Patricia Steager, 84 of Bath, Pennsylvania passed away on September 16, 2026. She was born on February 17, 1942 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to the late Adam Kelhart and Anna Zimmerman.<\/p>\n
Patricia will be remembered for her warmth, quiet strength, strong-willed nature and unwavering devotion to her family. She enjoyed family gatherings, being out on the water, and boating. Whether enjoying a peaceful day at the lake, gathering at the lake house, or simply watching the water, these moments brought her happiness, peace, and cherished memories with the people she loved. As a travel agent, she also shared her love of travel and adventure with others, helping them create special memories and experience places near and far.<\/p>\n
She is survived by her loving husband of 27 years, Lawrence Steager; sister, Bernadine Lagana (Joseph) of Bethlehem, PA; her children, Richard Baranowski Jr. (Cheryl) of Bally, PA, Annette Weppel (Woody) of Orlando, FL, and David Baranowski of Easton, PA; seven grandchildren, Jessica Mays (Tyler), EJ Weppel (Julie), Amanda Hohenwarter (Eric), Eric Baranowski (Alaina), Danica Roberts, Sara Abrams (Kody), and Zachary Weppel (Devon); and 11 great-grandchildren, Aiden, Autumn, Blayke, Brooklyn, Dominic, Francesca, Kaiya, Nixon, Rory, Tahani and Zaynah. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Richard Kelhart and Frederick J. Kelhart; and sisters, Dorothy Leiderman and Shirley Shive.<\/p>\n
Her family is deeply grateful for the kindness, love, and support shown to them during this difficult time. Patricia’s memory will forever remain in the hearts of all who knew and loved her.<\/p>\n
A calling hour will be held on Thursday, September 24th from 10:30 AM to 11 AM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3219 Santee Rd., Bethlehem PA 18020 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM. Burial of Ashes will immediately follow at Holy Saviour Cemetery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patricia Steager, 84 of Bath, Pennsylvania passed away on September 16, 2026. She was born on February 17,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-289971","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\/289971","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=289971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}