Frank S. Poswistilo

FRANK S. POSWISTILO, 100, died on November 10, 2026. He was born October 5,1926, to Steven and Anna Poswistilo (née Tomko), of West Easton, PA. He attended Livingston School across the street from the childhood home he shared with his parents and sisters Marian and Ann. His father Steven ran a beer distribution company in West Easton after having immigrated from Poland in 1914. Frank was one of the last living graduates of Easton High School’s Class of 1944. During World War II, Frank served with the U.S. Army in the Philippines and with the First Occupational Forces in Japan. Frank was discharged with the rank of Technical Sergeant in 1946. Frank earned a Senatorial Scholarship and attended Temple University and graduated with honors in 1949. He began working as an F.B.I. clerk and attended Temple Law School at night. He became an associate editor of the Temple Law Quarterly and graduated in 1952.

At Temple Law, Frank met fellow student Margaret “Peg” Holland of Philadelphia and married her on January 14th, 1956. They made their home in Easton and over the next six years became parents to Kathy, Margaret, Susan, Marianne and Stephen. In the early years family time included going to church at St. Michael’s on Sunday, badminton and barbecues in the back yard, visits to the Allentown Art Museum, Easton Library, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Zoo, and summer vacations everywhere from Cape Cod, MA to Ocean City, NJ. In 1972 Frank and Peg loaded the kids into a new Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon and made a cross-country road trip to visit Peg’s sister and family in Southern California. Frank and Peg also loved taking Sunday drives with the family, attending community events, visiting with friends and relatives, entertaining, dancing and antiquing. 

Frank served as President of the Easton Lions Club from 1961-1962 and for many years before and after as a member of its Board of Directors. During his term as President, a scholarship program based upon need was inaugurated. As a Lions Club Member, Frank also was involved as a driver for the Cornea Transplant Project and the Blind Bowlers League.

In 1954 Frank was appointed Solicitor of the Borough of Glendon and remained in that position for fifty-five years until 2009. In 1998 the Borough erected and dedicated a pavilion in his honor. From then on the Easton Lions Club frequently held its annual picnic at the “Poswistilo Pavilion” in Glendon. He also served as Solicitor, West Easton Fire Co, Solicitor, City of Easton’s Fireman’s Pension Fund, and Solicitor, Easton Emergency Squad. 

For many years Frank served on the Board of Governors of the Northampton County Bar Association, and in 1978 was elected President. He was a member of the Northampton County Board of Review from 1958 to 1970, an Assistant District Attorney from 1965-1967, a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates, and served for six years on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Procedure Rules Committee.

Civilly, Frank was past president of the former Easton Area Jaycees. He also contributed his time and talents to the Lehigh Valley Health Education Center, and the Forks of the Delaware United Fund. He was on the founding Board of Directors of the Weller Health Education Association and continued serving there many years. He was also on the Board of Directors of Holy Family Manor in Bethlehem from 1983 until resigning in 2013. For five years he served as the Northampton County Chairman of the Catholic Charities Appeal. He also kept busy with activities such as Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, the American Legion and VFW. 

Frank served as a lector at St. Michael’s and later as a lector and Eucharistic Minister at St. Jane’s when the main church was still located in Wilson Borough. He remembers one surprisingly snowy Easter morning he mistakenly wished the congregation “Merry Christmas” much to the chagrin of his teenagers sitting with Peg in one of the upfront pews.

Frank will be fondly remembered as a wonderful husband to Peg, to whom he was married for 61 years until her death in August of 2017. His older sister Marian Zemgulis died just weeks short of her 99th birthday in 2024. His sister Ann Parker died in 2016 at 87. Frank was preceded in death by his daughter Kathy, her son Kyle, and her husband Steve Roberts. He leaves behind Margaret, (husband Jeremiah Schnee), Susan, (husband Agron Alibali), Marianne, (husband Tom Turnbaugh), and Stephen (husband Steven DeLuca), grandsons Gregory Roberts, Joseph Alibali and Andrew Alibali. Frank was extremely fond and proud of his grandsons and of his many nieces and nephews.

Though Peg and nearly all of his friends preceded him in death, Frank was able to celebrate their memory and recall the wonderful times he shared with them over the years. He appreciated the many new friends he made over the past nine years at Country Meadows in Forks. Up until a few years ago, Frank loved to go to New York to see Broadway shows. Best of all he was able to stay interested in life even as he faced very old age. In October he celebrated his 100th Birthday with three different parties and was overwhelmed with the love and affection shown to him. He enjoyed the many visits with his adult children, in-laws and relatives, and was dining out with family at the Marblehead Chowderhouse as recently as last week. Frank treasured his family, faith, honesty, freedom, and striving to do his best. He will be remembered and missed by family and friends of all ages he made on earth.

A Viewing is scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Finegan Funeral Home, 4080 William Penn Highway, Easton, PA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM the following day, Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church, 4049 Hartley Avenue, Easton, PA. The Interment will follow at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Bethlehem Township, PA.