{"id":96467,"date":"2026-01-25T18:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96467\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:03:29","slug":"david-dave-allen-wildrick-60-of-bethlehem-obituary-brought-to-you-by-heintzelman-funeral-home-saucon-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96467\/","title":{"rendered":"David &#8216;Dave&#8217; Allen Wildrick, 60, 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\">David \u2018Dave\u2019 Allen Wildrick (1965 \u2013 2025)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dave.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78169\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>David \u201cDave\u201d Allen Wildrick, 60, of Bethlehem, passed away on Dec. 26, 2025. He was born on Feb. 2, 1965, in Phillipsburg, N.J., to the late Lynnwood and Grace (Lacey) Wildrick. Dave was the beloved husband of Darlene A. (Mohle) Wildrick, with whom he celebrated 36 years of marriage. He worked as a Maintenance Supervisor for an apartment complex in Allentown, where he was known for his dedication and strong work ethic. Dave shared his love of sports by coaching youth baseball and basketball and was a devoted fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Mets and Duke basketball. In his spare time, he also enjoyed golfing.<\/p>\n<p>SURVIVORS<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his loving wife, Dave is survived by his sons, David R. (Staci) Wildrick and Brian M. Wildrick (Caitlin), and his cherished grandchildren, Jessa and Wesley.<\/p>\n<p>SERVICES<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends are invited to a visitation on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown. A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. Expressions of sympathy may be shared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heintzelmancares.com\/obituary\/david-dave-wildrick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heintzelmancares.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTIONS<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in David\u2019s name to the Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David \u2018Dave\u2019 Allen Wildrick (1965 \u2013 2025) David \u201cDave\u201d Allen Wildrick, 60, of Bethlehem, passed away on Dec.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,47324,47325,2249,204,2252],"class_list":{"0":"post-96467","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-dave-wildrick","12":"tag-david-allen-wildrick","13":"tag-heintzelman-funeral-home","14":"tag-hellertown","15":"tag-obituary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96467","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=96467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}