Published September 12. 2025 08:46AM
						 
					
										
                                    
                St. John’s Lutheran Church member
                Mary Ellen Laub, 77, of Northampton, died June 12, 2025, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg.
                She was a daughter of the late Alfred and Anna (Ludwig) Gartner.
                She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coplay.
                She is survived by two sons, Thomas with wife Natalie of Land of Lakes, Fla., and Scott of Bethlehem; four siblings, Darlene Wolf, Thomas Gartner, Nancy Recker and Denise Gartner; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
                She was predeceased by a brother, David Gartner; and a sister, Jane A. Wechsler.
                Services were private at the convenience of the family.
                Arrangements were made by Gilbert Funeral Home Inc., Whitehall.