\t\t\tIrene Josephine Karsko Pierce \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Irene Josephine Karsko Pierce, 90, passed away peacefully at Bethlehem Manor on August 8, 2026. She was the wife of the late Michael Witkoski and the late Bruce Pierce. Irene was employed for many years and explored several different fields\/areas of work. She was a Kirby Sales Award winner while working at Sears in the Whitehall Mall, where she retired in 2003. Prior to that, she earned a Real Estate license and worked as a realtor at John Monaghan Real Estate Offices in Allentown, she earned a beautician\u2019s license and worked out of her home as a beautician and was a production worker at the former Western Electric. Born in Moosic, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Josephine (Swantek) Karsko. She loved to travel, sew and garden. Irene was an avid painter. Her family was first and foremost in her life. Irene enjoyed family gatherings on a regular basis-not just holiday gatherings. She gave generously of her time to her children and grandchildren. She was a long-time member of the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena Catholic Church, Allentown.<\/p>\n
\nSurvivors: Daughters: Linda wife of Timothy Clickner of VT and Barbara wife of Thomas Joseph of Coplay, Sons: David Pierce and his wife Christine of Whitehall and Thomas J. Pierce of Bethlehem, 5 Grandchildren and 6 Great-Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her Son: Michael Witkoski, Jr., Brothers: George Karsko, Jr., James Karsko and John Karsko and a Sister: Barbara Shinert.<\/p>\n
\nA Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 11 A.M. in the Queen of the Apostle Catholic Church 715 Hawthorne St. Avoca, PA. A viewing will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2026 from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the Church. Interment: St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Moosic, PA. Arrangements by the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Allentown, PA. Condolences may be offered at: www.jsburkholder.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irene Josephine Karsko Pierce OBITUARY Irene Josephine Karsko Pierce, 90, passed away peacefully at Bethlehem Manor on August…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-263724","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\/263724","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=263724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}