{"id":78812,"date":"2026-01-06T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:18:10","slug":"joan-m-paul-86-of-bethlehem-obituary-brought-to-you-by-heintzelman-funeral-home-saucon-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78812\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan M. Paul, 86, of Bethlehem (Obituary Brought to You by Heintzelman Funeral Home) \u2013 Saucon Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heintzelmancares.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760648888_604_Screenshot-2025-09-16-133959.png\" alt=\"Heintzelman Funeral Home HFH\" class=\"wp-image-76655\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Joan M. Paul (1939 \u2013 2026)<\/p>\n<p>Joan M. Paul, 86, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg Campus, Bethlehem.\u00a0She was the beloved wife of the late John M. Paul, who died on May 21, 2025. Born in Bethlehem on April 10, 1939, Joan was the daughter of the late Alex and Alverta (Frey) Mesko. Joan devoted over 30 years of her professional life to education, serving as a French teacher at Nazareth High School until her retirement. She was passionate about language, learning and her students, and she took great pride in her career.<\/p>\n<p>SURVIVORS<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her brothers, Wayne (Cheryl) Mesko of Riegelsville and Michael Mesko of Springtown.<\/p>\n<p>SERVICES<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends are invited to call from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown. The calling hour will be followed by a service at 1:30 p.m. Interment will conclude services at Durham Cemetery. To share an expression of sympathy with the family, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heintzelmancares.com\/obituary\/joan-paul\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heintzelmancares.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joan M. Paul (1939 \u2013 2026) Joan M. Paul, 86, of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2249,204,40187,2252],"class_list":{"0":"post-78812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-heintzelman-funeral-home","12":"tag-hellertown","13":"tag-joan-m-paul","14":"tag-obituary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78812","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=78812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}