Note: This obituary was originally published on Jan. 25, 2022. It has been updated and is being republished with the date, time and location of a visitation and celebration of life.
Lois M. (Martin) Prosser (1931 – 2022)
Lois M. (Martin) Prosser, 90, of Hellertown, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 at Country Meadows Nursing Center, Bethlehem.
She was the wife of the late William K. Prosser, who died Aug. 16, 2016. Lois was born in Wilkes-Barre on April 28, 1931 to the late George R. and Josephine (Swartz) Martin. She was a 1948 graduate of Hellertown High School. Lois went to nursing school in Philadelphia and received her Registered Nurse degree from Temple University in 1952. She worked as an RN at Temple University Hospital and also as a private duty nurse in the Lehigh Valley. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Hellertown. She was very active in the community, serving as a Saucon Valley Jaycees board member, as a board member for the Saucon Valley Community Center, as past president of the Hellertown Woman’s Club and with the American Red Cross, Lehigh Valley chapter.
SURVIVORS
Children: Douglas A. (Annette) Prosser of Camarillo, Calif., Debra A. (Keith) Sweitzer of Moorpark, Calif., Judith L. (Edward) Anderson of Hellertown, William M. (Dina) Prosser of Easton; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by brother: James Martin.
SERVICE
A visitation period will be held Sunday, May 22, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown, Pa., with a celebration of her life to follow at 1 p.m. The interment will conclude services at Union Cemetery of Hellertown. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at HeintzelmanCares.com.
CONTRIBUTIONS
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the VNA Hospice House of St. Luke’s, the American Red Cross and/or the Saucon Valley Community Center, care of Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown, PA 18055.
