Rosemarie H. Kospiah, 78, of Hellertown, formerly of Mount Bethel, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of the late Eugene “Sam” A. Kospiah, who died June 11, 2009. She was born in Fountain Hill on June 26, 1937 to the late James McGinnis Sr. and Teresa (Weidinger) Chunko. Rosemarie worked as a health aide in Northampton County and an aide at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown in the 1970s. She was a member of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bethlehem.
SURVIVORS
Children: Theresa M. Moore, Eugene “Bumper” A. Kospiah, Patricia “Penny” K. Johnson; siblings: Alice Miskevich, James McGinnis and wife Eleanor; grandchildren: Christopher S. Hoffert and wife Carmen, Shaun S. Kospiah, Brian A. Kospiah and Hope M. Johnson; great-granddaughter: Wren W. Hoffert. She was predeceased by sister: Kathleen Paynter; brother: Francis McGinnis; and sons-in-law: Ronald Moore and Michael Johnson.
SERVICE
There will be a private interment at St. Josaphat’s Cemetery, Lower Saucon Township. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
CONTRIBUTIONS
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethlehem, PA 18018.