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Lou has been working in Funeral Service for the last 26 years starting part time, working as a driver and parking attendant while briefly in college. A former seminarian and priesthood candidate and later a caseworker for Northampton County DHS, Children & Youth Division, he is a 1985 graduate of Allentown College of St. Francis De Sales (now DeSales University) and later attended the former Mary Immaculate Seminary for 3 years leaving religious life in 1989 . After graduating 1996 from Northampton Community College with a degree in Funeral Service, he became a licensed Funeral Director in 1997. Lou is very active in the community. He is a former parishioner of Holy Ghost R. C. Church, where he was a Eucharistic Minister and Lector and currently a parishioner of Assumption BVM Parish, Bethlehem, and serves as a lector and volunteers on various committees.
Lou is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), a Third Degree Knight of Columbus and recently received Knighthood in the Equestrian Order of the Knights of The Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Lou has also served on various boards and organizations. He is past president of the Eastern PA Funeral Director's Association (2005), served on the board of FACT (Fighting AIDS Continuously Together), and President of the South Bethlehem Historical Society (2018-2021).
In his spare time, Lou enjoys time with his family and friends, going to Rehoboth Beach Delaware, Camping, and taking trips to Ireland, where he has also run small group tours of the country. An animal lover, Lou has been involved in Italian Greyhound Rescue, as well as the Center for Animal Health and Welfare.