Lorraine M. (Kocher) Evans, age 86, of Bethlehem, PA, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Phoebe Allentown Nursing Home. She was born August 25, 1935 in Allentown, the daughter of the late William E. and Amelia C. (Hourt) Kocher.
Lorraine was a member for many years of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Allentown. She...
Elsie M. Becker, 96, loving wife and mother, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, March 24. She was the wife of the late Earl A. Becker with whom she celebrated 66 years of marriage and the daughter of the late Ewald and Elisabeth (Schmitz) Marcus. Born in Solingen-Ohligs, Germany she immigrated to the US with her parents as...
Geraldine M. Reckling passed away on March 22, 2022 at the age of 89. She was born in Kingsport, Tennessee to the late: Thurman and Lottie Mae (Akins) Moody and was predeceased by her husband James F. Reckling Sr., her granddaughter Jordon Reckling and siblings Eulola Parker, Everett Moody, and Glenn Moody. Geraldine had been an Administrative Assistant to...
Jeanne Marie (Ludrof) Gerhart Tilghman, born in Allentown, June 17, 1931, passed away March 19, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg. She was the daughter of the late Joseph A. Sr. and Therese (Gregor) Ludrof. She was the widow of the late Richard Tilghman, who died April 7, 1967. Previously married to the late Ray Daniel Gerhart, Sr.
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Karen E. Ruch, 76, of Allentown, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2022. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Louisa (Bleiler) Roderick. Karen was preceded in passing by her loving husband of 53 years, Dale Ruch, in 2012.
She is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Sherri, wife of James Naugle, granddaughters:...
William "Bill" R. Billowitch, 102, formerly of Whitehall, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in the home of his son, William D. and daughter-in-law MaryJane(Klase) with whom he resided for the last 10 years. He was born on April 17, 1919 in Allentown, PA, the son of the late Frank and Mary (Haffner) Billowitch. He was...
Angeline L. Saul, formerly of Limeport, Pa and most recently Lehighton, Pa, passed away on March 14, 2022 at the age of 88. She was the daughter of the late: Lucian and Elizabeth (Sabol) Grello and was predeceased by her Husband Kenneth Saul and Grandson Stephen Saul. She had worked for the Southern Lehigh School District and then for...
Francis "Frank" M. Pope, Sr., age 84, of Allentown, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was born May 28, 1937 in Summit Hill, PA, the son of the late Victor and Anna (Kralick) Ploplis.
Frank graduated in the Class of 1955 from Red Bank Catholic High...
Clifford W Benner, 12-16-1925 to 3-6-2022, of Coopersburg, PA. He served in the Marines from 1943-1945 and had been active in the Coopersburg Historical Society. Private burial.
Ruth Margaret Repnyek, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2022 at the young age of 101. She was born in Bethlehem to the late William A. and Caroline (Tilberg) Shepardson. She shared over 50 years of marriage to her late husband William Joseph Repnyek Sr.. Ruth was predeceased by her Son William J. Repnyek Jr., Daughter in...