Published June 10. 2020 12:00AM
Robert M. Mendelson, 94, of Lower Macungie Township, died June 1, 2020, at Country Meadows of Allentown. He was the husband of Betty (Rosenthal) Mendelson for the past 63 years. Born in Newark, N.J., he was the son of the late Israel and Martha (Bartenow) Mendelson.
He was a chemical engineer for 35 years last working for RCA.
He received both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.
He was a United States Navy veteran serving during World War II.
He was a member of Temple Beth El, Allentown.
He is survived by his loving wife; daughters, Mona and her husband, Russell Kaufman and Jan and her husband, Glenn Ehrich; grandchildren, Naomi and her husband, Daniel Saks, Noah Ehrich, Daniel Kaufman and his wife, Samantha and Mia Kaufman; a great-granddaughter, Michaela Saks.
Contributions may be made to Temple Beth El, 1305 Springhouse Road, Allentown, 18104 or the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, 702 N. 22nd St., Allentown, 18104.
Services are private. Arrangements entrusted to the Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Allentown.
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