Mary Ann C. (Dancs) Milkowich, died Jan. 16, 2019, at her home in Bethlehem. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Rezsek) Dance. She was the wife of the late James H. Milkowich for 48 years.

She was a 1964 graduate of Kutztown University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree.

She was a kindergarten teacher in the Allentown School District for five years. Later, she taught first grade at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena School, Diocese of Allentown, for twenty-three years before she retired in 2001.

She is survived by a son, James P. and his wife Dawn of Shoreham, N.Y.; a daughter, Kathleen M., and her husband Steven B. Roosa of Langhorne; a sister, Jolan and her husband Stanley Hirshenhorn of Blue Bell; five grandsons, Justin, Zachary, Matthew, Vincent and Jason; and two step-granddaughters, Grace and Mary.

Contributions may be sent to Animals in Distress or to the American Heart Association, c/o the funeral home, 2119 Washington Ave., Northampton, 18067.

Arrangements were made by Schisler Funeral Home Inc., Northampton.