Margaret T. Stocker, 72, of 11 Aarons Place, Easton, died Friday in her home. She was the wife of Harold Stocker for 52 years this month.
She was a secretary for Stokes Electric Company, Palmer Township, until retiring, and previously for Albarell Electric, Bethlehem, and her father's business, the former George Tombler Electric Co., Easton. She was also a bookkeeper for Mack Printing, Easton.
She taught genealogy courses at Lehigh County Community College, 1994-95.
Born in Bushkill Township, she was a daughter of Anna (Bill) Tombler of Wilson, and the late George E. Tombler Sr.
She was a member and choir member of Christ Lutheran Church, Easton, and president of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
A founding member of the Jacobsburg Historical Society, she received the Outstanding Amateur Archaeologist of Pennsylvania in 1994.
She was a trombone player for the former Earl Held All Girls Band of the Lehigh Valley for 50 years.
Survivors: Husband and mother; son, Brian of Bethlehem; sisters, Elaine, wife of Willard Rissmiller of Westboro, Mass., and Marilyn Deichman of Plainfield Township and JoAnn, wife of Earl Houser of Palmer Township; brother, George Jr. of Glendon, and three grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 7-9 p.m. Monday, Reichel Funeral Home, 220 Washington Park, Nazareth.
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Saturday, January 20, 1996
She was a secretary for Stokes Electric Company, Palmer Township, until retiring, and previously for Albarell Electric, Bethlehem, and her father's business, the former George Tombler Electric Co., Easton. She was also a bookkeeper for Mack Printing, Easton.
She taught genealogy courses at Lehigh County Community College, 1994-95.
Born in Bushkill Township, she was a daughter of Anna (Bill) Tombler of Wilson, and the late George E. Tombler Sr.
She was a member and choir member of Christ Lutheran Church, Easton, and president of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
A founding member of the Jacobsburg Historical Society, she received the Outstanding Amateur Archaeologist of Pennsylvania in 1994.
She was a trombone player for the former Earl Held All Girls Band of the Lehigh Valley for 50 years.
Survivors: Husband and mother; son, Brian of Bethlehem; sisters, Elaine, wife of Willard Rissmiller of Westboro, Mass., and Marilyn Deichman of Plainfield Township and JoAnn, wife of Earl Houser of Palmer Township; brother, George Jr. of Glendon, and three grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 7-9 p.m. Monday, Reichel Funeral Home, 220 Washington Park, Nazareth.
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Saturday, January 20, 1996
Margaret T. Stocker, 72, of 11 Aarons Place, Easton, died Friday in her home. She was the wife of Harold Stocker for 52 years this month.
She was a secretary for Stokes Electric Company, Palmer Township, until retiring, and previously for Albarell Electric, Bethlehem, and her father's business, the former George Tombler Electric Co., Easton. She was also a bookkeeper for Mack Printing, Easton.
She taught genealogy courses at Lehigh County Community College, 1994-95.
Born in Bushkill Township, she was a daughter of Anna (Bill) Tombler of Wilson, and the late George E. Tombler Sr.
She was a member and choir member of Christ Lutheran Church, Easton, and president of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
A founding member of the Jacobsburg Historical Society, she received the Outstanding Amateur Archaeologist of Pennsylvania in 1994.
She was a trombone player for the former Earl Held All Girls Band of the Lehigh Valley for 50 years.
Survivors: Husband and mother; son, Brian of Bethlehem; sisters, Elaine, wife of Willard Rissmiller of Westboro, Mass., and Marilyn Deichman of Plainfield Township and JoAnn, wife of Earl Houser of Palmer Township; brother, George Jr. of Glendon, and three grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 7-9 p.m. Monday, Reichel Funeral Home, 220 Washington Park, Nazareth.
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Saturday, January 20, 1996
She was a secretary for Stokes Electric Company, Palmer Township, until retiring, and previously for Albarell Electric, Bethlehem, and her father's business, the former George Tombler Electric Co., Easton. She was also a bookkeeper for Mack Printing, Easton.
She taught genealogy courses at Lehigh County Community College, 1994-95.
Born in Bushkill Township, she was a daughter of Anna (Bill) Tombler of Wilson, and the late George E. Tombler Sr.
She was a member and choir member of Christ Lutheran Church, Easton, and president of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
A founding member of the Jacobsburg Historical Society, she received the Outstanding Amateur Archaeologist of Pennsylvania in 1994.
She was a trombone player for the former Earl Held All Girls Band of the Lehigh Valley for 50 years.
Survivors: Husband and mother; son, Brian of Bethlehem; sisters, Elaine, wife of Willard Rissmiller of Westboro, Mass., and Marilyn Deichman of Plainfield Township and JoAnn, wife of Earl Houser of Palmer Township; brother, George Jr. of Glendon, and three grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 7-9 p.m. Monday, Reichel Funeral Home, 220 Washington Park, Nazareth.
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Saturday, January 20, 1996
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