Published November 03. 2021 10:12AM
Keith A. Piescienski, 74, of Northampton, died Oct. 26, 2021, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown. He was the husband of the late Sandra (Best) Piescienski.
Born in Northampton, he was a son of the late Frank and Dorothy (Miller) Piescienski.
He was a graduate of Northampton High School.
He was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.
He was an electrician for Phoenix Forge, Catasauqua, for 15 years before retiring in 2013. Before that, he was an electrician for the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation for many years until its closing.
He was a past fire chief and an active 50-year member of the Northampton Volunteer Fire Department. He was a Northampton Borough councilman for eight years.
He was a Master Mason, Porter Lodge 284 F&AM, Catasauqua, and was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Lehigh Consistory, Valley of Allentown.
He is survived by a daughter, Amy M. and her husband Larry Snyder Jr. of North Catasauqua; two stepsons, Richard VanVliet of Easton and Greg VanVliet and his wife Rorie of Macungie; three grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren.
Contributions may be made to Northampton Fire Department, c/o the funeral home, 2119 Washington Ave., Northampton, 18067.
Arrangements were made by Schisler Funeral Home Inc.