Dr. John D. Werley, 92, formerly of Palmer Township, died Friday, January 10, 2020 in Moravian Hall Square, Nazareth.
Born March 21, 1927 in Reading, he was a son of the late Dr. Walter W. Werley and Martha Washington (Hook) Werley. His wife, Annette E. (Eisenbrown) Werley died in 2010.
Dr. Werley was a radiologist at Easton Hospital from 1958 to 1987 where he was a co-founder of the x-ray technician training program and established the Nuclear Medicine Department. He was also a radiologist for Redi-Care Medical Centers from 1986 to 1998. He served in the Navy during WWII, graduated from Albright College in 1950 and Jefferson Medical College in 1954 where he was a member of Theta Kappa Psi and Kappa Beta Phi. He served his Internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Reading and his Residency in Radiology at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Reading and St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was Board Certified in Nuclear Medicine. He and his brother, Dr. Charles Werley, launched a fund to introduce the polio vaccine in the Lehigh Valley. He was a board member of Valley Federal and Sovereign banks, a 20+ year board member at Northampton Country Club where he was a member of the Board of Governors, the Greens Committee and was General Golf Chairman. He served on the Board of the Lehigh Valley American Cancer Society and American Lung Association and the Executive Committee of the Doctors Golf Association of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Northampton County Medical Society, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American College of Medical Imaging, Pennsylvania College of Nuclear Medicine, Pennsylvania Radiology Society, Past President of American Society of Radiologists and Pathologists and Charter Member of Society of Nuclear Medicine. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and of the Moravian Hall Square Choir.
Surviving are two daughters, Betsy Werley and her husband, Robert Plows and Wendy Barth and her husband, David; a son, Mark Werley and his wife, Pamela; four grandchildren, Michael Werley, Zachary Werley, Stephen Barth and his wife, Carmen Lujan Cano and Alex Barth and his wife, Kayleigh Galliher.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 am on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in Moravian Hall Square, Kortz Hall, 175 W. North St., Nazareth. A visitation will be held from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday in the Ashton Funeral Home, 1337 Northampton St., Easton.
Memorial contributions may be made to Outer Banks Forever, https://obxforever.org, The Children’s Home of Easton, http://thechildrenshome.org, or Moravian Hall Square – Staff Advancement Fund, c/o Morningstar Senior Living, Inc., 175 W North St., Nazareth, PA, 18064.
Offer online condolences at www.AshtonFuneralHome.com.
