John Yost
Jan 1, 2013
John E. "Jack" Yost, 86 of Allentown, formerly of Quakertwon, died Sat., Mar. 30 in Phoebe Home - Allentown. He was the husband of the late Berta J. (Schneider) Yost. Jack worked 44 years for the US Gauge, Division of Ametek, Inc, Sellersville retiring as a production supervisor in quality control. He is a 1945 graduate of Quakertown High School...
James Refsnider
Jan 1, 2013
James Marvin Refsnider, 90, of Quakertown, died Sat. Nov 16 at Lifequest Nursing Center, Milford Twp. He was the husband of the late Beatrice (Snyder) Refsnider. Born in Richlandtown, he was the son of the late Norman & Mary (Texter) Refsnider. He served in the Navy during WWII and participated in the Normandy invasion. He was a member of the...
Ashley Craft
Jan 1, 2013
Ashley J. Craft, 30, Schwenksville, died Sun. Sept. 29, at her home. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Mark and Nancy (Norris) Deputy. Ashley graduated from Quakertown High School in 2001. Following graduation from Empire Beauty Schools, she worked as a beautician and aesthetician. Surviving with her parents are her children; Joshua Cayden, Jackson Anthony, and Max Kehler;...
Dan Weaver
Jan 1, 2013
Dan W. Weaver, 71, of Quakertown, died Thurs. Nov. 7 in his home. He was the loving husband of Patricia (Cole) Weaver for 53 years. Born in Springfield Twp., he was the son of the late Dan W. and Elva (Biehn) Weaver. An auto mechanic, Dan began his career with the former Johnson & Biehn dealership and continued with successors...
Earl Jennings
Jan 1, 2013
Earl G. Jennings, 66, of Quakertown, previously of Hillside, NJ, died Oct. 3, in Grand View Hospital. He was the husband to Sharon (Cochrane) Jennings for 27 years. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he was a son of the late Windsor and Hortense (Dixon) Forbes. He received his bachelors degree from Kean University, where he then went on to work as...
Ruth Knauss
Jan 1, 2013
Ruth W. Knauss, 88, of Quakertown, died Sunday in the Hospice House of the VNA of St. Luke's. She was the loving wife of Donald T. Knauss for the past 67 years. Born in Richland Twp., she was the youngest of eight children born to the late Charles and Harriet (Hendricks) Willauer. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church,...
Josephine Brown
Jan 1, 2013
Josephine M. "Nonna" Brown, 82, of Coopersburg, died Sunday in her home. She was the loving wife of the late Paul R. Brown. Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Nunzio and Florence (Gubitoso) Ross. She worked as a sewing machine operator in the clothing industry for over 30 years retiring in 1984 from the former Renninger...
Norma Blewett
Jan 1, 2013
Norma Mitzel Blewett, 84, of Quakertown, died Sat., May 25, in St. Luke's Hospice, Bethlehem. She was the wife of Joseph W. Blewett. Born March 29, 1929 in Red Lion, PA, Norma was the daughter of the late Charles and Edna (Hake) Mitzel. She was a graduate of Red Lion High School and of West Chester University, where she met...
Helen Roedel
Jan 1, 2013
Helen Roedel, 89, of Richlandtown previously of Coopersburg, died, Thurs. Feb. 28, in Phoebe Richland Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Clifford Roedel. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Ilona (Sable) Kovacs. Helen assisted her husband, Clifford, running the family farm, tending to many of the farm chores, while he...
John Gluck
Jan 1, 2013
John D. Gluck, 71, of Quakertown, passed away peacefully in his home Friday March 22, 2013. He was the husband of Mary Ann (Kershinsky) Gluck, celebrating 48 years this past October. Born in Quakertown, he was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret (Handschin) Glick. John worked for over thirty years for the GAF Company, formerly Atlas and Georgia...
Dorothy Ackerman
Jan 1, 2013
Dorothy A. Ackerman, 92 of Richlandtown died Thursday, Jan 24 at the Hospice House of St. Lukes, Bethlehem She was the wife of the late Paul C. Ackerman Dorothy worked with the US Postal Service for over 30 years. She was a clerk for over 25 years and served as the Richlandtown Post master for eight years before retiring in...
Louise Bartholomew
Jan 1, 2013
Louise Frances Bartholomew died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 in Woodbridge, Va. Louise was born Jan. 11, 1917 to William Charles Weber and Thora Christine Helsengreen in Darby, Pa. Louise married Miles Franklin Bartholomew on Jan. 17, 1933 and enjoyed over 60 years of marriage before Frank passed away in 1995. Louise served as a forelady at the Alleghenny Ribbon...
Brenda Williams
Jan 1, 2013
Brenda L. Williams, 50, of Pennsburg, died Aug. 18 in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. She was the wife of Daniel Williams for 18 years. Born in Allentown she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Phyllis (Aldinger) Grube. She was a member of Springfield Church of Brethren. She was an avid bingo player and assisted running bingo for Milford...
Ginamarie Adornetto
Jan 1, 2013
GinaMarie Adornetto, 49, of Quakertown, Pa. died Thurs. Aug. 8, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa. She was the loving wife of Frank A. Adornetto for 23 years. Born in Philadelphia, daughter of Antoinette (Good) Staffieri, and the late Joseph R. Staffieri. She worked as a teller for First Savings Bank as well as a beauty consultant for Mary...
Leonard Arnold
Jan 1, 2013
Leonard Arnold, 79, of Allentown died Thurs. Feb. 8 in LifeQuest Nursing Center, Quakertown. He was the loving husband of the late Katherine (Rogers) Arnold. Born in Friedensville, he was a son of the late Harrison and Cecelia (Kaehs) Arnold. He was a carpenter for the former Bethlehem Steel for over 40 years before retiring in 1993. He served in...
Betty Guiles
Jan 1, 2013
Betty Lou Morton Guiles, 83, of Richlandtown, died Tues. July 9, in Lehigh Valley Hospice, Allentown. She was the loving wife of Earl Guiles for 52 years this April. She worked as a bookkeeper for the former Quakertown Furniture store for a number of years before retiring in 1991. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Thomas...