Stephen J. Gratzel

Stephen J. Gratzel, formally of Northampton, Pa., died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, in Schervier Pavilion Nursing Home in Warwick. He was 96.

He was the husband of Ethel D. (Frumolt) Gratzel.

Born July 19, 1917, in Northampton, he was the son of Anthony and Anna (Ressler) Gratzel.

Stephen was the owner and operator of Gratzel’s Bakery in Teaneck, N.J., for 30 years.

He honorably served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was a member of the Catholic War Veterans Post 454 of Northampton, Pa., and the VFW Post 8441 of Vernon, N.J.

Also, he was a third-degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council 2586 in Teaneck, New Jersey and a member of the Young at Heart Senior Group in Northampton.

Survivors include wife Ethel; sons Stephen J. Gratzel Jr. and his wife Noreen of Warwick, Robert J. Gratzel and his wife Rene of Red Hook, New York and Christopher Gratzel and his wife Christine of Warwick; daughters Patricia J. Camarillo and her husband Edward of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Constance A. Kney and her husband Kevin of Rockford, Ill., and Gail M. Gratzel of Riverdale, N.J.; brother Paul Gratzel and his wife Mary of Toms River, N.J., and 15 grandchildren.

A Burial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in the Queenship of Mary Church, 1324 Newport Ave., Northampton. Pa.

Family and friends may call Friday 6 from 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Reichel Funeral Home, 326 E. 21st St., Northampton, Pa.

Memorials contributions may be presented to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or Queenship of Mary Church c/o the Reichel Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be expressed at reichelfuneralhome.com.