. Wallace also worked as a fabricator and welder in Bethlehem, as well as a...

Dec 18, 2020

Katharine B. Ughy, 89 of Pennsburg and formerly of Lansdale, passed away December 18, 2020. She was the widow of Bela Ughy. Born in Darnozseli, Hungary, Katharine was the daughter of the late Janos and Maria (Meszaros) Borbely. She left home after World War II to study accounting and worked as the bookkeeper for a business in Gyor, Hungary....

Dec 18, 2020

Hope F. Miller, 88, of Quakertown, and formerly of Hereford and Trooper, passed away December 18, 2020. She was the widow of Harold R. Badger Jr and Elmer Miller. Born in West Conshohocken, Hope was a daughter of the late James and Mabel (Wood) Adamson. She worked for the Sharp Corp., and in her younger years as a waitress...

Dec 17, 2020

John Thomas Connelly, 83, of Red Hill, passed away December 17, 2020. He was the husband of the late Elsie (DiGregorio) Connelly, who passed in 2012. Born in Philadelphia, John was a son of the late John & Helen (Dwyer) Connelly.

John served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1955-58. He was a tool and die maker...

Dec 17, 2020

Tamara “Tammy” O. Bauman, 73, of East Greenville, passed away peacefully with her beloved husband Jeffrey by her side on December 17, 2020. She was born in the Zuffenhausen Camp for Displaced Persons in Stuttgart Germany to the late Walter and Julia (Kuharchuk) Bezsoniw. Tammy received her undergraduate degree from Douglass College a part of Rutgers University. She obtained...

Dec 16, 2020

Matthew John McKernan, 48, of Allentown, passed away December 16, 2020. Born in Norristown, he was the son of the late Andrew and Nicolette (Salamone) McKernan. Matthew was a graduate of Kutztown University. He was a Web Designer and Developer, and the founder and president of Mosaic Interactive, a creative design agency in Bethlehem. Matthew was known by his...

Dec 16, 2020

Corporal Retired Albert William Hoppes, 97, of Easton and formerly of Hellertown, departed this life surrounded by his family on December 16, 2020. Born in Mertztown, he was the son of the late Robert Rhodes and Bessie Irene (Isamoyer) Hoppes, and stepson of Anna Elizabeth Sloyer Hoppes. Al graduated from Hellertown High School, Kutztown and Temple Universities, and Moravian...