Ann L. Heisler

Ann l. (Wescott) Heisler, 93, of West Lehigh Street, Coaldale, died Dec. 6 in Bethlehem. She was the widow of Thomas Heisler, who died in 1985.

Prior to retiring, she was the manager of the former Allen Shoe Store in Tamaqua.

Born in Coaldale, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Eva (Krividjius) Wescott.

She was a member of St. John XXIII Catholic Church in Tamaqua. Previously, she was a member of St. John Lithuanian Catholic Church in Coaldale, until its closing, where she sang in the choir.

A graduate of the former Coaldale High School, Ann was a member of the Lansford and Tamaqua Senior Citizens and a former member of the Coaldale Hospital Auxiliary. She was the last immediate member of her family.

She is survived by a son, Robert Heisler of Newark, Del., and his wife, Susan L.; grandchildren, Jared M. Heisler of Wilmingron, Del., Joanna Heisler of Raleigh, N.C., Jason T. Heisler and his wife, Alana, of Charleston, S.C., and Jennifer Heisler Jackson of Wilmington, Del.; one great-grandchild, Shane Thomas Jackson.

Service: Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m., Friday, SS. Peter and Paul Church, 306 Pine St., Tamaqua. Interment, parish cemetery, Owl Creek. Call 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, in the church. Memorials in her name may be made to St. Luke's Hospice House, Development Office, 801 Ostrum St., Bethlehem, PA, 18015. Arrangements by the Zizelmann-Roche Funeral Home, 500 E. Broad St., Tamaqua.

Alumnus: CHS Class of 1940