Muriel A. Rotherham, 94, of Emmaus, died Oct. 26, 2020. She was the wife of the late Albert (Hap) Rotherham, who died May 5, 2010. They were married for 72 years. She was the daughter of the late Silvester Tice and Hilma (Kresge) Tice.

She was a kind, loving, gentle woman and a great mother and grandmother. Like her mother, she was an accomplished seamstress.

She graduated from Allentown High School, Class of 1944 and was proud to be a majorette.

She attended and graduated from the Jefferson Hospital School of Nursing and in her early years she was a nurse at Allentown Hospital.

She and her husband owned and operated Rotherham Child Care, Shimerville Drive-In Theater and Rotherham Apartments. She was loved by many at Rotherham Child Care and years after she left the business former students and families expressed great affection for her.

She was a member of the Emmaus Woman’s Club and St. John’s Lutheran Church, Emmaus and for many years volunteered at the former Elephant’s Trunk consignment shop, Emmaus.

She is survived by sons, Phillip and his wife, Laura, of Bozeman, Mont.; James and his wife, Robin, of Emmaus; grandchildren, Jacob, Ryan, Benjamin and Lindsay; great-grandchildren, Oliver, Riley and Celia; a brother, James Tice; a sister-in-law, Lois Tice. She was predeceased by brothers, Robert and Richard Tice.

Contributions may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church, 501 Chestnut St., Emmaus, 18049.

Services are private. Arrangements entrusted to the Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus.