Obituaries
Dawnie E. Resto, 92, died Friday, October 11, 2024, at her residence in Allentown. Born in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Walter A. and Emily (Fyler) Zellers. Dawnie was the wife of the late Gilberto Resto, Sr. and shared 44 years of marriage before his passing last year.
After high school, Dawnie worked as a sewer for the former Fab Knit factory of Allentown. Dawnie attended Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Allentown. She was a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital and Pennsylvania State Hospital. In her late years she did private duty home care nursing.
Dawnie was a member of Life Church in Allentown. She loved her pets and plants and enjoyed keeping in touch with friends and family, and cooking.
Above all she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and will be missed by many especially her youngest grandchild Jackson Levi Resto.
She is survived by her children, daughter Louann Lauer, son James Geiger and his wife Darlene, son Gilberto, Jr. and wife Barbara, daughter Maria Resto-Acevedo, son Gilberto and wife Naomi, son Luis and wife Tonya, brother Robert Zellers and wife Jean, sister Phyllis Ludlow, son-in-law Frank Fox, many grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter Sharon Fox and brother Donald Zellers.
Her viewing will be from 10-11am Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Brubaker Funeral Home, Inc., 234 Walnut St. Catasauqua, PA 18032. Funeral service at 11am Thursday at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Cedar Hill Memorial Park in Allentown.
Memorial contributions may be made to Peaceable Kingdom, 1049 MacArthur Rd, Whitehall, PA 18052. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.brubakerfuneralhome.com.
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Oct
234 Walnut Street
Catasauqua, PA 18032
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17
Oct
234 Walnut Street
Catasauqua, PA 18032
Cemetery Details
Location
1700 Airport Rd
Allentown, PA 18103