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Anne Rabel, age 85, of 321 Phillips Street, Hellertown PA, formerly of Delaware Ave., Hellertown, died Sunday, July 22, in St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill. She was the Widow of the late Frank A. Rabel, who died in 1991.
Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sadie (Bohonko) Mackow. She worked for the former Sarco Mfg., Bethlehem PA, for many years before retiring. She was a Member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Hellertown.
She is survived by Sisters, Olga M. Dziedzina of Bethlehem PA and Stella Mackow, with whom she resided.
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in the Heintzelman Funeral Home, 326 Main St., Hellertown. Family and Friends may Call 10:00 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services.
Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 645 Main Street, Hellertown PA 18055.
Our Aunt Anne was born to Charles and Ksenia (Bohonko) Mackow, immigrants from the Ukraine. Anne was the second of five children. Her older brother, Steve, and younger brother, John, both preceeded her in death. Remaining are her two sisters, Olga and Stella. Although we've known Anne our whole lives, in hindsight, it seems we knew her only very little.
As children growing up our recollections are of an Aunt who lived two blocks from us. She was loving, caring---always there at family gatherings, picnics, every special occasion. She was always doting and generous. Never having had her own children, we--Thomas, Erich and I, her brother John's children, became an extended part of her family.
We can remember day trips to the ocean, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day gatherings of the family at state parks, Hiawatha Pool, and Pine Tree Park or just in the backyard of the Easton Avenue home. Old pictures are testimony to the camaraderie and general fun at these gatherings complete with tubs of cool water in the yard for the kids to splash in. As we became older, we can remember card games and bean bag contests at these picnis in which we had fun with our Aunt Anne.
At some of these, friends of hers, the Korpics, would be along, too. They were lively, and her friend and co-worker at Sarco's, Eleanor, the livliest of the bunch. Thomas remembers when he got to see Anne at work when he took a tour of the Sarco's facility and how exciting it was to see his Aunt in another role!
Taking us shopping and to the Opera were other activities to which she and her sisters, as our Aunts, treated us.
As she changed her household, we benefitted from her generous donations of furniture that are still gracing our homes and will now be even more a reminder of her gracious spirit.
She and her late husband, Frank, spent many pleasant times with her late brother, John, and her sister-in- law, Inge---our Mom and Dad. They would go out to dinner, take road trips, gather @ New Year's Eve or just visit.
We can recall a trip Anne made with Mom, Pat Duh and I to see Thomas receive the Order of the Arrow Award @ the Boy Scout Camp, Camp Minsi in the Poconos. For some reason the return trip went awry and lasted hours on a circuitous route 191 and she earned the name Minnehaha!! It was a long trip but we laughed a lot. Years later, when Harvey and I were @ Lake George with two and one half year old Kimberly, the nickname was recalled because the boat ride on the lake was on the ship, Minnehaha!!
For many years at Easter, the family would go to Anne and Frank's house for Easter supper and yet another egg hunt for her great nieces and great nephews. At our Easter egg coloring, she could always be counted on for the perfect watermelon egg. Later on, when she no longer participated in coloring, she could count on receiving watermelon egg renditions from each of her nieces and nephews.
None of us is likely to forget her traditional "HO! HO! HO!" when she'd arrive to celebrate on Christmas Eve!
Anne was usually pretty quiet, but she was always kind, loving, thoughtful and generous to both her niece and nephews, great nieces and great nephews. None of us can recall her ever saying an unkind word to anyone.
Simple things could make her so happy. Eleanor's cheesecakes for her birthday celebration, a bouquet of spring flowers or the birthday card or note with pictures were treasured by her.
Anne had great faith and a attitude of acceptance about all life had dealt her. Living with her sister, Stella, for the past 9 years, she'd greet you with a big smile and with a twinkle in her blue eyes, simply shrug her shoulders and say, "I never thought I'd be a "Stade Baba"!!(an old woman) I'm a "Stade Baba!!" She was fond of injecting Ukranian words such as halupka and pirohe into her conversations. And her own name, Hanushka, or terms of endearment, regardless of how old we became, for Erichee and Katrushka, will always ring in our memories.
It is so difficult for us to accept that death is a part of life. We must be grateful for the time we've shared.
We will always treasure our memories of our Aunt Anne.
Kathryn Mackow Gold
High Bridge, NJ USA
Sunday, July 29, 2001
Our Aunt Anne was born to Charles and Ksenia (Bohonko) Mackow, immigrants from the Ukraine. Anne was the second of five children---her olderbrother, Steve, and younger brother, John, both preceeded her in death. Remaining are her two sisters, Olga and Stella. Although we've known Anne4 our whole lives, in hindsight, it seems we knew her only very little.
Kathryn Mackow Gold
High Bridge, NJ USA
Sunday, July 29, 2001
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