Bessie C. Lorah, age 92, of E. Broad St., Tamaqua, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017, at Hometown Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr., Hometown.
Born in Lansford on November 13, 1924, she was the daughter of the late James Lorah and the late Bessie M. (Leidinger) Lorah. She was predeceased by; sisters, Mrs. Sarah Erbe, Mrs. Clara Hoppes, Mrs. Mae Schappell, Mrs. Jean Sterling; brothers, George, Edwin, Earl, and Fred Lorah.
She was a 1942 Lansford High School graduate and she had worked in the garment industry.
Bessie was Protestant by faith.
She is survived by nieces, and nephews.
Private Arrangements have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pa.
Interment will be at Grand Army Cemetery, Summit Hill, PA.
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