\t\t\tGale Persa Ann Lombardi \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Gale Ann Lombardi, 73, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. Born in Bethlehem on March 1, 1953, she was the daughter of John and Ann E. (Maurer) Persa.<\/p>\n
\nGale lived a life defined by care for others and took deep pride in her role as a caregiver, offering love, compassion, and support to those in need. In her passing, she was able to give the gift of life through organ donation, a meaningful reflection of her caring spirit. Gale was also a former small business owner in Bethlehem, where she contributed meaningfully to her local community.<\/p>\n
\nGale will be deeply missed by her mother, Ann E. Persa; her children, Aubrey and Jeffrey Kenny; her daughter-in-law, Cindy Kenny; her grandchildren, Jeffrey, Jr., Jude, and Jensyn Kenny; and her brother, Jeffrey Persa. She was preceded in death by her father, John Persa, and her beloved son, Zachery Lombardi.<\/p>\n
\nServices will be held privately at a later date in May. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Easterseals (www.easterseals.com<\/a> (http:\/\/www.easterseals.com<\/a>\/)). Online condolences may be shared at www.connellfuneral.com<\/a> (http:\/\/www.connellfuneral.com<\/a>\/).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gale Persa Ann Lombardi OBITUARY Gale Ann Lombardi, 73, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-179086","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\/179086","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=179086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}