\t\t\tPriscilla Ann Brekus \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Priscilla Ann Brekus, 97, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2026, at Kirkland Village in Bethlehem, where she had made her home for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
\nBorn April 7, 1928, in Harrison, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late James Jr. and Elizabeth (Ames) Humphry. She was the beloved wife of Charles Henry \u201cCharlie\u201d Brekus, who died in 1978.<\/p>\n
\nPriscilla was a woman of intelligence, independence and curiosity. She attended Wheelock College and the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston before beginning her career in New York City. She later earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Cedar Crest College in Allentown.<\/p>\n
\nAfter moving to Bethlehem with her husband in 1969, she worked as a real estate agent and served her community as a member of the Hanover Township Planning Commission. She was also a devoted parishioner of St. Anne\u2019s Catholic Church and an active participant in committees at Kirkland Village.<\/p>\n
\nFor many years Priscilla and Charlie enjoyed sailing their ocean-going 36-foot sailboat, the \u201cCilla Ann,\u201d from its base on the Jersey shore along the Eastern Seaboard and up to Maine. Later in life she enjoyed boating with her sons on nearby Lake Nockamixon.<\/p>\n
\nAfter Charlie\u2019s passing, Priscilla traveled with friends, visiting Holland, Malta, Africa, Antarctica, Alaska, and a river trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. She also took the immediate family to summer vacations on Cape Cod and a Disney cruise to the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
\nPriscilla is survived by her sons James (Cecilia) of South Whitehall Township, Peter of Bethlehem, Paul of Westminster, Colo., and Andrew (Lori) of Broomall, Pa.; seven grandchildren, Laura Anne, Andrea Joy, Drew, Dean, Taylor, Anthony, and Gina; and six great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, James, John, and Peter, and a sister, Esther.<\/p>\n
\nA memorial service will be held at Kirkland Village auditorium on Monday, February 9, at 10:30 am. \u00a0Visitation followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, February 10, at 10:45 am in St Anne\u2018s Catholic Church, 450 E. Washington Ave., Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
\nThe Pearson Funeral Home, 1901 Linden St., Bethlehem, is in charge of arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Priscilla Ann Brekus OBITUARY Priscilla Ann Brekus, 97, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2026, at Kirkland Village…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-106733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}