Published March 11. 2020 12:00AM
Claudia Watson, 76, of Macungie, died Feb. 21, 2020. She was the beloved wife of Raymond Lee Watson. They celebrated 41 years of marriage last September. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Anastasia (Schwoyer) Deutsch.
She was a graduate of Allentown Central Catholic High School in 1962 and the LPN program at Northampton Community College.
She worked as a private duty nurse, and prior to that, worked for the former Pantry Pride grocery stores in Quakertown and Allentown.
She served as a volunteer with Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley. In 1992, she opened Hair Etc. salon in Lower Macungie.
She enjoyed restoring her old farmhouse, traveling, reading, gardening, hosting family picnics and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband; children: Andrea and her husband, Dean Galli of Macungie, Tracy, widow of Terry Kresley, of Salisbury Township and Rebecca and her husband, Bryan Ebert, of Lansdale; grandchildren: Matthew and Mason Kresley, Kaitlyn and Mackenzie Galli and Leo Ebert; great-grandchildren, Kamren and Kemma Kresley; siblings, Charles Deutsch, of Laurys Station, Bernice Smith and Donald Deutsch, both of Allentown and Dolores Reaman, of Whitehall. She was predeceased by her sisters, Mildred Auman, Mary Wingert and Anna Snyder.
Contributions may be made to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation.
Arrangements were made by the Falk Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc., Pennsburg.
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