Margaret A. Durn, 86, of Emmaus, died Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Salisbury Township. She was the wife of the late LaMar C. Durn, who died Feb. 26, 2005. Margaret was born in Ashland, Ohio, on July 30, 1932 to the late Harris D. and Hulda (Walz) Wertman. She graduated from Delano High School in 1950 and Allentown School of Nursing in 1953. She was an RN at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, from 1974 until her retirement in 1995. Previously she worked at Valley Manor Nursing & Rehab, Coopersburg, from 1965 to 1974. She was a member of St. John’s U.C.C., Coopersburg, Lehigh Valley Hospital Retirees and Allentown Hospital Alumni Association.
SURVIVORS
Children: Jonathan L. (Jutland) of Macungie, Marla J. (Eugene F.) Weber of Chambersburg; sister: Nancy L. Sterrett of Lawrenceville, Ga.; grandchildren: Lisa Bednarski, Laura Favorito, Elizabeth Weber, Bradley Weber, Taj Campbell; great-granddaughter: Kate Bednarski.
SERVICE
Family and friends are invited to attend her memorial service at 4 p.m. Monday, July 15, 2019 at St. John’s U.C.C., 538 Thomas St., Coopersburg. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at HeintzelmanCares.com. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
CONTRIBUTIONS
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John’s U.C.C., 538 Thomas St., Coopersburg, PA 18036.
