{"id":116335,"date":"2026-02-17T19:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:51:07","slug":"former-teacher-science-department-chair-at-allentown-central-catholic-high-school-dies-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116335\/","title":{"rendered":"Former teacher, Science Department Chair at Allentown Central Catholic High School dies | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; A well-known former teacher and\u00a0Science Department Chair at Allentown Central Catholic high School has died.<\/p>\n<p>John M. Rosenberger died Monday, according to a message to the community from the school.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenberger, also known as \u201cRosie,\u201d was a 1974 alumnus of Allentown Central Catholic High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Known as a &#8220;Viking Legend,&#8221; the school says he will be remembered for his long-term dedication to educating and mentoring students, as well as his support of various sports teams \u2014 including football, basketball, volleyball, and wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>The school says Rosenberger was often referred to as the &#8220;Voice of the Vikings.&#8221; He was inducted into the Rockne Wall of Fame in 2017. In 2023, he was honored with the &#8220;Always Faithful&#8221; Semper Fidelis Award, according to a message to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The school says he has been described by colleagues and students as a &#8220;wonderful guy&#8221; who embodied the spirit of ACCHS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be greatly missed by the thousands of lives he touched,&#8221; the school said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please keep John\u2019s wife, MaryJo, and his family in your prayers. Once funeral arrangements are finalized, the information will be communicated to our Allentown Central Catholic community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; A well-known former teacher and\u00a0Science Department Chair at Allentown Central Catholic high School has died.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,55336,121,120,28],"class_list":["post-116335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-central-catholic-high-school","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116335","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=116335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}