Christina S. Bertoni Marth (1913-2005)

Christina S. Bertoni Marth

Birth

15 Nov 1913

Northampton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

6 Jul 2005 (aged 91)

Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery

Coplay, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Tina, of Sacred Heart Assisted Living, Northampton, formerly of Coplay, passed away at the age of 91, St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown Campus.

She was one of 13 children, the daughter of the late Angelo and Beatrice (Marmotti) Bertoni.

She was the wife of the late John M. Marth.

As a young girl, she would often pick coal by the old train cars so the stove in the kitchen would stay warm. Before school, she would go from her home to the cement mill to deliver sandwiches to her brothers and then walk to the old Whitehall school.

At 13, she left school to work in a factory from which she retired after 45 years as forelady to take care of her husband for four years until his death in 1978.

At 15, she made her way up an icy bank to deliver a neighbors baby. The last to leave her family home to start a family, she had her only child at age 39.

She was a Brownies leader and though she knew little of coaching, she coached her daughters softball team culminating in a 12-1 record in its second season.

She helped raise her grandchildren, Karl Eric Unger and Sarah Marie Unger, babysitting every Friday night. She spoiled them as only a grandmother can do. Thanks to her grandmother, Sarah was endowed with a love of cooking and is now a chef. Karl cooks at home and on camping trips, there is no doubt the cooking gene is in him, too.

Member of:
St. Peters Catholic Church, Coplay, and it's Altar & Rosary Society.

Survivors:
Daughter, Susan, wife of Michael R. Sacks of Coplay; grandson, Karl and fiancee Amy of Coplay;
granddaughter, Sarah of Philadelphia;
stepgrandsons, Michael Sacks of Whitehall, Jeff Sacks in Florida; sisters, Julia Wolfer and Mary Bertoni, both of Northampton;
brothers, Peter of Catasauqua, Albert and Charles, both of Whitehall;
nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by:
sisters, Linda, Pauline and Ida;
brothers, John, Libro, Ribello and Caffiro.

Services:
July 9, 2005, Robert A. Hauke Funeral Home, 327 Chestnut St., Coplay. Mass, St. Peters Catholic Church.

Contributions:
St. Peters Catholic Church, c/o the funeral home 18037.