\t\t\tElsa Dimick \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Elsa (Schimberg) Dimick, 94, of Emmaus, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Dr. Dean F. Dimick. Born in Chicago, IL, January 18, 1932, Elsa was the daughter of the late Arnold and Judith (Aaron) Schimberg.<\/p>\n
\nElsa had a generous spirit and a gift for warm friendship. She was passionate about cooking gourmet meals and entertaining which led to a long career in catering. Elsa grew beautiful gardens and surrounded herself with books and music. Her family, spread across the country, would always congregate in Elsa\u2019s homes. She turned an 18th century Federal-style mansion into Longswamp Bed & Breakfast where she hosted guests from around the world. Her door and her heart were always open.<\/p>\n
\nElsa is survived by: her children Joshua (Kimberly) of Utica, NY; Timothy (Vivian) of Sebastopol, CA; Brigham (Erin) of Edwardsville, IL, Rachel Allen (Patrick) of Allentown; sister, Deedee Gartman of Los Angeles, CA; brother, Jacob Schimberg and his wife, Hollie of East Sound, WA; grandchildren, Gabriel, Nathaniel, Grayson, Celia, Howl, Gaylen, Tyler, Jordan; great grandchildren, Hannah, Sarah, Della; along with loving cousins, nieces, and nephews; predeceased by son, Dr. Tony Dimick, brother, Henry Schimberg, brother-in-law, Gerald Gartman.<\/p>\n
\nService: A celebration of Elsa\u2019s life will be 3:30 p.m., Thursday, July 30, 2026 in the Heintzelman-Stephens Funeral Home, P.C., 274 N. Krocks Road Allentown. Family and friends may pay their respects from 2:00 \u2013 3:00 p.m., Thursday in the funeral home. Private interment will be held at Huff\u2019s Union Church Cemetery, Alburtis. Online expressions of sympathy may be recorded at www.heintzelmanstephens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nContributions: Accepting flowers, or make donations to Treatment Trends, a non-profit treatment center active for over 50 years in Allentown that Elsa was actively involved with at 24 S 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elsa Dimick OBITUARY Elsa (Schimberg) Dimick, 94, of Emmaus, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in her home,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-252367","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\/252367","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=252367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}