Doris Emmaline (Heintzelman) McCabe, 99, of Zionsville, died Feb. 16, 2025, in Valley Manor Rehab and Care Center, Coopersburg. She was the daughter of the late Phaon and Hattie (Nothstein) Heintzelman, of Lehighton. She was the widow of Thomas J. McCabe Jr., who died in 2007. They were married more than 50 years at the time of his death.

During her childhood, she helped out in the family’s butcher business, Heintzelman’s Meat Market, in Lehighton. She graduated from Lehighton Area High School in 1943 and attended Allentown Business School.

She was employed as a secretary at Vail Chemical Company and John Hancock Insurance in Allentown for several years before her marriage.

She was a devoted wife, loving mother and doting grandmother. Her greatest joy was spending time with family, especially when the grandchildren and great-grandchildren arrived. She loved to cook and could always be counted on to bake delicious pies for family events. Her grandchildren will always remember dyeing Easter eggs and baking Christmas cookies each year with Grammy.

She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for more than 65 years and made many lifelong friends along the way.

She enjoyed bingo, bowling, word search puzzles, playing Rummikub and golf.

She was a member of St. Ann Roman Catholic Church, Emmaus, for more than 20 years. She enjoyed participating in the Fall Fest events and the Helping Hands ministry.

She is survived by her sons, Bob and his wife, Margie, of Zionsville, Mark and his companion, Karen Richardson, of Turner, Maine; grandchildren: Brandon (Susan); Steve (Alyssa), of Kutztown; Ben, of Zionsville and Chloe (Aaron) Anthony, of Illinois; great-grandchildren, Summer Lovanh, Tommy and Saoirse, of Kutztown; many nieces, nephews and friends who were very special to her.

She was predeceased by her brother, Joel Heintzelman; sisters-in-law, Evelyn Green and Cathy Szoldatits; brothers-in-law, Earl Green and Alfonse Szoldatits.

Services will be held 10:15 a.m. March 1 at Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, 225 Elm St., Emmaus, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m. at St. Ann Roman Catholic Church, 415 S. Fifth St., Emmaus. A visitation will be held 9-10:15 a.m. March 1 in the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Ann Roman Catholic Church.