Gloria L. Finkbeiner, 89, of Bushkill Township, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 in Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg. She was the wife of the late Warren Curtis Finkbeiner, who died in 1987.

Born in Easton, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Alice (Bowers) Lambert. Gloria was a 1951 graduate of Bangor High School. She worked in the Film Library at the Colonial IU School for 5 years and enjoyed 10 years in the Pre-School at Dryland UCC. Gloria liked crafts, putting puzzles together, reading, outings with her family and short travel trips.

Survivors: Children, Cynthia A. Haldeman of Bangor, Nancy Mineo and her husband Richard of Nazareth, Steven Finkbeiner of Bethlehem, Fred Gary Finkbeiner and his wife Deborah of Center Valley, Jacquelyn Finkbeiner of Nazareth and Gregory Finkbeiner and his wife Connie of Saylorsburg; 6 grandchildren, Kaitlyn Haldeman, Cara Mineo Corona, Elyse Mineo, Brooke Finkbeiner, Gabrielle Finkbeiner and Gretchen Finkbeiner; 2 nieces and 3 nephews.

Gloria was preceded in death by a grandson Joseph Mineo and sisters Yvonne Hettenbach and Winifred Snyder.

Services: At the request of Gloria's family, interment at Greenwood Cemetery will be private.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Schmidt Funeral Home, PC in Nazareth.

Contributions: in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Center for Animal Health & Welfare, 1165 Island Park Road, Easton, PA 18042 or to the American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231.

Expressions of sympathy may be offered at schmidtfuneralhomepc.com.