Published August 09. 2017 12:00AM
James R. McGonigle, 82, died Aug. 3, 2017. He was the husband of the late Joan M. (Klein) McGonigle.
Born in Allentown, he was a son the late James and Margaret (Lentz) McGonigle.
He was in the U.S. Army.
He was a mixer for 30 years for Pillsbury.
He played baseball for Allentown Patriots.
He is survived by two daughters, Elaine Schmoyer and Kerin and her husband Drew Nicholas; five grandchildren; one great-grandson; three sisters, Patricia and her husband Ben Taylor, Eleanor and her husband Joseph O’Donnell and Jean McGonigle; a brother, Hobart McGonigle; a sister-in-law, Ella McGonigle; and three stepsons, Allen and his wife Natalie (Yost) Phillips and Timothy A. and Rick Phillips.
He was predeceased by a brother, Charles McGonigle.
Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market St., Suite 102, Philadelphia, 19106, or by visiting alz.org.
Arrangements were made by Gilbert Funeral Home Inc., Whitehall.