{"id":224297,"date":"2026-06-21T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224297\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:00:07","slug":"maria-utsick-obituary-allentown-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224297\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Utsick Obituary &#8211; Allentown, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMaria (Dart) Elena Utsick \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Maria Elena (Dart) Utsick, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2026 surrounded by the love of her family. Maria was born on November 26, 1945 in Harrisburg, PA. She was the cherished daughter of the late William H. and Margaret M. (Marsh) Dart. All those who were blessed to know her will remember her beauty both inside and out. They will also remember her infectious laugh and radiant smile. Her grandsons each shared a special bond with their Nana.<\/p>\n<p>\nFly Free and High!<\/p>\n<p>\nSurvivors: Daughters: Tanya Kugel of Damariscotta, ME and Scarlett Utsick (DeShaw) of Washington, DC, Grandsons: Cameron, Colby and Everett. Siblings: William H. Dart of Lake Placid, FL, Nancy Beers of Alburtis, PA and Vincent and Peggy (McBride) Dart of Jim Thorpe, PA, Beloved Puppy: Oliver and Many Nieces and Nephews, Cousins and Friends.<\/p>\n<p>\nA private celebration of life will be held with Maria\u2019s immediate family. Arrangements by the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Allentown. Condolences may be offered at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsburkolder.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.jsburkolder.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nDonations can be made in Maria Ustick\u2019s name to your favorite Animal Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maria (Dart) Elena Utsick OBITUARY Maria Elena (Dart) Utsick, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2026 surrounded by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-224297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224297","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=224297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}