Carmela Rose Stephenson, 90, died Sept. 28, 2021, at Sacred Heart Senior Living, Northampton, where she resided. She was formerly married to the late Donald M. Stephenson.

Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Felix and Anna (Parenti) Marrongelle.

She was a sales clerk at Zollinger’s and later as an office assistant at Stoneridge OB-GYN.

She is survived by two daughters, Ann Marie and her husband Joseph Frankl and Carol and her husband Barry Robb; four sons, Donald and his wife Patricia, Michael and his wife Andrea, Gregory and his wife Andi and Timothy and his wife Alison; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nieces; and nephews.

There will be a calling hour 10 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian burial 11 a.m., Oct. 8 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 618 Fullerton Ave., Whitehall.

Contributions may be presented to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, office of philanthropy, P.O. Box 1883, Allentown, 18105-9988; or to your local library.

Arrangements were made by Gilbert Funeral Home Inc., Whitehall.