Edith C. (Tressler) Ziegler, 85, of Hellertown, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 at Gracedale, Upper Nazareth Township. She was the wife of Jacob O. Ziegler. She was born in Fountain Hill on March 5, 1930 to the late Francis and Minnie Tressler. She was a member of St. Luke’s Old Williams Lutheran Church, Hellertown, and a former member of the Order of Eastern Star, Bethlehem.
SURVIVORS
In addition to her loving husband of 67 years; sons: Robert L. and his wife Audrey of Bethlehem, Edward G. and his wife Susan of Coopersburg; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandsons. She was predeceased by a daughter: Phyllis M. Salvage (1992); and siblings: William, Elroy, John, Helen Schmoyer, Beatrice Wittman, Frances Fisher and Alma Ruch.
SERVICE
Family and friends are invited to call from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown, and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday. The calling hour Tuesday will be followed by the service at 11 a.m. The interment will conclude services at St. Luke’s Old Williams Cemetery, Williams Township. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com.
CONTRIBUTIONS
In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name may be made to St. Luke’s Old Williams Lutheran Church, 20 Church Road, Hellertown, PA 18055.
