Richard R. DeLong; 65; Zionsville, found dead Monday at home; Lehigh County Deputy Coroner Wayne Snyder, pronounced DeLong dead Monday, said he died late Friday night or early Saturday morning, of natural causes; husband of Elizabeth (Bieret) DeLong & the late Virginia (Druckenmiller) DeLong; assembler, Mack Trucks, 37 years, retiring 1978; born Allentown; son of the late Paul & Eva (Moll) DeLong; member, St. John's Lutheran Church, Allentown; Army veteran, World War II; vice president, Lehigh County American Legion Baseball League; manager, Herbert Paul Lentz Post, American Legion, 1950s.
Survivors: widow; sons, Robert A., Allentown; Richard E., Emmaus; daughters, Billie J., wife of Paul Beck, Emmaus; Louise, Macungie; brothers, Stanley DeLong, Allentown; Earl DeLong, Catasauqua; Robert Holtz, Rochester, N.Y.; John Patton, La Mesa, Calif.; Glen Phillips, Cypress, Calif.; sister, Mrs. Lorraine Gavigan, Wildwood, N.J.; 7 grandchildren. Werley-Knopp Funeral Home, 46 E. Susquehanna St., Allentown.
[obituary, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Wednesday, June 6, 1984, page B-16]
Father: Paul R. DELONG b: 11 Apr 1897 in Topton, Longswamp township, Berks co, PA
Mother: Eva Mae MOLL b: ABT. 1896 in Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Virginia E. DRUCKENMILLER b: 8 Sep 1918. Children: Richard Earl, Robert Alan & Billie Jean.
Marriage 2 Elizabeth BIERET. Child: Louise.
Richard R. DeLong; 65; Zionsville, found dead Monday at home; Lehigh County Deputy Coroner Wayne Snyder, pronounced DeLong dead Monday, said he died late Friday night or early Saturday morning, of natural causes; husband of Elizabeth (Bieret) DeLong & the late Virginia (Druckenmiller) DeLong; assembler, Mack Trucks, 37 years, retiring 1978; born Allentown; son of the late Paul & Eva (Moll) DeLong; member, St. John's Lutheran Church, Allentown; Army veteran, World War II; vice president, Lehigh County American Legion Baseball League; manager, Herbert Paul Lentz Post, American Legion, 1950s.
Survivors: widow; sons, Robert A., Allentown; Richard E., Emmaus; daughters, Billie J., wife of Paul Beck, Emmaus; Louise, Macungie; brothers, Stanley DeLong, Allentown; Earl DeLong, Catasauqua; Robert Holtz, Rochester, N.Y.; John Patton, La Mesa, Calif.; Glen Phillips, Cypress, Calif.; sister, Mrs. Lorraine Gavigan, Wildwood, N.J.; 7 grandchildren. Werley-Knopp Funeral Home, 46 E. Susquehanna St., Allentown.
[obituary, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Wednesday, June 6, 1984, page B-16]
Father: Paul R. DELONG b: 11 Apr 1897 in Topton, Longswamp township, Berks co, PA
Mother: Eva Mae MOLL b: ABT. 1896 in Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Virginia E. DRUCKENMILLER b: 8 Sep 1918. Children: Richard Earl, Robert Alan & Billie Jean.
Marriage 2 Elizabeth BIERET. Child: Louise.
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