The lovely and vivacious Caroline Julianna Horvath Majer passed away July 19, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospice. Born to Carolina (Csuk) and Stephen Horvath in 1926, Caroline is survived by her brother Stephen and his wife Angie of Bethlehem. Bothers Edward, Joseph, and Daniel, and sisters Theresa and Margaret passed earlier. Caroline was a lifetime member of St. Joseph’s Windish Church, a married member of St. John’s Hungarian Church and a parent member of St. Paul’s RC Church in Allentown.
Caroline and her husband Stephen Frances Majer were superb dancers and took pride in being the first onto the dance floor. They danced in the kitchen on Sundays listening to Frank Mikosits and Jolly Joe Timmer while Caroline cooked legendary Windish and Hungarian dinners or skillfully canned and made jellies. No holiday, wedding or funeral went by without her baked goods. Most notable however, was the constant flow through her kitchen of children, animals and friends. She endured bouffant hair styles and the eighteen-hour girdle. She survived the hippie era, watched as four daughters burned their bras, she polkaed through the disco era, dealt with self-absorbed yuppie offshpring, grieved in widowhood, and was born again as “Mom-Mom” to her seven grandchildren and their friends. Eventually she became Mom-Mom to everyone.
Caroline is survived by her children Karen Majer of Philadelphia, Deborah and her husband Joseph Reimers of Greencastle, Stephen and his wife Sheree Majer of Glenmoore, Susan and her husband Todd Stevens of Salisbury Township and Linda and her husband Jim Davis of the Bethlehem, PA.
A Mass of Christian Burial is proudly being held in the beautiful St. Joseph’s Windish Church to honor Caroline on Saturday September 30, 2017 at 11 am. Burial at Holy Savior Cemetery and lunch will follow.
If anyone would like to acknowledge the blessings her life brought to them, please donate Hurricane Irma relief at Bridge To Hope (www.bridgetohope.net) in or honor her through an act of kindness in her name.

Ronald J. Mankos, 60, of Allentown, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2017, in his home surrounded by his family. He was the loving husband of 36 years to Deborah A. (Pavlinsky) Mankos. Born in Northampton, he was the son of the late Frank Mankos, Jr. and Stella M. (Csencsits) Mankos. Ronald worked as a Maintenance Supply Attendant for Just Born Quality Food Confections and valued his many friendships made throughout the years he worked there. Previously, he worked at Durkee-French Foods in Bethlehem. He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church where he was active in the CYO programs. He coached the boys' basketball team for several years and helped out in the Mountainville Memorial Little League. Ron was a member of the NRA, and enjoyed hunting, fishing and bowling. Most of all, he cherished his family. Since Ron was able to enjoy a seven-year remission of his cancer, he was able to celebrate the academic and athletic accomplishments of all his children, the marriage of his oldest son, and the birth of his granddaughters. He felt truly blessed.

Survivors: Wife- Deborah Mankos; Children- Andrew and wife Victoria, Laura Mankos, Steven Mankos, Daniel Mankos; Grandchildren- Jessica and Mackenzie; Mother- Stella M. Mankos; Brothers- Gary L. Mankos, Tony Mankos.

Services: A viewing will be held on Tuesday 6-7:30PM in Downing Funeral Home, Inc. 1002 W. Broad St. Bethlehem, PA 18018. A church viewing will be held Wednesday 9-10 AM with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10AM all in St. Paul's Catholic Church 920 S. 2nd St. Allentown. Burial to follow in Holy Saviour Cemetery.

Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Ron's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Lehigh Valley Health Network - Development/Oncology Research or to the Church c/o funeral home.

Elsie L. (Kuhar) Magriso, 84, of Bethlehem, passed away February 1, 2017. She was the loving wife of the late David Magriso. Born in Catasauqua, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Julia (Fisher) Kuhar. Elsie retired from Sears Credit Dept. She was an active member of the Blind Association of Allentown and volunteered at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg.

Survivors: Children- Debra Moritz (Gary) of Bethlehem, Dean of Whitehall; Grandchildren- Matthew Zahniser (Amy), Gary Moritz and Jocelyn Magriso; Great Grandson- Axton Zahniser; Sister- Julie Moroz. She was predeceased by her son- Scott Magriso, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

A calling time will be held on Tuesday 9:30-10:30AM with a service at 10:30AM in Downing Funeral Home, Inc. 1002 W. Broad St. Bethlehem, PA 18018. Burial to follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Allentown.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Elsie’s memory to the Center for Vision Loss 845 West Wyoming Street Allentown, PA 18103.

Betty Mae (Schmoyer) Muth, 92, of Bethlehem, passed away January 25, 2017. She was the loving wife of 62 years to Charles W. Muth. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Irene (Traub) Schmoyer. Betty worked in her early years at the family business Schmoyer’s Dry Cleaners. She was a member of St. Johns UCC in Fullerton, where she was a choir member.

Survivors: Husband- Charles Muth; Son- David and wife Joan of Emmaus; Grandchildren- Kelly Kowalewski wife of Travis Kowalewski and Ryan Muth husband of Kimberly Muth; a Step Great Granddaughter. She was predeceased by her twin brother- Frederick Schmoyer Jr. and brother- Rodger Schmoyer.

A viewing will be held on Tuesday 10-11AM with a service at 11AM in Downing Funeral Home, Inc. 1002 W. Broad St. Bethlehem, PA 18018. Burial to follow in Cedar Hill Memorial Park.

Contributions can be made in Betty’s memory to St Johns UCC in Fullerton.

Elizabeth “Betty” J. (Summers) Moyer, 97, of Lower Saucon Twp, passed away November 10, 2016 in Moravian Village. She was the loving wife of the late James K. Moyer. Born in Fountain Hill, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth (Mulloy) Summers. She was a member of the Assumption of the BVM Catholic Church.

Survivors:
Sons- James W., Michael P. and F. Thomas all of Lower Saucon Twp; Daughter- Betsy A. Moyer of Plymouth Meeting; Granddaughter- Jennifer Moyer of Costa Mesa, CA. She was predeceased by her sister- Kathryn Conway.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 10:30AM with a calling time 9:30-10:30AM in Assumption of the BVM Catholic Church 4101 Old Bethlehem Pike Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Contributions can be made in Elizabeth’s memory to the church care of Downing Funeral Home, Inc.

It is with bittersweet emotions that I announce the passing of my mother, Augusta Johanna (Baer) McIntyre, 95, of Nazareth on October 22, 2016 at Whitehall Manor. Augusta was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1921 to Frederick H. and Johanna (Erb) Baer.

She graduated from Central High School in 1940, where she was a member of the honor society and secretary of the German club.

Augusta was employed in the receiving department of the Globe Store in downtown Scranton after graduating high school.

She married Francis J. McIntyre on January 15, 1943 while he was still serving in the 9th armored division during WW2. They were married 50 years before his passing on March 21, 1993.

My mother was a homemaker all her life where she loved to knit, drink Miller Lite beer, but most of all clean. Augusta, or as her friends called her “Gussie”, was a member of Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bethlehem.

She will be deeply missed by her daughter- Joanne and her son-in-law- Louis Marano, Jr. and granddaughters- Johanna Augusta and Lydia Francis Marano, all with whom she resided; daughter- Joan Cole of Lima, Ohio and grandson- Christopher Cole and great grandson- Camron Raymond of Elida, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her sister- Gertrude and her brother- Fredrick, both of Scranton, and her son-in-law- Raymond S. Cole of Lima, Ohio.

A viewing will be held Saturday 10-10:30AM with a service at 10:30AM all in Downing Funeral Home, Inc. 1002 W. Broad St. Bethlehem, PA 18018. Burial to follow in Bethlehem Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Augusta’s memory to the American Heart Association.

Edgar Kirton (Kirt) Muhlhausen, 97, of Bethlehem, passed away September 26, 2016, at Moravian Village. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering at Lehigh University. During WWII he fulfilled his military service by teaching at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, where he met and married his first wife, Rezan Erdilek, who has predeceased him. They returned to Bethlehem where he taught at Lehigh for approximately 10 years before going back to Robert College. (They divorced in 1961.) After his return to Bethlehem, he taught at Lafayette College before working for the City of Bethlehem as a Project Engineer until his retirement. He married MaryLou Conrad in 1964 and the couple adopted and raised his daughters and her son and daughter. They were active members of the Lehigh Valley Friends’ Meeting, Historic Bethlehem, Burnside Plantation, Kemmerer Museum and Quiet Valley Farm. He was predeceased in March 2016 by his wife, MaryLou, and by his daughter Adrienne M. Shiner-Hursh in 2003.
Survivors: Children – Caroline M. Kelley of Bethlehem, Margaret J. Cistone of Hanover, PA, Eric C. Muhlhausen of Hanover, PA, and Katherine M. McIntyre of Salt Lake City, UT; 8 Grandchildren; 8 Great-grandchildren.
Services: Services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Downing Funeral Home, Inc.

Mary Lou (Conrad) Muhlhausen, 88, of Bethlehem, passed away March 27, 2016 at Moravian Village. She was the loving wife of 51 years to Edgar "Kirt". Muhlhausen. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Mary (Yost) Conrad. She attended Lehigh Valley Friends Meetings- Quakers. She and her husband were active members of Historic Bethlehem, Burnside, Kemmerer Museum and Quiet Valley Farm.

Survivors: Husband; Children- Caroline M. Kelley of Bethlehem, Margaret J. Cistone of Hanover, Eric C. Muhlhausen of York, and Katherine M. McIntyre of Salt Lake City, UT; 6 Grandchildren; 5 Great Grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter- Adrienne M. Shiner- Hursh.

Services will be Private. Arrangements entrusted to Downing Funeral Home, Inc.