Published March 06. 2013 11:00PM
Elizabeth "Betty" B. Tanzosh, 89, formerly of Northampton, died Feb. 24, 2013, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, N.J. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Tanzosh.
Born in Cementon, she was a daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth (Mayer) Makovsky.
She was a secretary for the M&M Mars Company, Hackettstown, N.J., for many years. Before that, she worked at Mack Trucks Inc.
She was a member of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Church and the Young at Heart Senior Group.
She was a Northampton Food Bank volunteer.
She is survived by two sons, James and his wife Marlette of Silver Lake, Ohio, and Joseph and his companion Robin Good of South Bend, Ind.; two daughters, Jane and her husband Louis DeNardo of Middlesex, N.J., and Beth Tanzosh and her companion Bill Santoro of Clinton, N.J.; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-law, Mary Finelli, Loretta Roth, Florence Jurasits and Irene Tanzosh; a brother-in-law, Paul Tanzosh; nieces; and nephews.
She was predeceased by a son, Mark; four brothers, John, Ed, Steve and Paul; and two sisters, Emma DeLucia and Mary Barlok.
Contributions may be made to the Northampton Food Bank or the church c/o funeral home, 326 E. 21st St., Northampton, 18067.
Arrangements were made by Reichel Funeral Home Inc., Northampton.