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Mary Louise Ann Kaufmann dance studio owner - operator, teacher

Mary Louise Ann Kaufmann, 80, of Bethlehem Township, died August 18, 2024, at Country Meadows, Bethlehem Township. Born in Fountain Hill, she was a daughter of the late George Jr. and Margaret (Yasko) Fidmik. She was the wife of the late Maurice “Maury” Kaufmann.

She was a dancer and was a Radio City Rockette. She owned and operated Dance Makers Dancing Studio, Bethlehem Township. She taught at Ms. Jeanne’s School of Dance, Bethlehem. She worked for many years for Hartford and Prudential Insurance companies and for St. Luke’s Hospital in customer service. She was a RE/MAX real estate agent.

She attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bethlehem Township, and was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church, Bethlehem.

She was a member of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association and of St. Anne’s Sodality.

She is survived by two sons, John M. and his wife Christina of Belvidere, New Jersey, and Robert M. and his wife Alissa of Oceanside, California; a brother, George Fidmik III and his wife Chris of Bethlehem; a sister, Georgine and her husband Robert Klinger of Florida; five grandchildren, Kara Rock and her husband Zac, Giovanni Traversi and his wife Rhonna, Kyle Kaufmann and his wife Abbey, Maurina Kaufmann and Robert Kaufmann; and four great-grandchildren, Audee, Remme, Renlee and Louie.

She was predeceased by a sister, Marianne P. Chickey.

Contributions may be made to the St. Luke’s Visiting Nurse Association, 240 Union Station Place, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Arrangements were made by Connell Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.

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