OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Hellertown, Pennsburg, & Surrounding Areas
Pauline Kebort
Jul 12, 2018
Pauline T. Kebort, 94, of Hellertown, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late Stanley Kebort. Born in Hellertown, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary (Martin) Hudock. She worked at the former Dora Lee Company in Hellertown as a sewing machine operator, retiring in 1980. She was a...
Una Delaney
Jul 7, 2018
Una Delaney, formerly of 50 Label Street, Montclair, NJ, died peacefully at Country Meadows Retirement Community in Bethlehem, PA on July 7, 2018. The daughter of Thomas and May (Purcell) Delaney, she was born in Cleveland, OH, in 1930. She grew up in Cleveland, Philadelphia and Kilkenny, Ireland, where she spent the war years with extended family. She attended...
Ernest Mansfeld
Jul 3, 2018
Ernest Mansfeld, 87, of Allentown and formerly of Hellertown, passed away July 3, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Betty (Boehm) Mansfeld. Born in Hellertown, he was a son of the late Richard and Grace (Yeakel) Mansfeld. Ernest began his career at the Riegel Paper Co, Riegelsville where he worked in the Maintenance Department. He then worked for...
Kathleen Brey
Jun 26, 2018
Kathleen J. Brey, 83, of Pennsburg, passed away on June 26, 2018. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Estella (Schultz) Krupp. She graduated with a BSN from Pottstown Hospital and worked as a nurse there for over 30 years. She was a member of Pennsburg United Church of Christ. She is survived by...
Vivian Dancho
Jun 26, 2018
Vivian M. (Bartos) Danchos, 90, of Bethlehem, passed peacefully on June 26, 2018. Vivian was the daughter of William and Anna (Bilsak) Bartos. She was a strong woman. After losing her husband early in life, she raised her 3 boys and was dedicated to her family. She started and ran her own beauty parlor and later was a house...
Barbara Dilliard
Jun 22, 2018
Barbara Ann Dilliard, 67, of Hellertown, passed away June 22, 2018. She was the beloved wife of James Dilliard. Born in Easton, she was a daughter of the late James & Elva (Eldridge) King. Earlier in life, Barbara worked in the proof department of the former Union Bank. She was a member of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, and the...
Karl Winsch
Jun 20, 2018
Karl W. “Moose” Winsch, 81 of East Greenville, passed away June 20, 2018. He was the beloved husband of JoAnn (Briggs) Feldman. Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Karl E. and Evelyn (Geary) Winsch. Karl was a 1955 graduate of Upper Perkiomen High School, where he was a member of the 1953 Championship Football Team....
Barbara Bray
Jun 20, 2018
Barbara Deming Bray, 91, of Green Lane, passed away peacefully on June 20, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Joshua Carter Bray. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late William and Jesse (Deming) McKaraher. In 1967 she graduated from Ursinus College with a BS in Psychology. She went on to Bryn Mawr...
Marian Hafner
Jun 18, 2018
Marian Hafner, 94, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late Claude Hafner who passed away in 2010. Born in Frackville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Metro and Catherine (Sachar) Harhigh. She was a graduate of the former Springfield High School, now in the Palisades School District. After graduation,...
Russ Snyder
Jun 16, 2018
Russ Andrew Snyder, 31, of Bethlehem passed away unexpectedly on June 16, 2018. Born in Allentown, he was a son of Paul Douglas and Arlene Elizabeth (Wychulis) Snyder of Bethlehem. He is a graduate of Freedom High School in 2004 and worked in construction and recently as a fork lift operator. Surviving with his parents is his son, Chase...
Vivian Fitzsimons
Jun 7, 2018
Vivian Fitzsimons of Lower Saucon and Moravian Village passed away on June 7, 2018. She was born in 1921 in Allentown to William and Annie Moyer and was married to Robert Fitzsimons in 1944. During the late 40’s and 50’s, she and Robert owned and operated the “Hiawatha Swimming Pool” in Lower Saucon Township. She graduated from Allentown High...
Clyde Zeisloft
Jun 1, 2018
C. Marvin Zeisloft Jr., 84, of Macungie, passed away Friday, June 1, 2018 surrounded by his loving family He was the husband of the late Shirley J. (Hale) Zeisloft with whom he celebrated 47 years of marriage prior to her death in 1999. Born in Hazleton, he was the son of the late Clyde Marvin Zeisloft Sr and Elma...
Elizabeth Slotter
May 24, 2018
Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Slotter, 63, of Norristown, passed away May 24, 2018. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter, of the late Howard & Alberta (Krauss) Slotter. Surviving are siblings: James Slotter, and his wife, Arlene, of Lancaster; Michael Slotter, and his wife, Julia, of East Greenville; John Slotter, and his wife Susan, of Harleysville; and Linda, wife of...





