Kathryn Bolig Obituary

            Kathryn Ann Bolig, formerly of Hilltown, PA, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at Pennsburg Manor, Pennsburg, PA.  She was 88.

            She was the loving wife of the late William Donald Bolig until his passing on April 6, 2022.

            Born in Walnutport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Lillian I. (Schoenly) Eckert.  She was a 1954 graduate of Sell-Perk High School, Perkasie, PA.

            Mrs. Bolig worked in the Classified Ad Department for the Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA for over 20 years until her retirement in 2006.  Prior to that, she worked as a seamstress for the Royal Pants Factory and H & F Dress Factory, both in Perkasie. 

            She was an active and dedicated member of Grace Bible Fellowship Church, Quakertown and a former member of St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kellers Church, PA, where she taught Sunday and Bible School.  In her free time, she enjoyed sewing and making cards, but most of all, she loved spending time with and taking care of her family.

            She is survived by her four children, Deborah J. McMain, of Whitehall, PA, Ronald C. Lear and his wife Louise, of Telford, PA and Sandra M.McQuail, of Sellersville, PA Patricia L. Weaver and her husband Harry, of Center Valley, PA and Barbara Ann Bolig and her companion, Charles Claussen, of Bergenfield, NJ; two Stepchildren, Timothy Bolig, of Lancaster, PA and Linda Snyder and her husband Vincent, of Topton, PA; 14 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren; two brothers, Sterling Eckert and his wife Carolyn, of Quakertown, PA and John Eckert and his wife Sandra, of Gravett, AR and two sisters, Janet Gruver, of Telford, PA and Susan Petticoffer, of Perkasie, PA.

            In addition to her parents, She was preceded in death by a stepson, William Russell Bolig and a stepdaughter, Lois Bolig; a son-in-law, Kevin T. McQuail; six brothers and sisters, Emanuel Eckert and his wife Bonnie, Mary Ellen Hager and her husband Herbert, Jean Eckert, Janice Myers and her husband Gerald, her twin sister, Kathleen Herstine and her husband LeRoy and Willard Eckert, Jr., in infancy; and two brothers-in-law, Craig Petticoffer, and Lester Gruver.

            Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at the Suess-Gahman Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie, PA, where family and friends may call from 9:30 to 11:00 AM.  Interment will follow in Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hilltown, PA.

            In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Bible fellowship Church, 1818 Old Bethlehem Road, Quakertown, PA  18951 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

            Arrangements are by the Suess-Gahman Funeral Home, Perkasie, PA.