Frederick Walther

Frederick Walther
Frederick Walther, CLU, 87, of Moravian Village, Bethlehem and formerly of Quakertown and later Yardley, Pa., died peacefully in the VNA Hospice of St. Lukes on Saturday, March 10, 2007. He and his wife, Yvonne S. (Sturtevant) Walther, celebrated their 40th anniversary last March. Born in Quakertown, he was a son of the late Frederick Walther Sr. and Mae (Hillegas) Walther. Fred was a graduate of Quakertown High School, class of 1938. He attended Penn State University and studied at the Wharton School of Business and Finance. He was a chartered life underwritter and worked for the Home Life Insurance Company of America, Philadelphia as an agent, field manager, associate training director and district manager for many years until retiring in 1979. Fred was also a member of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem and a former sacristan with his wife at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Trenton, N.J. He was also a 50-year member of Quakertown Masonic Lodge. Survivors: Wife; daughter, Cynthia Mae Gower and her husband, Wayne, of Ridgely, Md. and their children, Matthew Gower, Marla Gower Snyder and Michael Gower; stepson, John W. Flenner and his wife Patricia S. Jones of Bethlehem and her son, Michael Jasso, six great-grandchildren; a niece and a nephew. Fred was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Satek, in 2004. Services: will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, 323 Wyandotte Street, Bethlehem. There are no calling hours. Arrangements entrusted to the Long Funeral Home, 500 Linden St., Bethlehem. Online condolences may be made at: www.longfuneralhome.com. Contributions: VNA Hospice St. Lukes, 1510 Valley Center Parkway, Suite 200, Bethlehem, PA 18017.