Patricia (Walp) Walp

Patricia Walp, 61, of Sugarloaf, passed away early Monday morning, July 17, 2023, at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, following a brief illness. 

 Born in Hazleton, January 22, 1962, she was the daughter of the late Harlen and Grace (Altieri) Walp and spent the past 23 years in Sugarloaf, after moving from Conyngham, Hazleton

 Patricia was a 1980 graduate of Hazleton High School.  She was a Cafeteria Supervisor for Hazleton Area School District, having worked at West Hazleton, Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences, and Valley Elementary.  Patricia was very active in Air Force Moms Groups and was a member of the Golden Jubilee, which raises money for the Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study.  She loved nature and animals, bird watching, and swimming in her pool, her serenity. 

 Surviving are her two daughters Tina Busch and her companion Silvio Lopez, Zion Grove; and Shannon Busch and her wife Emily, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY; a brother Albert Walp, Queens, NY; three sisters, Virginia Walp, Clarks Summit; Deborah Burger and her husband Pat, Clarks Summit; and Barbara Gombeda and her husband Dave, Hazleton; a niece Lauren Gombeda, Hazleton; four fur-grandchildren, Harvey, Kronk, Bourbon, and Duck; and her longtime best friends, Debbie Calucci, Bernie Gogola and Carmella Pretti. 

Her funeral will be held privately at the convenience of the family.  Harman Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc. (East), 669 West Butler Drive, Drums, assisted the family with the arrangements.

 Memorial donations may be made to Hazleton Animal Shelter, PO Box 481, Hazleton, PA 18201 or to The Wounded Warrior, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or online at www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate. 

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