Published December 08. 2020 12:43PM
Joanne Joyce (Walbert) Barron, 81, of Bethlehem, died Nov. 21, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospice House. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Franklin A. Heintzelman Sr. and Dorothy Walbert. She was the wife of Francis “Frank” Barron for 58 years.
She worked for many years at Sabella’s Corner Store.
She was a member of Saints Simon and Jude Parish, Bethlehem.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Bryan Edward and Gary Francis; a daughter, Debra Ann (Barron) Arner and her husband Michael; a brother, Franklin Arthur Heintzelman Jr.; a sister, Esther Fay (Heintzelman) Lamonski; two sisters-in-law, Veronica Mary Heintzelman and Geraldine Lorraine Urich; two grandsons, Craig Michael Arner and Andrew Stephen Arner; nieces; and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Gerald Ralph Walbert; and three sisters, Dolores Mae Hartzell, Lillian Elaine Melendez and Sharon Louise Maldanado.
Contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Arrangements were made by Cantelmi Long Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.