Thelma I. Kulpcavage, 99, of Jonestown, Cass Township, passed away on Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East.
Born on December 5, 1920, in Pine Grove, she was a daughter of the late James and Amelia Witmer Lehr. She was a 1938 graduate of Pine Grove High School.
She was a member of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church, Minersville, and a current member of Holy Family Parish, Minersville. She enjoyed attending church services and expressed her faith in each hymn that she sang.
The respected matron of a large family, her "office" was the kitchen of the family home, her "desk" the kitchen table. The source of her greatest joys was the company of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After meeting Constant L. Kulpcavage at a barn dance in Pine Grove, they enjoyed almost 60 years of marriage until his death in 1998. She was also predeceased by two sons, Thomas Kulpcavage, in 1973, and Edward Kulpcavage, in 2006; four siblings, Raymond Hikes, Emma Boe, Harry Lehr and John Lehr.
She is survived by seven children, Constance "Connie" Rizzardi, Forestville, Carol Dabulis, Minersville, Catherine "Cathy" Kulpcavage, Minersville, Ann Buglia (spouse, Robert), Phoenix Park, Michael Kulpcavage (spouse, Dolores), Jonestown, Cass Township, Denise Mabry (spouse, Gary), Jonestown,, Cass Township, and Patrice "Patty" Chapman (spouse, Richard), Primrose, Cass Township; twenty-one grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Kulpcavage; nieces and nephews; her dearest lifelong friend, Alma Stramaitis, Pottsville.
The family will accept visitors at Dutcavich Funeral Home, 200 Sunbury Street, Minersville, on Thursday from 6:00 A.M. Visitors are expected to follow CDC and PADOH guidelines regarding masks, wellness and social distancing. Visitation will end promptly at 8:45 A.M. when procession will form. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 A.M. in St. Matthew the Evangelist Church, 139 Spruce Street, Minersville. Interment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Branch Township. The family prefers donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Born on December 5, 1920, in Pine Grove, she was a daughter of the late James and Amelia Witmer Lehr. She was a 1938 graduate of Pine Grove High School.
She was a member of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church, Minersville, and a current member of Holy Family Parish, Minersville. She enjoyed attending church services and expressed her faith in each hymn that she sang.
The respected matron of a large family, her "office" was the kitchen of the family home, her "desk" the kitchen table. The source of her greatest joys was the company of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After meeting Constant L. Kulpcavage at a barn dance in Pine Grove, they enjoyed almost 60 years of marriage until his death in 1998. She was also predeceased by two sons, Thomas Kulpcavage, in 1973, and Edward Kulpcavage, in 2006; four siblings, Raymond Hikes, Emma Boe, Harry Lehr and John Lehr.
She is survived by seven children, Constance "Connie" Rizzardi, Forestville, Carol Dabulis, Minersville, Catherine "Cathy" Kulpcavage, Minersville, Ann Buglia (spouse, Robert), Phoenix Park, Michael Kulpcavage (spouse, Dolores), Jonestown, Cass Township, Denise Mabry (spouse, Gary), Jonestown,, Cass Township, and Patrice "Patty" Chapman (spouse, Richard), Primrose, Cass Township; twenty-one grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Kulpcavage; nieces and nephews; her dearest lifelong friend, Alma Stramaitis, Pottsville.
The family will accept visitors at Dutcavich Funeral Home, 200 Sunbury Street, Minersville, on Thursday from 6:00 A.M. Visitors are expected to follow CDC and PADOH guidelines regarding masks, wellness and social distancing. Visitation will end promptly at 8:45 A.M. when procession will form. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 A.M. in St. Matthew the Evangelist Church, 139 Spruce Street, Minersville. Interment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Branch Township. The family prefers donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Thelma I. Kulpcavage, 99, of Jonestown, Cass Township, passed away on Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East.
Born on December 5, 1920, in Pine Grove, she was a daughter of the late James and Amelia Witmer Lehr. She was a 1938 graduate of Pine Grove High School.
She was a member of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church, Minersville, and a current member of Holy Family Parish, Minersville. She enjoyed attending church services and expressed her faith in each hymn that she sang.
The respected matron of a large family, her "office" was the kitchen of the family home, her "desk" the kitchen table. The source of her greatest joys was the company of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After meeting Constant L. Kulpcavage at a barn dance in Pine Grove, they enjoyed almost 60 years of marriage until his death in 1998. She was also predeceased by two sons, Thomas Kulpcavage, in 1973, and Edward Kulpcavage, in 2006; four siblings, Raymond Hikes, Emma Boe, Harry Lehr and John Lehr.
She is survived by seven children, Constance "Connie" Rizzardi, Forestville, Carol Dabulis, Minersville, Catherine "Cathy" Kulpcavage, Minersville, Ann Buglia (spouse, Robert), Phoenix Park, Michael Kulpcavage (spouse, Dolores), Jonestown, Cass Township, Denise Mabry (spouse, Gary), Jonestown,, Cass Township, and Patrice "Patty" Chapman (spouse, Richard), Primrose, Cass Township; twenty-one grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Kulpcavage; nieces and nephews; her dearest lifelong friend, Alma Stramaitis, Pottsville.
The family will accept visitors at Dutcavich Funeral Home, 200 Sunbury Street, Minersville, on Thursday from 6:00 A.M. Visitors are expected to follow CDC and PADOH guidelines regarding masks, wellness and social distancing. Visitation will end promptly at 8:45 A.M. when procession will form. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 A.M. in St. Matthew the Evangelist Church, 139 Spruce Street, Minersville. Interment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Branch Township. The family prefers donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Born on December 5, 1920, in Pine Grove, she was a daughter of the late James and Amelia Witmer Lehr. She was a 1938 graduate of Pine Grove High School.
She was a member of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church, Minersville, and a current member of Holy Family Parish, Minersville. She enjoyed attending church services and expressed her faith in each hymn that she sang.
The respected matron of a large family, her "office" was the kitchen of the family home, her "desk" the kitchen table. The source of her greatest joys was the company of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After meeting Constant L. Kulpcavage at a barn dance in Pine Grove, they enjoyed almost 60 years of marriage until his death in 1998. She was also predeceased by two sons, Thomas Kulpcavage, in 1973, and Edward Kulpcavage, in 2006; four siblings, Raymond Hikes, Emma Boe, Harry Lehr and John Lehr.
She is survived by seven children, Constance "Connie" Rizzardi, Forestville, Carol Dabulis, Minersville, Catherine "Cathy" Kulpcavage, Minersville, Ann Buglia (spouse, Robert), Phoenix Park, Michael Kulpcavage (spouse, Dolores), Jonestown, Cass Township, Denise Mabry (spouse, Gary), Jonestown,, Cass Township, and Patrice "Patty" Chapman (spouse, Richard), Primrose, Cass Township; twenty-one grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Kulpcavage; nieces and nephews; her dearest lifelong friend, Alma Stramaitis, Pottsville.
The family will accept visitors at Dutcavich Funeral Home, 200 Sunbury Street, Minersville, on Thursday from 6:00 A.M. Visitors are expected to follow CDC and PADOH guidelines regarding masks, wellness and social distancing. Visitation will end promptly at 8:45 A.M. when procession will form. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 A.M. in St. Matthew the Evangelist Church, 139 Spruce Street, Minersville. Interment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Branch Township. The family prefers donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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