Vilma Yelovich, 96, formerly of Bethlehem, died March 14, 2014. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Frances (Kozar) Sebjanics. She was raised in Slovenia until 1933. She was the wife of the late Stephen L. Yelovich for 59 years.

She worked at the Laros Silk Mill, Bethlehem.

She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and of its Altar Guild, Evangelism Committee and the Ladies' Quilting Circle. She had attended Flohr's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gettysburg.

She is survived by two sons, the Rev. Stephen F. and his wife Margaret of Cumberland, Md. and the Rev. Fr. Elias and his wife Bonnie of Orrtanna; nine grandchildren, Sonya Sell of Cumberland, Md.; Andrei and his wife Karen Yelovich of Baltimore, Md.; Larisa and her husband Mark Martinof Leesburg, Va.; Tatiana and her husband Tony Friend of Cumberland, Md.; Irene Yelovich and her husband Brad Senning of Pittsburgh; Sophia and her husband Mike Holland of North Huntington; Dr. Helena Yelovich of N.YC.; Alexandra and her husband Nicholas Gangewere of Chambersburg; and Xenia Yelovich of Greensburg; eleven great-grandchildren, John and Benjamin Sell, Alex and Stephanie Yelovich, Helena, Joseph and Jonathan Holland, Coraline and Clara Gangewere and Tobias and Beatrice Senning.

Contributions be made to the church, 521 E. Locust St., Bethlehem, PA 18018.

Arrangements were made by Pearson Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.