Melvin Z. Bretz

Melvin Z. Bretz 
July 11, 2024 

Melvin Z. Bretz, 73, of S. Goodspring Rd., Hegins, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024 in the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. 

Born on October 15, 1950 in New Cumberland, he was a son of the late Franklin German and Naomi Zerbe Bretz and husband Ernest Bretz. 

He was a 1968 graduate of Pine Grove High School. 

Melvin was a laborer and most recently worked for Waste Management. 

He had been a member of the Hegins Jaycees. He loved to collect cars, especially mustangs and liked to work on junk cars. Two specific vehicles that he had and worked on were a wrecker and a rollback.  He also liked old westerns, especially John Wayne, watching wrestling on tv and cooking on the grill. 

Preceding him in death were his granddaughter, Holly Ann Madenford; his twin brother, Franklin Z. Bretz on May 4, 2024 and his wife Carol on July 10, 2024; and two sisters, Lorna Mae Bretz and Ona Renee Shartle. 

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Cathy Reinoehl Bretz; a daughter, Amy and husband Scott Dawson of Pine Grove; a granddaughter, Misty and husband Josh Krammes of Pine Grove; two sisters, Zora and husband Wendell Fabian of Wexford, Cora and husband John Shenk of Pine Grove; nieces and nephews. 

Memorial Services will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. from the H. L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., Pine Grove, with John Ries officiating. There will be a visitation on Thursday, July 18, 2024 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Salem Hetzel's Cemetery, Pine Grove. 

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer contributions be made to the Hegins Area Ambulance Association, 352 Gap St., Valley View, Pa. 17983 in his memory. 

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