Margaret A Fortunato

Margaret A. Fortunato, 77, of Allentown, PA, formerly of Phillipsburg, N.J., died October 11, 2019.

Born August 12, 1942 in Easton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence J. and Adele Ida (Tooma) Fortunato.

Margaret was a former legal secretary for Pennsylvania State Rep. James Prendergast and Attorney Robert Ellwood in Phillipsburg, NJ. She was also an administrative assistant at Foster-Wheeler, Clinton, N.J.

She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Phillipsburg, where she was a former member of the church council and served on the building committee. She was also a member of St. Philip and St. James Church’s Over-Fifties Club.

Survivors include her son, Larry and his wife, Lori of Salisbury Township, PA; three sisters, Carol Nickey (Henry), Patricia Smull (John) and Laura Szabo (James) and two grandchildren, Carly and Nicholas Fortunato.

A Celebration of Life service will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 23, 2019 in St. John’s Lutheran Church, 278 Chambers St, Phillipsburg, N.J. Burial will be private. Funeral arrangements: Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St, Phillipsburg, N.J. www.noto-wynkoop.com.

In lieu of flowers and cards, donations towards burial expenses can be made to Larry Fortunato, care of the funeral home.

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