Published November 05. 2018 11:00PM
Grace K. Fella, 94, of Katy, Texas, and formerly of Bethlehem, died Oct. 24, 2018, while in the care of The Grace Care Center of Katy. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Margaret (Kline) Kelly. She was the wife of the late Edward S. Fella for 48 years.
She was a 1942 Hellertown High School graduate.
She was in the U. S. Army during World War II.
She was a bookkeeper at Fella Studios; she and her husband purchased, from his brother, the Calvin and Fella Studio, Allentown. She worked there until she retired.
She was a former member of Holy Ghost R. C. Church, Bethlehem.
She is survived by a daughter, Edith “Dee” and her husband Michael Pankonien of Katy, Texas; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a stepdaughter, Diane and her husband John Miller of Moorsville, N.C.; nieces; and nephews.
She was predeceased by a son, Terry Robertson; five sisters, Beatrice Dougherty, Marguerite Schrantz, Dorothy Bauder, Betty Dimmich and Katherine Yons; and two brothers, Francis Kelly and Joseph Kelly.
Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., seventh floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.
Arrangements were made by James Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.
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