Lowell William Mitchell, Jr., 68, of Bethlehem, passed away on Sunday, December 28, at VNA Hospice of St. Luke’s, Lower Saucon Township. He was the husband of Emily Fay (Schluben) Mitchell for 43 years. Born in New Jersey, he was the son of the late Lowell William, Sr. and Olive (Wheeler) Mitchell. He was baptized by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale...
John M. Schumacher, 66, of Sellersville, formerly of North Wales, passed away on Sunday, December 28, at his residence. He was the husband of Frances M. (Gergar) Schumacher for 19 years. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Michael George and Mary (Bragg) Schumacher. Mr. Schumacher was a U. S. Army veteran, having served stateside. Following his...
Catherine H. Martinez, 95, of Astoria, New York, formerly of Sellersville, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Long Island City, New York. She was the wife of the late Alphonse Martinez for 38 years. Born in Sellersville, she was the daughter of the late John Peter and Katherine (Schramm) Schnabel. Mrs. Martinez graduated from...
Dennis N. Swanger, 49, of Silverdale, formerly of Chalfont, died Thursday, December 18, in the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. He was the beloved husband of Cindy (Swinehart) Swanger for 23 years. Born in Warren, Ohio, he was the son of the late Norman B. Swanger and Barbara A. (Winter) Swanger Miller and her husband, James, Watsontown,...
Patricia L. Belott, 56, of Lansdale, passed away Monday, December 8, at Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert M. Belott, who died in 2001. Born in Abington on June 10, 1952, she was the daughter of Sue (Mecray) Swinney Overbaugh of Hilltown and the late James Eugene Swinney. She was the...
Linda L. Stapleton, 65, of Sellersville, formerly of East Rockhill Township, entered into rest early Saturday morning, December 6, at Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. She was the beloved wife of the late Ralph V. Stapleton, who died in 1995. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Graf M. and Yvonne (Casson) Edwards. Linda had most...
Norbert W. “Nonnie” Breslin, 80, of Blandon, formerly a 39-year resident of Sellersville, passed away after a brief struggle with cancer early Saturday morning, December 6, in St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading. He was the beloved husband of Regina Mae (Burdess) Breslin for 58 years. Born in New Philadelphia (Schuylkill County), he was a son of the late John and...
Dalton M. Kern, 93, a long-time resident of Sellersville, formerly of Coopersburg, passed away Monday, December 1 at Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. He was the beloved husband of the late Myrtle (Nase) Kern and the long-time companion of the late Jessie M. Melott. Born in Coopersburg, he was a son of the late Russell W. and Edna (Maurer)...
John Ernest Wetzel, 81, of Souderton, formerly of Sellersville, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, November 16, in the Rockhill Mennonite Community, West Rockhill Township. He was the beloved husband of Marjorie (Weikel) Wetzel, Sellersville. They were married 60 years. Born in Spinnerstown, he was the son of the late Robert F., Sr. and Lucretia (Jury) Wetzel. Mr. Wetzel was...
Doris Lutz Coleman, 82, of Allentown, died Sunday morning, November 9, in the Lehigh Valley Hospital Hospice Unit, Allentown. She was the wife of the late Carl Parker Coleman. Born in Sellersville, she was a daughter of the late Earl Stuart and Verna (Whitman) Lutz. She was a 1945 graduate of Edgewood Park College, Briarcliff Manor, NY. Mrs. Coleman had...
Beulah W. Taylor, 91, of Sellersville, formerly a long-time resident of Perkasie, entered into rest early Saturday morning, November 8, at Clare Bridge of Montgomery, North Wales. She was the wife of Walter A. Taylor for 38 years, until his death in 1980. Born in Perkasie, she was a daughter of the late William B. and Florence C. (Gerhart) Wenhold....
Virginia F. Jennings, 93, of Sellersville, formerly of Warminster and Lititz, passed away early Sunday morning, October 12, at her residence. She was the beloved wife of William F. Jennings, Sr., who died in 1999. They were married for 49 years. Born in Nicholson (Wyoming County), PA, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Faye (Temperton) Holley. A...
Luella M. Alderton, 72, of Haycock Township, went to meet Jesus on Monday morning, October 6, at her residence. She was the wife of the late James Edward Alderton. Born in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Edward Thomas and Betty Catherine (Patterson) Oney. Mrs. Alderton was a homemaker. Luella had volunteered with Mennonite Disaster...
Janet Rose Bauernschmitt, 24, of Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly of Haycock Township, went home to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, September 28, after an automobile accident in Geneva, Illinois. Born in West Rockhill Township, she was the daughter of Jane (Sandner) and George Bauernschmitt of Haycock Township. In fragile health as a child, Janet was healed by the Lord...
Beatrice L. Moore, 84, of Quakertown, formerly of Perkasie and Pottstown, passed away Saturday, September 20 at Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. She was the beloved wife of the late James S. Moore, Jr., who died January 21, 1981. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Harriet (Racken) Bortman. A homemaker for most of...
Frederick Cooke Mathis, 78, of Murrells Inlet, SC, formerly a long- time resident of Perkasie, passed away Sunday, September 14. He was the husband of Ella Louise “Lu-Lu” (Ewing) Kling Mathis, to whom he was married for 35 years. Born in Auburn, NJ, he was the son of the late Edward and Emma (Pfaupz) Mathis. Mr. Mathis was a graduate...
Marcella J. Moyer, 92, a 17 year resident of Rockhill Mennonite Community, West Rockhill Township, formerly a long-time resident of Blooming Glen, went home to be with the Lord, Friday afternoon, September 5, at Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. Born in Blooming Glen, she was the daughter of the late Irwin M. and Margaret S. (Johnson) Moyer. She was...
Barbara C. Martin, 82, of Pine Run and Lakeview, Doylestown, formerly of Cape Coral, FL and Cedar Grove, NJ passed away Tuesday morning, September 2, at her residence. She was the beloved wife of the late A. Herbert Martin, who died in 1999. Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Evalyn (Williams) Currie. She...
Ray B. Shaffer, 76, a life-long resident of Sellersville, passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 14, at his residence. He was the beloved husband of Carolyn (Miller) Shaffer for 55 years. Born in Sellersville, he was a son of the late Melvin and Lucretia “Peg” (Wagner) Bedford. He was a U. S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. Ray...
Edna Hoff, 86, a life-long resident of Perkasie, entered into rest Thursday morning, August 14, at Belle Haven Nursing Home, Quakertown. She was the beloved wife of William Hoff for 55 years, until his death in 2003. Born in Perkasie, she was a daughter of the late William B. and Florence C. (Gerhart) Wenhold. She was a graduate of Sell-Perk...