Robert H. Littner Esquire

Attorney Robert (Bob) H. Littner, 86, of Bethlehem, died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at home. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Bethlehem, he was the son of the late Dr. Max and Wanda (Cyphers) Littner, and husband for 62 years to Jean Carol (Van De Water) Littner. Bob graduated from Liberty High School, Lehigh University, and Georgetown University Law Center. He practiced law in Bethlehem for over 60 years and was senior partner of Littner, Deschler & Littner Law Offices. He was a member of the Northampton County Bar Association and Supreme Court of PA since 1957, the Superior Court of PA since 1958, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of PA since 1979, and the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010. He was the solicitor for The Bethlehem Water Authority (Water Systems) from 1974-1999. Bob was a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley (Founding member and former President), National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, and appointed (1978) to the Philadelphia Area Expedited Arbitration Panel. He served as Secretary on the Board of Governors of Saucon Valley Country Club (1991-2006) and was an Honorary Governor and Secretary Emeritus to the Club. At Lehigh University, he was a former member of the Planned Giving Committee, member of the Lehigh Athletics Partnership, Tennis Chairman of the Golf and Tennis Classic, member of the Lehigh Home Club, Lehigh Wrestling Club, Lehigh University Tower Society and President's Associate of the Asa Packer Society. He was President of the Class of 1953, a member of the Lehigh 1953 Reunion Committee, and Chairman of Planned Giving for his Class. He served as a team leader for the Preserving the Vision Area Campaign, and was a yearly phone-a-thon volunteer. Bob was the recipient of the Alumni Award of the Lehigh University Alumni Association (1983), the James Ward Packard Distinguished Service Award (1996), and the Eugene A. Grace Award (2013). He was House President, a former Alumni Advisor and President of Alpha Chi Rho Social Fraternity, as well as Chairman of the National Campaign House Building Fund. He was former President of Historic Bethlehem, Inc. serving that organization for over 50 years, and was instrumental in combining the four historic entities that now comprise Historic Bethlehem Partnership. He was the former Chairman of Historic Bethlehem Partnership, serving as Counsel and a member of the Board Emeritus. Additional affiliations include: Bethlehem Lodge No. 283 F.&A.M. (member), Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, USA, Valley of Allentown (32 degree member, 50 year member), Bethlehem Shrine Club (member), Rajah Temple (member), Kiwanis (President, 1964), YMCA (member, Board of Trustees Emeritus), Boy Scouts of America, Minsi Trail Council (former member), Sons of the American Revolution (member), Lehigh Valley Society of Crippled Children (former Chairman of Door-to-Door Canvas), Salvation Army (former Director), United Way (former Chairman, Small Manufacturing Division), Bethlehem Area Chamber of Commerce (former Director and Executive Committee member), Goodfellows Club (member), Northampton County Development Corporation (former member), The Pennsylvania Society (member), Lehigh Valley Community Foundations (former Chairman), First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem (member, former Board of Trustees, former Secretary). Survivors: wife, Jean; son, Attorney Robert V. and his wife Jenine of Bethlehem; daughter, Wendy and her husband David Thomson of Bethlehem; grandchildren, Maxine and Grace Littner, Sarah Thomson and her husband Michael Estabrooks, and Abigail Thomson; sister, Joyce Littner Hale of Annandale, NJ. Services: A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, in Packer Memorial Chapel, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Parking and shuttle service is arranged from the parking garage at Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., to the Chapel. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Robert H. Littner, Esq. can be made to Lehigh University and directed to the Robert H. Littner, '53 Family Endowed Scholarship Fund online at https://giving.lehigh.edu/ and designate for the scholarship or send a check payable to Lehigh University and designated for the scholarship to: Ms. Kimberly Scretchen, Office of Planned Giving, 306 S. New St., Suite 500, Bethlehem, PA 18015; or Memorial donations can be made to the Dr. and Mrs. Max Littner Memorial Lecture for Bereavement, c/o St. Luke's University Health Network, Development Office, 801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Arrangements, www.pearsonfh.com.