Orange P. Sterner, 76, of Bethlehem, died June 21 in Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown. He was married to Anna A. (Reiss) Sterner for 55 years in April.
He was an assistant car foreman and a repair and car inspector for PB&NE Railroad, Bethlehem, for 33 years before retiring in 1985.
Born in Rittersville, he was a son of the late Orange and Hannah (Oakes) Sterner.
Survivors: Wife; son, Barry L., and daughter, Jean B. Luff, both of Bethlehem; brothers, Herbert and David, both of Bethlehem, Thomas of Easton, Russell of Macungie; sisters, Effie Sinwell, Patricia Moyer, Hanna Henry and Sylvia Pinkowski, all of Bethlehem, Jennifer Lerch of Catasauqua, Joyce Wertman of Neffs, Lillie Pieffer of Coopersburg; three granddaughters.
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Long Funeral Home, 500 Linden St., Bethlehem. Call 10-11 a.m. Tuesday.
Orange P. Sterner, 76, of Bethlehem, died June 21 in Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown. He was married to Anna A. (Reiss) Sterner for 55 years in April.
He was an assistant car foreman and a repair and car inspector for PB&NE Railroad, Bethlehem, for 33 years before retiring in 1985.
Born in Rittersville, he was a son of the late Orange and Hannah (Oakes) Sterner.
Survivors: Wife; son, Barry L., and daughter, Jean B. Luff, both of Bethlehem; brothers, Herbert and David, both of Bethlehem, Thomas of Easton, Russell of Macungie; sisters, Effie Sinwell, Patricia Moyer, Hanna Henry and Sylvia Pinkowski, all of Bethlehem, Jennifer Lerch of Catasauqua, Joyce Wertman of Neffs, Lillie Pieffer of Coopersburg; three granddaughters.
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Long Funeral Home, 500 Linden St., Bethlehem. Call 10-11 a.m. Tuesday.
Family Members
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Infant Son Sterner
1921–1921
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Infant Daughter Sterner
1922–1922
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Lillian Elizabeth "Lillie" Sterner Pieffer
1923–1997
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Effie Evelyn Sterner Sinwell
1924–2012
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Herbert Hoover "Herbie" Sterner
1927–2008
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Russell Daniel Sterner
1930–2010
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Genevieve H. "Jennie" Lerch
1931 – unknown
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Joyce Dahilya Sterner Wertman
1933–2004
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Patricia Sterner Moyer
1936–2017
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Sylvia Geranium Sterner Pinkowsky
1937–2019
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David G. Sterner
1938–2009
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Jean I. Sterner
1940–1945
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Hannah V. Sterner Henry
1944–2011
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