Irene G. (Hines) “Elsie” Reinert, 87, formerly of Macungie, died July 1, 2017, in Country Meadows of Allentown, Upper Macungie Township. She was the wife of the late Raymond H. Reinert, who died Dec. 24, 2009. Born in Bethany, La., she was a daughter of the late Horace G. and Irene A. (Gulley) Hines.

She was a member of Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, where she was a former church council member, a member of the Lydia Ladies, and an active member of the Bible Study Group.

She received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La., in 1952. She also graduated from the T.S. Schumpert Hospital School of Medical Technology and was a certified technologist in blood banking from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

She retired from the former Allentown General Hospital, Allentown, as the director of transfusion services.

Elsie, as she was affectionately referred to, enjoyed gardening and birds.

She is survived by sons, Kevin H. and his wife Kathleen S. (McGinley), of Summerfield, N.C.; Eric R. and his wife Brenda E. (Berger), of Breinigsville and David G., of Macungie; daughter, Anna Marie and her husband W. Peter Murphy, of Avalon, N.J.; sisters, Joan (Hines), widow of Herbert Gandy and Carole (Hines), widow of Miguel Pacheco, both of Shreveport, La.; grandchildren, Aaron M., Jared D., Joshua S., Allison M., Carolyn M. (Murphy) Kozalik, twins Kaitlin M. and Abigail; great-granddaughter, Kylie J. She was predeceased by a sister, Shirley Groome and a brother, H. Grady Hines; granddaughter, Alaine B. Murphy.

Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011, or online at www.alz.org/donate.

Arrangements were made by the Ludwick Funeral Homes, Inc., Kutztown.