Robert O. Shup, 88, Life Member of Coopersburg Vol. Fire Co. [Obituary]

Robert O. Shup, 88, of Coopersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township. He was the husband of Edna M. (Bealer) Shup. He was born in Center Valley on March 27, 1925 to the late Oliver and Bertha (Croman) Shup. Robert was an annealer at Bethlehem Steel for 20 years until retiring in 1987. Previously he worked at Penn and JD Furniture as an upholsterer for 19 years. He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Pleasant Valley, a member of the Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Company and a life member of the Coopersburg Volunteer Fire Company. 

SURVIVORS

In addition to his loving wife of 62 years; daughter: Karen I. (Gregory) Smith of Coopersburg; sister: Dorothy Gower of Upper Nazareth Township; grandchildren: Jeffrey and Bryan Smith. He was predeceased by siblings: Gertrude, Ida, Laura, Melba and Paul.

SERVICE

Family and friends are invited to call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 and from 11:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., 326 Main St., Hellertown. The calling hour Saturday will be followed by the service at noon. The interment will conclude services at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Springfield Township. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com.

CONTRIBUTIONS

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity UCC, 1990 Route 212, Quakertown, PA 18951.