Published December 19. 2012 11:00PM
Mary A. (Christman) Lisetski, 97, died Dec. 8, 2012, at Westminster Village, Allentown. She was the wife of the late Michael Lisetski for 69 years.
Born in Northampton, she was a daughter of the late Purie and Lillie (Smith) Christman.
She was a 1932 graduate of Northampton High School, where she played basketball.
She was a women's basketball official for high school and collegiate games for 38 years.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Northampton, where she was a senior choir member and an assistant Sunday school teacher.
At the church, she was a charter member of and an assistant troop leader for the Girl Scouts. She was inducted into the Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame in which she and her late husband are the only husband and wife inductees. She was a member of Blue Heron Lake Association for 35 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Cynthia A. and her husband Sdyley Robertson of Allentown; a son, Michael and his wife Patty of Upper Macungie; a granddaughter, Susan and her husband David Stewart of Harleysville; two grandsons, Todd of Fogelsville and Stephen of Upper Macungie; and two great-granddaughters, Sierra and Lydia.
She was predeceased by brothers; sisters; brothers and sisters-in-law; and other relatives.
Contributions may be made to the church memorial fund, c/o the funeral home, 2119 Washington Ave., Northampton, 18067.
Arrangements were made by Schisler Funeral Home Inc.