Published December 12. 2012 11:00PM
Mary Ann Havrilla Stocker, 69, of South Whitehall Township, died Dec. 5, 2012, at home.
She and her husband Bruce A. were married more than 49 years.
Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Carson C. and Dorothy M. (Green) Albitz.
Until the store closing, she worked as a sales clerk for H. Leh and Company, Whitehall.
She was a member of United Church of Christ Greenawalds.
In 1961, she graduated from Louis E. Dieruff High School and later, with her grandchildren, became active with the Orefield Middle School Theater Department, creating costumes and assisting with school plays.
She had a passion for music and was always singing.
As a child, she sang on a local radio station.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter Tracey, wife of John Hildebeidel, of South Whitehall Township; grandsons Kevin and Tyler; step-grandson Zachary; brother Wayne Bolt; sisters Barbara Hitcho, Mildred Schaeffer, Arlene Yoder, Patricia Whitehead; nine nieces and nephews; and two great-nephews.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the church or to the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, c/o the funeral home.
Arrangements made by Trexler Funeral Home, Allentown.