Elizabeth V. Steinbach, MD

Dear Steinbach/Kostelnik family, Please accept my heartfelt condolences in the passing of this amazing, genuine, compassionate, smart, funny and creative person. I was a novice reporter for The Evening Chronicle when I met her. When she learned that I loved to swim, she invited me and another reporter to her house - no strings attached. She was so lovely to treat us like friends or family. I also remember a tour of the house revealed overhead tunnels between bedrooms for her children to...

I met Dr. Steinbach while I was a reporter for the Evening Chronicle newspaper in Allentown. She was promoting a program she was presenting at Sacred Heart Hospital. We became friends in the process. I also interviewed Dr. Kostelnik and we discussed his work as a pathologist. I joined the family at their home one summer with a friend, Ann Wlazelek, and Kevin and Keith told us of their plans to have their own practice as cardiologists. Although many years have passed, I fondly recall Betty,...

The lady with the green ink. She always wrote her progress notes in the charts with that distinctive color which made them easy to follow. I first met her in 1961 when I was a junior intern at Sacred Heart Hospital. She was a great mentor and taught me a lot about medicine. I got to know your dad Frank as well who was always reviewing pathology slides with me. I have fond memories of them both.

Betty was/is one of my favorite people I have gotten to know in my life. Always smiling, always open to chat, always quick with a funny story and always eager to hear about what was going on with others lives. When I first met Betty, she gave me a piece of her pencil cactus which I still have to this day! She had an infectious smile and I will certainly miss being her "neighbor" and our talks. Our sympathies go out to your family during this tough time.