Mrs. Valerio retired from the Food Service Department of Neshaminy School District after lovingly serving the students and staff of Ferderbar Elementary School. She was an active member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She enjoyed helping others, such as crocheting 300 blankets for Abington Hospital patients. Thelma touched the lives of everyone she met.
Thelma was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Anthony Valerio. She was the devoted mother of Virginia (Rev. Lawrence) Guenzel of Lansdale and Shirley Knauth of Feasterville; the loving grandmother of Rebecca (Michael) Pallante of Lindenwold, NJ, JoAnne (Matthew) Cariola of Feasterville, PA and John A. (Krystal) Knauth of Westminster, MD., and great-grandmother of Isabella and Julianna Cariola, Hope, Alia, and Luke Knauth.
Relatives and friends are invited to her memorial service Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Street & Churchville Road, Southampton, PA. The interment will be held privately at Washington Crossing National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Thelma’s name may be made to St. Mary Medical Center Foundations, 1207 Langhorne-Newtown Road, Langhorne, PA 19047 or Lutherans for Life, 1101 5th Street, Nevada, IA 50201-1816.
Arrangements by the Wm. Rowen Grant Funeral Home, Southampton, PA.
