3434. Luther Albert CAWLEY Jr. (Luther Albert CAWLEY , John N. CAWLEY , Susanna WASSER , Rebecca VOGHT , Margaretha SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael ) was born 1 on 17 Jan 1925 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He died 2 on 9 Apr 2005 in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. He was buried 3 on 14 Apr 2005 in Old Williams Cemetery; Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. Luther served in the military 4 U.S. Army WWII. He retired 5 excavator, 39 years in 2000 in Crin.
Luther A. Cawley Jr.; [FIFTH Edition]
The Morning Call. Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: Apr 11, 2005. pg. B.7Abstract (Document Summary)
Survivors: Three daughters, Anna Mae, wife of Walter J. Yeager, of Allentown, Mary L., wife of Thomas C. Stout, of Allentown, Susan D., wife of Robert R. Kline, of Bethlehem Township; brother, George and his wife, Audrey Cawley, of Hellertown; two sisters, Arlene, wife of Thomas Moser, of Schnecksville, Mary Johnson of Hellertown; six grandchildren, Thomas Stout Jr., John J., Michael J., Tracey Keller, Charles A. Stout, Lori Ann; 12 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, John H. Cawley, who died July 21, 2002.Full Text (258 words)
Copyright Morning Call Apr 11, 2005 This document is a paid announcement.Luther Albert Cawley Jr., 80, of 29 Penn Street, Hellertown, died Saturday, April 9, 2005 in his residence. He was the husband of Blanche M. (Wimmer) Cawley, who died May 25, 1999. Born in Williams Township on January 17, 1925, he was the son of the late Luther A. Sr. and Margaret (Fair) Cawley. He was an excavator for Chrin, Easton, for 39 years until retiring in 2000. Luther served his country faithfully during World War II in the Army and was a member of the Roosevelt Democratic Club, Miller Heights.
Survivors: Three daughters, Anna Mae, wife of Walter J. Yeager, of Allentown, Mary L., wife of Thomas C. Stout, of Allentown, Susan D., wife of Robert R. Kline, of Bethlehem Township; brother, George and his wife, Audrey Cawley, of Hellertown; two sisters, Arlene, wife of Thomas Moser, of Schnecksville, Mary Johnson of Hellertown; six grandchildren, Thomas Stout Jr., John J., Michael J., Tracey Keller, Charles A. Stout, Lori Ann; 12 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, John H. Cawley, who died July 21, 2002.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc. 326 Main St., Hellertown. I
nterment to follow services in St. Lukes Old Williams Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be recorded with our online memorial tributes:www.heintzelmanfh.com.
Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to the American Lung Association.
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Luther married Blanche M. WIMMER daughter of Edwin WIMMER and Ida BAUDER. Blanche was born 1, 2 on 26 Dec 1925 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. She died 3 on 25 May 1999 in Pennsylvania. She was buried 4 in Old Williams Cemetery; Northampton Co., Pennsylvania.
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BLANCHE M. CAWLEY Morning Call; Allentown; May 27, 1999; The Morning Call; Blanche M. Cawley, 73, of 29 Penn St., Hellertown, died Tuesday, May 25, in St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill. She was the wife of Luther A. Cawley Jr. They were married for 51 years last June. She was a baker, cook and waitress for the past 46 years for Sweet Treasures, Travisano's and the former Buss Lunch, all in Hellertown. Born in Lower Saucon Township, she was a daughter of the late Edwin and Ida (Bauder) Wimmer. Survivors: Husband; daughters, Anna Mae, wife of Walter J. Yeager, and Mary L., wife of Thomas C. Stout, both of Allentown, and Susan D., wife of Robert R. Kline of Bethlehem; son, John H. of Easton; brother Allen of Allentown; sisters, Jennie, wife of Irwin Stephens of Allentown, Joyce Peters of Bath and Anna Fox of Emmaus, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Heintzelman Funeral Home, 326 Main St., Hellertown. Call 7-8:30 p.m. today. Contributions: Hellertown Beautification Project, c/o the funeral home. ******
They had the following children:
4761 F i Anna Mae CAWLEY Anna married Walter J. YEAGER. + 4762 F ii Mary L. CAWLEY + 4763 M iii John H. CAWLEY 4764 F iv Susan Diane CAWLEY Susan married Robert Richard KLINE.
3435. William H. CAWLEY Sr. (Luther Albert CAWLEY , John N. CAWLEY , Susanna WASSER , Rebecca VOGHT , Margaretha SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael ) was born 1, 2 on 31 Mar 1926 in Wassergas, Pennsylvania. He died 3, 4 on 23 Feb 1992 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The cause of death was self-inflicted gunshot wound. William served in the military 5 US Army WWII. He retired 6 machinist in 1988 in Bethlehem Steel.
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WILLIAM H. CAWLEY SR. Morning Call; Allentown, Pa.; Feb 24, 1992; The Morning Call; William H. Cawley Sr., 65, of 1520 Irene St., Bethlehem, died Sunday at home. Northampton County Coroner Joseph Reichel attributed death to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cawley was the husband of the late Helen T. (Bednar) Cawley. He was a machinist in the forge specialty shop at Bethlehem Steel Corp. for 42 years, retiring in 1988. Born in Wassergass, he was a son of the late Luther A. and Margaret (Fehr) Cawley. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: Daughter, Elizabeth Ann Enot of Hellertown; son, William H. Jr. of Bethlehem; sisters, Mary Johnson of Bethlehem and Arlene Moser of Schnecksville; brothers, Luther and George, both of Hellertown, and James of Bethlehem, and two grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, John R. Shupp Funeral Home, 812 E. 4th St., Bethlehem. Call 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. ******
William married Helen T. BEDNAR. Helen was born 1, 2 on 26 Dec 1924 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She died 3 on 22 Jul 1988 in Pennsylvania.
HELEN T. CAWLEY; [SECOND Edition]
The Morning Call. Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: Jul 23, 1988. pg. B.24Abstract (Document Summary)
Survivors: Husband; son, William H. Jr. of Bethlehem; daughter, Elizabeth Ann Enot of Hellertown; brothers, Stephen Bednar of Bethlehem and John Hudock of Oak Hill,Full Text (125 words)
Copyright Morning Call Jul 23, 1988Mrs. Helen T. Cawley, 63, of 1520 Irene St., Bethlehem, died Friday in St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of William H. Cawley.
Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Frank C. and Elizabeth (Saloga) Bednar.
She was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Bethlehem Township.
Survivors: Husband; son, William H. Jr. of Bethlehem; daughter, Elizabeth Ann Enot of Hellertown; brothers, Stephen Bednar of Bethlehem and John Hudock of Oak Hill, W. Va.; sister Anna, wife of Marlon VanHorn of Albrightsville, and two grandchildren.
Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday, John R. ; Mass at noon in the church. Call 7. Shupp Funeral Home, 812 E. 4th St., Bethlehem; Mass at noon in the church. Call 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
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They had the following children:
4765 F i Elizabeth Ann CAWLEY Elizabeth married ? ENOT. 4766 M ii William H. CAWLEY Jr.
3438. James I. CAWLEY (Luther Albert CAWLEY , John N. CAWLEY , Susanna WASSER , Rebecca VOGHT , Margaretha SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael ) was born 1, 2 on 7 Oct 1928 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He died 3, 4 on 19 Sep 1993 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was buried 5 in Old Williams Cemetery; Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. James retired 6 machinist in 1982 in Hellertown Manufacturing Co..
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James I. CAWLEY Morning Call; Allentown, Pa.; Sep 20, 1993; The Morning Call; James I. Cawley, 64, of Bethlehem, died Sunday in St. Luke's Hospital. He was a machinist at the former Hellertown Manufacturing Co. for 28 years until 1982. Born in Lower Saucon Township, he was a son of the late Luther A. Sr. and Margaret (Fair) Cawley. Survivors: Son, Edward I. in Alabama; daughters, Ellen M., wife of Malbert J. Fritz Jr. of Allentown, and Julia A., wife of Mark P. Butler of Groton, Conn.; brothers, Luther A. Jr. and George, both of Hellertown; sisters, Mary Johnson of Bethlehem and Arlene, wife of Thomas Moser of Schnecksville, and five grandchildren. Call: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Heintzelman Funeral Home, 326 Main St., Hellertown
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James married Jeanette A. LASCIK.
They had the following children:
4767 M i Edward I. CAWLEY 4768 F ii Ellen M. CAWLEY Ellen married Malbert J. FRITZ Jr.. 4769 F iii Julia A. CAWLEY Julia married Mark P. BUTLER.
3446. Joan R. REICHARD (Elmer Chester REICHARD , Catherine "Katie" Irena SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Joan married Gerald A. SHOOK. Gerald was born 1, 2 on 13 Oct 1928 in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. He died 3 on 5 May 1986 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. Gerald was employed 4 as chief scrap inspector, 38 years in Bethlehem Steel Corp..
GERALD A. SHOOK; [FIFTH Edition]
The Morning Call. Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: May 6, 1986. pg. B.06Abstract (Document Summary)
Surviving with his widow are a daughter, Mrs. Susan Bogert, at home; three brothers, William ofHellertown R.1, Kenneth of Allentown and Richard of Hellertown; three sisters, Mrs. Lorraine Magarics of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Mrs. Kathryn Werkheiser and Mrs. Shirley Cawley, both of Hellertown; a stepdaughter, Mrs.Full Text (168 words)
Copyright Morning Call May 6, 1986Gerald A. Shook, 57, of 562 Tobias Drive, Hellertown, died Monday in St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Joan (Reichard) Shook.
He was a chief scrap inspector for Bethlehem Steel Corp., where worked 38 years.
Born in Hellertown, he was a son of the late Oscar and Mildred (Edelman) Shook.
He was a member of Lower Saucon United Church of Christ, Hellertown.
He served in the Army.
Surviving with his widow are a daughter, Mrs. Susan Bogert, at home; three brothers, William ofHellertown R.1, Kenneth of Allentown and Richard of Hellertown; three sisters, Mrs. Lorraine Magarics of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Mrs. Kathryn Werkheiser and Mrs. Shirley Cawley, both of Hellertown; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Constance Donchez of Allentown; two stepsons, Jeff Fetzer of Mount Holly, N.J., and Larry Fetzer of Grand Island, N.Y., and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. A calling hour will precede the services. The Falk Funeral Home, 1418 Main St., Hellertown, is in charge of arrangements.
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They had the following children:
4770 F i Susan SHOOK Susan married ? BOGERT.
3449. Judith A. REICHARD (Elmer Chester REICHARD , Catherine "Katie" Irena SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Judith married 1 Norman C. STAATS. Norman was born 2, 3 on 19 Jun 1939 in Wilson, Pennsylvania. He died 4 on 15 Jun 1993 in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Norman was employed 5 as co-owner & co-operated in 1958/1995 in Earl & Norman Staats Auto Sales.
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[FOURTH Edition]Morning Call - Allentown, Pa.
Author: The Morning Call
Date: Oct 12, 1988
Start Page: B.02
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Copyright Morning Call Oct 12, 1988 Charged - Norman Charles Staats, 50, of Hellertown R.1, Sunday with reckless endangerment, terroristic threats, aggravated and simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Police said they stopped to assist Staats, whose vehicle was disabled along Redington Road, when Staats began scuffling and shouting obscenities
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~HELLERTOWN AREA MAN ORDERED TO FACE TRIAL IN ASSAULT ON OFFICER POLICE [FOURTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: PHIL BOYLE, The Morning Call Date: Nov 22, 1988 Start Page: B.02 Text Word Count: 379 Document Text Copyright Morning Call Nov 22, 1988
A 50-year-old Hellertown R.1 man was held yesterday for Northampton County Court action in an Oct. 9 assault on a Lower Saucon Township policeman on Redington Road.
Norman Charles Staats will face charges of reckless endangerment, making terroristic threats, aggravated and simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. His hearing was before District Justice Diane Repyneck, Hellertown.
Lower Saucon Patrolman Brian Paulson testified that he was traveling south on Redington Road near Riverside Drive at 1:26 a.m. when he saw a car parked partially on the roadway with steam coming from under the hood.
As he was checking the vehicle, he said, he heard a male voice yell from a wooded area "get the . . . out of here. Leave me alone."
Paulson said that he called for assistance and that the man, whom he identified as Staats, came out of the woods, staggering and yelling obscenities.
Paulson said he identified himself as a policeman and, when he went to take Staats' arm to place him under arrest, Staats fell on top of him, began choking him, and said he was going to kill him.
The policeman said he was able to get handcuffs on one of Staats' wrists before both men broke free and stood up.
Paulson said he used Mace on Staats, who became more enraged and said, "Now you going to get it . . . " He said that he struck Staats on the arms and legs with his nightstick, "but he kept coming at me." He managed to get Staats on the ground and when policemen arrived from Freemansburg and Lower Saucon, Staats was placed under arrest.
Paulson said he was treated at St. Luke's Hospital for a knee injury and eye burns from the Mace. He said Staats was treated at St. Luke's for a head injury.
Defense attorney Bernard V. O'Hare asked Paulson if Staats told him he was having car trouble, "and you ordered him to put his hands on the car?"
Paulson said no.
Paulson also denied that he threatened to beat Staats over the head or that he did beat him about the head. He said that Staats may have received the head injury when they fell to the ground.
Northampton Assistant District Attorney John Spirk presented the case for the state.******
~Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: The Morning Call Date: Oct 17, 1989 Start Page: B.04 Text Word Count: 1219- Norman C. Staats, 51, of Reddington Road, Hellertown, R.1, entered a no- contest plea before Grifo to a charge of disorderly conduct and was fined $300. Charges of simple and aggravated assault, as well as terroristic threatening, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest were withdrawn. Staats was charged with assaulting a Lower Saucon Township policeman on Oct. 19, 1988, on Reddington Road.
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NORMAN C. STAATS, 54, BETHLEHEM AUTO DEALER; [FIFTH Edition]
The Morning Call. Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: Jun 16, 1993. pg. B.16Abstract (Document Summary)
[NORMAN C. STAATS] and his father owned and operated Earl and Norman Staats Auto Sales, Bethlehem, since 1958.Full Text (144 words)
Copyright Morning Call Jun 16, 1993Norman C. Staats, 54, of Redington Road, Hellertown R.1, died Tuesday in his home. He was the husband of Judith A. (Reichard) Staats. They were married 34 years last July.
Staats and his father owned and operated Earl and Norman Staats Auto Sales, Bethlehem, since 1958.
Born in Wilson, he was a son of Earl and Dorothy L. (Ackerman) Staats of Easton.
He served in the Reserves.
Survivors: Wife and parents; son, Charles A., at home; daughters, Wendy A., wife of Robert A. Mease of Bethlehem Township, and Tracy L., wife of John D. Zettlemoyer of Freemansburg; sisters, Sharon L., wife of Edward N. McMurtrie of Easton, and Lois I., wife of Alfred J. Narzisi of Newtown, Bucks County, and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Earl.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Heintzelman Funeral Home, 326 Main St., Hellertown. Call 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday.
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They had the following children:
4771 M i Charles A. STAATS 4772 F ii Wensy A. STAATS Wensy married Robert A. MEASE. 4773 F iii Tracy L. STAATS Tracy married John D. ZETTLEMOYER. 4774 M iv Earl STAATS was born 1 on 21 Dec 1964. He died 2 in Sep 1983.
~TEEN-AGE PARTY CITED IN SUIT OVER SON'S DEATH [SECOND Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: The Morning Call Date: May 26, 1984 Start Page: W.45 Text Word Count: 219 Document Text Copyright Morning Call May 26, 1984
A Lower Saucon Township couple claim in a suit that their son died in a traffic accident because another couple let him get drunk at a teen-age beer party.
Norman and Judith Staats of Hellertown R. 1 charge that William B. and Evangeline Noll of Bethlehem R. 7 should have been aware that the "10-25 minor children" attending a party at their home last Sept. 3 were drinking beer.
A keg of beer sat within 10 or 15 feet of the patio adjoining the Noll house, the suit says.
The Staatses say their son, Earl, 18, arrived at the Nolls' at 7:30 p.m. "in a sober and lucid condition" but was intoxicated by the time he left, almost three hours later. He was hit by a car at 10:25 p.m. as he tried to walk across Route 378 near Colesville Road, the suit asserts.
Hospital records show the young man's blood alcohol content was .16 although as a minor, he was "presumed as a matter of law incompetent to handle the effects of alcohol," the complaint says.
The suit seeks more than $20,000 in damages from the Nolls and from Anthony P. Kilpatrick, Bethlehem R. 4, whose car struck young Staats. It contends that Kilpatrick was driving too fast for conditions and was not on the lookout for pedestrians.
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~DEFENDANTS SAY ANOTHER COUPLE GAVE TEEN ALCOHOL [FOURTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: The Morning Call Date: Jan 3, 1986 Start Page: B.04 Text Word Count: 179 Document Text Copyright Morning Call Jan 3, 1986
The defendants in a suit brought by the parents of a Lower Saucon Township teen-ager killed in an accident Sept. 3, 1983, claim another couple was responsible in part for the tragedy.
The suit was filed in Northampton County Court by Norman and Judith Staats, Hellertown R.1, whose son, Earl, 18, died when he was hit by a car as he walked across Route 378 at Colesville Road. The Staats' suit seeks damages from William B. and Evangeline J. Noll, Bethlehem R.7, and Anthony P. Kilpatrick, Bethlehem R.4.
The suit claims that the Nolls permitted Earl, who was not of legal drinking age, to become drunk at a party given by their son, Bradley.
Kilpatrick was at the wheel of the car that struck the young man, according to the complaint.
The Nolls, in papers filed at the courthouse at Easton by attorney Nicholas Noel, contend that Earl attended a party at the home of Judy and Barry Lee Stahler, Bethlehem R.3, before he arrived at their house. They say they believe he "drank alcohol" at the Stahler house.
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~TEEN BEER BASH IS FOCUS OF CIVIL TRIAL PARENTS OF YOUTH WHO DIED IN ACCIDENT AFTER PARTY SUE HOSTS [FIFTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call Date: Oct 22, 1986 Start Page: B.12 Text Word Count: 896 Document Text Copyright Morning Call Oct 22, 1986
A back-to-school beer party, hosted by a 15-year-old high school student at his parents' home with the consent of his father, took center stage yesterday as a civil trial opened in Northampton County Court.
A jury of six men and six women is hearing the trial before Judge Robert A. Freedberg. The case concerns a suit filed by Norman and Judith Staats of Hellertown R.1, parents of the late Earl Staats, against William and Evangeline Noll and Anthony Kilpatrick of Bethlehem.
Earl Staats, 18, attended the Sept. 3, 1983, party at the Saucon Lane, Bethlehem R.7, home of the Nolls. The party was hosted by the Nolls' 15-year- old son, Bradley.
At about 10:15 p.m., Staats, apparently intoxicated, left the party and walked along Colesville Road to Route 378. As he walked along Colesville Road, he was struck by a car driven by Kilpatrick, then 17 years old. Staats, who would have entered Saucon Valley High School as a senior a few days after the party, died Sept. 4 in Lehigh Valley Hospital Center.
An hour and a half after the accident, a blood-alcohol test administered at the hospital center showed Staats had a reading of .16, well over the legal level for intoxication by state law.
Attorney Robert Bauer, who is representing the Staats family in their claim, along with attorney William Hildenbrand, said in his opening statement to the jury that evidence at the trial will show that Staats' intoxicated condition was a substantial factor in his death.
"The Nolls made the unfortunate - and in Mr. Noll's case, outrageous - decision to hold a keg party for the children of the Saucon Valley, with little or no supervision," Bauer said.
The party, he said, "was like a light in the night," attracting teen- agers, including people who were only marginally connected to Bradley Noll.
He said expert witnesses will testify that the reason Staats put himself "in the zone of danger," walking along Route 378 to make a phone call for a ride home, was that he was intoxicated.
Attorney Nicholas Noel, who with attorney James Rawlings represents the Nolls, called the incident a tragedy that has affected the lives of everyone concerned. But he noted that Staats was legally an adult at the time, although he was under the legal drinking age. And he said the youth was accustomed to drinking, and his parents permitted him to drink at home. Noel also said defense testimony will show that Staats "had to be carried home on some occasions" after drinking.
Attorney William Schantz, representing Kilpatrick, said Kilpatrick had gotten the car just that night. It was a birthday gift from his parents.
With his parents' permission, he took his younger brother out for the car's "maiden voyage," and was driving north on Route 378 at about 35 mph to 45 mph when he heard a thud and the windshield shattered. At first he thought it might be a deer, Schantz said.
However, it was Staats, dressed in dark clothing and apparently crossing the road in an area away from an intersection, Schantz said. "Nobody at all knows where Earl Staats came from," he said.
Noll, a patent attorney for Bethlehem Steel Co., was questioned as a hostile witness by Bauer yesterday afternoon.
He said his son, who turned 16 later that month and entered Saucon Valley High School as a junior that year, came to him early the afternoon of Sept. 3 and said he wanted to have some friends over for a party with some beer.
Noll said he reluctantly gave permission, and his oldest son, then 22, picked up the beer.
Noll said he gave in because he knew "Brad was headstrong enough to do it anyway. I knew 'No' was not the answer." He said he was concerned about teen- age drinking and driving, but said he felt it would be safer for the party to be held at the house, where help was readily available if needed, than at "the quarry," with no adult supervision.
He said that during the party, which began at about 6:30 p.m. and lasted until word of the accident came at about 10:30 p.m., he checked on its progress about four times, looking out the window onto the patio where the beer was being tapped twice, and going out to the patio twice.
Access to the beer was not restricted, he said. But he said he had told his son to "keep a lid on things," making sure there wasn't too much noise and no fighting.
Bauer asked if Noll felt it was appropriate to have his 15-year- old son handle the party. Noll said, "He had the respect of those at the party," and also the physical size to keep things under control. "I think he was smart enough to become aware when someone had too much to drink," Noll said.
He also said that he wasn't "relying solely on him. I would be there, and some of his friends."
The trial will resume at 9:15 this morning.
During jury selection, one woman was dismissed with the consent of the attorneys and Freedberg. A teacher with Colonial-Northampton Intermediate Unit 20 who teaches special education at Saucon Valley High School, she indicated she knew many of the witnesses scheduled to testify, and also knew about the accident from talk she heard at the school.
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DRIVER SAYS HE DIDN'T SEE PEDESTRIAN BETHLEHEM AREA MAN TESTIFIES IN TRIAL OVER DEATH ON R. 378 [FIFTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call Date: Oct 23, 1986 Start Page: B.05 Text Word Count: 848 Document Text Copyright Morning Call Oct 23, 1986
A young Bethlehem R.4 man said yesterday from the witness stand that he never saw Earl Staats before he struck him with a car Sept. 3, 1983, in Lower Saucon Township.
Anthony Kilpatrick, who lives on Route 378 several miles south of the intersection with Colesville Road, where the accident happened, said, "I didn't see anything. It was more or less automatic. I felt an impact on the right, and veered to the left.
"I didn't see anything prior to the impact," he told the jury of six men and six women.
Kilpatrick is one of the defendants in a suit filed by Norman and Judith Staats, Earl's parents. Staats was 18 when he died in Lehigh Valley Hospital Center the day after the accident.
The other defendants are William Noll and his ex-wife, Evangeline Noll. One of the Nolls' sons, 15-year-old Bradley, had held a back- to-school beer party, attended by Staats, the night of the accident. Staats was intoxicated at the time he was struck.
Kilpatrick, then 17, was out for his first ride in the car, a 1970 Mustang he had first admired at a Quakertown car dealership and told his parents about because it was a "clean car . . . with a good body."
Kilpatrick testified that he, his younger brother and a friend of his mother spent Sept. 3 at the Allentown Fair. When they returned home that evening, Kilpatrick said a few family friends had gathered at the house. His father sent him outside to get something, and there he saw the car he had admired.
His father had purchased it for him as an early birthday present, he said. He told attorney Robert Bauer, who is representing the Staats family, that he was "very happy, very excited."
He went back into the house to thank his father, and then they went back outside to look the car over, he testified. When he asked his father for the keys, and if he could take it out for a drive, his father said, "It's your car."
He and his younger brother got into the car, and he drove it along Old Bethlehem Road for a distance before pulling onto Route 378 to drive north to the former AM-PM Mini Market at Black River Road, he said.
Bauer asked if he thought any of his friends would be there so that he could show off the car. Kilpatrick said there was a young woman who worked there at the time that he liked.
He said he and his brother were talking as they drove up the road when "I felt a concussion on the front of the car. I hit the brakes. I saw the windshield explode inward. I thought I'd hit a deer."
He stopped the car, asked his brother if he'd been hurt, and then got out of the car to investigate. A man standing at the back of the car asked if he knew what he'd hit, and Kilpatrick said it was a deer. The man told him he'd hit Staats, who was lying in the road. Together, they ran to a nearby house, where the man called police and Kilpatrick called his parents.
Photos placed into evidenceshowed two potholes in the road near the accident. Questioned by his own attorney, Robert Schantz, Kilpatrick said he knew about the potholes and just before the impact had moved his car to the left, closer to the center of the highway, to avoid hitting them.
Sheri Lee Stahler, 19, who said she was a good friend of both Brad Noll and Earl Staats, also testified yesterday.
She said Staats was dropped off at her house on the afternoon of Sept. 3. He was looking for her brother Barry, who wasn't at home. He knew about the party planned for the Noll home that night, and asked if she would call Brad and ask if he could attend.
She called Brad Noll, who said Staats could attend if he paid $2. Noll told her she wouldn't have to pay to attend, because she was such a good friend, but her boyfriend would if he came.
She said she told Staats to stay at the party, and to call her for a ride home. She also gave him the $2 to get in.
Then she and her boyfriend went to her sister's house, and she decided not to go to the party.
As she and her sister, brother-in-law and boyfriend sat at a table in the house, she looked out the window and saw someone walking by the side of the road, she said. She couldn't see who it was - all she could see of the pedestrian was his arm, she said. "Then a car came down and just hit him."
The body was flung over the car and fell to the pavement, she said. She jumped up and screamed, and ran to the door, but her relatives held her back. When she eventually went outside, she saw that the victim was Staats.
The trial will resume at 9:15 a.m. today before Judge Robert A. Freedberg.
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~PROFESSOR TESTIFIES ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS 'IMPAIRED' BY ALCOHOL [FIFTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call Date: Oct 24, 1986 Start Page: B.04 Text Word Count: 604 Abstract (Document Summary)
A professor of pharmacology and toxicology testified yesterday that 18- year-old Earl Staats would have been "impaired" by alcohol intoxication at the time he was struck by a car on Sept. 3, 1983, in Lower Saucon Township.
Dr. Gary Lage, chairman of the department of pharmacology and toxicology at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, took the stand in the third day of civil trial before Northampton County Judge Robert A. Freedberg. The trial concerns Staats' death at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center on Sept. 4, 1983.
Staats' parents are suing William Noll and his ex-wife, [Evangeline Noll], who permitted their 15-year-old son to hold a back-to- school keg party which Staats attended before the accident. They are also suing Anthony Kilpatrick of Upper Saucon Township, the driver of the car that hit the young man on Route 378 near Colesville Road.
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~DELIBERATIONS TO BEGIN IN ACCIDENT SUIT JURY HEARS FINAL ARGUMENTS IN CASE INVOLVING TEEN BEER PARTY [FIFTH Edition] Morning Call - Allentown, Pa. Author: GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call Date: Oct 29, 1986 Start Page: B.10 Text Word Count: 1123 Document Text Copyright Morning Call Oct 29, 1986
A jury will begin deliberations today in a civil trial concerning the death of a young Saucon Valley man who was hit by a car after getting drunk at a teen-ager's party.
Attorneys presented closing arguments yesterday and Northampton County Judge Robert D. Freedberg charged the jury that has heard the case focusing on the death of 18-year-old Earl Staats, who died in the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center on Sept. 4, 1983.
His parents, Norman and Judith Staats, are seeking damages from William and Evangeline Noll, a now-divorced couple whose son Bradley, then 15, was host of the party with his father's permission, and Anthony Kilpatrick, the Upper Saucon Township man who struck Staats Sept. 3, 1983, on Route 378 in Lower Saucon Township.
The jurors will determine whether either or both of the Nolls, and Kilpatrick, displayed negligence, and if they did, whether that negligence was a substantial factor in Staats' death. They must also decide whether Staats was contributorily negligent.
Then they will assign a percentage of the total liability for the death to each of the parties they find responsible; determine whether William Noll, the principle defendant, was also reckless and therefore liable to pay punitive damages; and determine financial awards on wrongful death and survivorship actions.
In his closing remarks, attorney Robert Bauer, representing the Staats estate, said that liability for the death should be put "on the shoulders of the lawyer and his wife who couldn't talk to each other at their house," saying that their conduct in permitting the party was contrary to prevailing community standards.
"The evidence in this case is overwhelming, and in many cases, not disputed," Bauer said, "that Mr. and Mrs. Noll, the owners of this lovely home in the Saucon Valley, allowed their son Brad to hold a back-to-school keg party. Kids got intoxicated, and Earl Staats got intoxicated, and went out and walked on Route 378 and got hit by a car."
If Noll had refused his son permission for the party, or had called the parents of those attending to alert them to the fact that beer would be served, "there wouldn't have been a party," Bauer said, "because no parent would have let them go." And Mrs. Noll also knew of the party, Bauer said, even though her son had not asked her permission and she stayed in her bedroom throughout most of the affair because "her main problem was that she didn't want to cross the path of her husband."
"The community cannot sanction this type of conduct, because it's contrary to everything the community is trying to do" in health and driver education classes that stress the risks of alcohol, and in police efforts to crack down on student beer parties, Bauer said.
He told the jury that it should not find that Staats was contributorily negligent, because "if you put a keg of beer in the back yard of a rich lawyer's house, you're going to draw people. . . . His decision to drink was not a substantial factor in causing his injuries. The responsibility should be put on the adults who made it available."
After a recess, Freedberg instructed the jurors to ignore Bauer's comments about Noll's alleged financial standing.
Bauer also laid blame on Kilpatrick. The attorney pointed out that Sherri Stahler, a friend of Staats, testified she had seen the victim walking on the right shoulder of the road just before the impact. Kilpatrick testified he never saw Staats before hitting him and had actually swerved his new car to the left to avoid potholes.
Attorney Nicholas Noel, who represented the Nolls along with attorney James Rawlings, countered that his clients were not responsible for the accident.
"Our position is that this accident would have happened if Earl Staats had milk or beer to drink thatnight," Noel said.
William Noll admitted from the stand that he reluctantly gave permission for the party, because his son would have held the party away from the home and any adult supervision if he had been denied. Noel argued Noll's rationale was reasonable at the time.
Noel also said that testimony from others at the party indicated that Staats was not visibly intoxicated. No one remembered him having more than three beers, and one witness said the party was just a get- together, not an occasion to "get destroyed."
One man, who arrived at the party soon before Staats left at about 10:15 p.m., said that he noticed nothing abnormal about Staats, except that he was walking slowly. Even if Noll had kept a constant watch on the party, he would not have seen that Staats was intoxicated, Noel said.
A blood sample drawn at the hospital nearly two hours after the accident showed a .16 blood alcohol content. An expert testified that the reading indicated that at the time of the accident, Staats had a reading of .12, or .18, depending on when he had taken his last drink.
Noel also noted that Staats, for all purposes except alcohol consumption, was legally an adult and thus responsible for his actions. And "he knew full well," according to testimony from his own parents, that it was illegal for him to drink, Noel said.
Noel theorized that Kilpatrick, hoping to avoid the potholes he knew were in the path of the car he had just gotten for his birthday, swerved right onto the shoulder of the road to avoid them, striking Staats. "He would not have been hit if the car had been kept on the road," Noel said. "The Nolls are just an easy target."
Attorney William Schantz, who represents Kilpatrick, said Staats, dressed in dark clothing, "appeared out of nowhere," starting to crossthe highway in the path of Kilpatrick's car.
He noted that Stahler never told the investigating police officer that she had seen the accident. And he noted that, despite testimony from Stahler's mother that she heard brakes squeal and then a "thump," the police officer testified that he found no skid marks on the road, nor tire tracks on the shoulder of the road.
He also noted that a couple traveling at about 35 mph to 40 mph in a vehicle several car lengths behind Kilpatrick testified that the distance between the two cars remained even, indicating that Kilpatrick was not speeding. And the driver of that car also testified that he saw nothing on the shoulder of the road before the impact.
"On the tragic night of Sept. 3, 1983, separate lives were being conducted - the Nolls, Earl Staats, and Anthony Kilpatrick," Schantz said. "The Nolls were planning a party, Earl Staats was planning to go to the party, and Anthony Kilpatrick was receiving a birthday present.
"Their lives connected, and unfortunately, tragedy struck."
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~COUPLE FOUND NEGLIGENT IN TEEN BEER PARTY
[FIFTH Edition]
Morning Call - Allentown, Pa.
Author: GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call
Date: Oct 30, 1986
Start Page: B.05
Text Word Count: 344
Document Text
Copyright Morning Call Oct 30, 1986 A Northampton County jury handed down a $166,039 verdict late Tuesday night in the death of an 18-year-old Saucon Valley man who was struck by a car after he became intoxicated at a back-to-school beer party. But the jury decided that Earl Staats, who died Sept. 4, 1983, was contributorily negligent for 50 percent of the damages. The jury found William and Evangeline Noll, the now-divorced parents of the 15-year-old youth who threw the party, responsible for the remaining 50 percent of the damages. William Noll was found liable for 35 percent, and Evangeline Noll for the remaining 15 percent. Anthony Kilpatrick, the Upper Saucon Township youth who was 17 the night he hit Staats in the car his parents had just given him for his birthday, was exonerated by the jury. The jurors found that he had shown no negligence and was not responsible for the accident. The panel deliberated more than six hours before returning the verdict. Testimony at the trial had indicated that Kilpatrick was not exceeding the speed limit and never saw Staats before the impact. Because Staats was determined to be liable, the award to his estate will be $83,019, or one-half of the total amount. At the weeklong trial, William Noll testified that he reluctantly allowed his 15-year-old son, Bradley, to hold the Sept. 3, 1983, keg party. Noll said he permitted the party because he felt that his son and other youths would conduct the party elsewhere, without adult supervision or aid at hand. His ex-wife testified that she was not consulted about the party and did not investigate activities of the youngsters at her house. Staats left the party at about 10:15 p.m., and was struck by Kilpatrick's car just north of the Colesville Road intersection along Route 378 in Lower Saucon Township at about 10:30 p.m. Nearly two hours after the accident, a blood sample drawn at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center showed he had a blood alcohol content of 0.16. Staats died in the hospital center of injuries received when hit by the car.
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3453. Donald Earl PALMER (Mary Shimer REICHARD , Catherine "Katie" Irena SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Donald married Cynthia Ann ERDMANN.
They had the following children:
+ 4775 M i David Alan PALMER + 4776 F ii Elizabeth Anne PALMER 4777 M iii Kevin Scott PALMER Kevin married Tanya Clarrissa LIVOLSI. + 4778 M iv Jonathan Andrews PALMER
3454. Allan Carl PALMER (Mary Shimer REICHARD , Catherine "Katie" Irena SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Allan married Doris Fay SCHAFFER.
They had the following children:
+ 4779 F i Deborah Ann PALMER + 4780 F ii Sherry Lee PALMER + 4781 F iii Karen Jean PALMER + 4782 F iv Mary Arlene PALMER + 4783 F v Melissa Ann PALMER
3461. Jeffrey Nyles HAHN (Mildred Evelyn SHIMER , John Henry SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
They had the following children:
4784 F i Meredith HAHN 4785 F ii Elizabeth HAHN 4786 F iii Stephanie HAHN
3462. Bonnie Lou BOATWRIGHT (Gladys SHIMER , John Henry SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Bonnie married James OSZEYCZIK.
They had the following children:
4787 M i Kyle OSZEYCZIK 4788 F ii Jamie Lynn OSZEYCZIK
3463. Beverly A. BOATWRIGHT (Gladys SHIMER , John Henry SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
Beverly married J. Michael MONAGHAN.
They had the following children:
4789 M i Kerry MONAGHAN 4790 M ii Gregory MONAGHAN
3476. William W. SHIMER Jr. (William W. SHIMER , Elmer Louis SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael )
They had the following children:
4791 F i Rebecca C. SHIMER 4792 F ii Cynthia D. SHIMER
3479. Gary L. DIETER (Joyce SHIMER , Elmer Louis SHIMER , Martin S. SHIMER , Elizabeth SLOYER , John SCHLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael ) was born 1, 2 on 25 Sep 1949 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He died 3 on 13 Dec 2000 in Easton, Pennsylvania. Gary was employed 4 as 20 years before 1990 in Service Tire Truck Co. & service Tire Co.. He was employed 5 as assistant manager, 10 years in 2000 in Case's Tire Co..
GARY L. DIETER; [FIRST Edition]
The Morning Call. Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: Dec 14, 2000. pg. A.17Abstract (Document Summary)
Born in Bethlehem, he was a son of Joyce R. (Shimer) Dieter of Bethlehem and the late Donald F. Dieter. Survivors: Wife; mother; son, Michael J. of Bethlehem; daughter, Donna M. Frantz of Bethlehem Township.Full Text (122 words)
Copyright Morning Call Dec 14, 2000Gary L. Dieter, 51, of Bethlehem, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Easton Hospital. He was the husband of Kathleen A. (Rudolph) Dieter. They were married 29 years in July.
He was an assistant manager for Case's Tire Co., Easton, for 10 years. Previously, he worked for Service Tire Truck Co. and Service Tire Co., both of Bethlehem, for 20 years.
Born in Bethlehem, he was a son of Joyce R. (Shimer) Dieter of Bethlehem and the late Donald F. Dieter.
Survivors: Wife; mother; son, Michael J. of Bethlehem; daughter, Donna M. Frantz of Bethlehem Township.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Long Funeral Home, 500 Linden St., Bethlehem. Call 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Contributions: American Heart Association, Bethlehem.
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PHOTO by UNKNOWN; Caption: Headshot of Dieter
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Gary married Kathleen A. RUDOLPH.
They had the following children:
4793 M i Michael J. DIETER 4794 F ii Donna M. DIETER Donna married Marc R. FRANTZ.