\t\t\tJoanne Detweiler Schaffer \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Joanne Detweiler Schaffer, 82, formerly of Sandpiper Drive, Bechtelsville, died on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Bethlehem North in Bethlehem, PA.<\/p>\n
\nShe was born in Bethlehem, the daughter of the late Charles H. Detweiler and Anne (Hartigan) Detweiler.<\/p>\n
\nJoanne is survived by her son of 38 years, Timothy Charles Schaffer of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
\nShe was a graduate of Notre Dame High School; and later went to Bethlehem Business School.<\/p>\n
\nJoanne dedicated her life to her family and friends.<\/p>\n
\nSurvivors: She will be lovingly remembered by her son; sister, Constance Detweiler wife of Robert Eckhart of Red Hill, P.A.; brother-in-law, Michael Mutarelli; and niece: Heidi Eckhart. She will also be remembered by the South Carolina Adventurers Group; especially good friends Carol Barton and Bob Bonner.<\/p>\n
\nJoanne was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Schaffer and her sister, Eileen Detweiler.<\/p>\n
\nA private graveside service will be held for family and friends.<\/p>\n
\nInterment will be in Bethlehem Memorial Park, Linden Street, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
\nArrangements are in the care of the C.R. Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., Quakertown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joanne Detweiler Schaffer OBITUARY Joanne Detweiler Schaffer, 82, formerly of Sandpiper Drive, Bechtelsville, died on Saturday, April 11,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-170289","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\/170289","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=170289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}