[Note: I am not researching any of these families. Just posting this obit because it was on the same page as an obit I tracked down for an RAOGK request.]
The Morning Call Weekender
Allentown, PA
Tuesday, May 10, 1983
Mrs. Ruth A. Erkes, 76, of 628 N. 24th St., Allentown, died Monday in her home. She was the widow of Edward Erkes. She was a school teacher in the New Brunswick, N.J. School District for 23 years before retiring in 1976. Before that, she taught in the Allentown School District for several years. Born in Hazleton, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Rose (Schlang) Shupack. She was a member of Temple Beth El, Allentown. Surviving are a daughter Rochelle, wife of Michael Goldstein of Dayton, Ohio; two sisters, Frieda, wife of Milton Modell, and Kathryn, wife of Philip Cohen, both in Florida, and three grandchildren. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (today) in the Bachman Funeral Home, 1030 Walnut St., Allentown.