Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Joseph Ziegler
Nov 23, 2016
Joseph Ziegler, age 103 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at his home.
Born Tuesday, December 24, 1912, in Duranst, Germany, son of the late Baptist and Anna Scheider Ziegler, he came to the United States in 1936 and resided in Brooklyn, NY. A butcher, he came to Hunterdon County with his family...
Richard Thomas Canfield
Nov 23, 2016
Richard Thomas Canfield, 82, of Ringoes, New Jersey died unexpectedly on November 23, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife Roberta Perrin Canfield and his devoted children and their spouses: Alison and Dominic Oliverio of Jamaica Plain, MA, Brian and Kellie Neet of Corvallis, OR, Jennifer and Tim Brokaw of Lincoln, VT, and Paul and Amy Casavant of...
Ruth A. Melbourn
Nov 22, 2016
Ruth A. Melbourn, age 96 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at her home.
Born in Ringoes, NJ, November 9, 1920, daughter of the late George and Harrietta Brewer Bateman, she had resided in Ringoes all her life.
Ruth was a 1938 graduate of Flemington High School and was employed by Somerset...
Alexandra M. Curtis
Nov 20, 2016
Alexandra "Elsie" M. Curtis, age 92 years, of Rosemont, NJ, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, in Sunrise Senior Living, Lower Makefield Township, PA.
Born in Newark, NJ, October 19, 1924, she had resided in Rosemont most of her life where she farmed with her late husband, Foster Curtis, who died in 1993. She and her late husband...
Phyllis S. Goodwin
Nov 20, 2016
Phyllis S. Goodwin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 27th of March 1919 and died in Sergeantsville, New Jersey on the 20th of November 2016.
Her parents Florence and Phillip Schmid had two other children Milne and Jack, all have predeceased Phyllis. Phyllis graduated from Alexis I. DuPont High School in 1938. In 1939 she worked...
Evelyn Marie Manfredi
Nov 20, 2016
Evelyn Marie Manfredi, age 86 years, died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Clinton Township, NJ.
Born August 15, 1930, in Bound Brook NJ, Evelyn was the daughter of the late William and Evelyn Martin. She resided in the Flemington area for more than 40 years.
A homemaker, Evelyn cherished the...
Jane Ann Bortz Olivo
Nov 19, 2016
Jane Ann Bortz Olivo, age 84, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Foothill Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hillsborough NJ. Jane lived in Bound Brook for many years and she has been a resident of Hillsborough since 1958.
Born June 19, 1932 in Forty Fort PA, Jane was the daughter of the late Jane and William...
John Daniel Wood
Nov 13, 2016
John Daniel “Dan” Wood of Flemington, NJ, died Sunday November 13, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Sheryl L. (nee Jemison) and devoted father to Stephanie, Michelle, and John and father-in-law to Christopher Polley. He was an adoring Papa to Katharine Polley. Dan was the dear son of Martin Daniel Wood Jr. (deceased) and Elizabeth Ann Axmear (nee...
Mable R. Lewis
Nov 9, 2016
FRENCHTOWN - Mable R. Lewis, age 89, died Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at her home in Frenchtown where she’s lived for more than 56 years.
Born November 19, 1926, in Wickatunk (Monmouth County) NJ, Mable was the daughter of the late Wilbur F. and Mabel R. (Smock) Sprague. As a child of the Great Depression, she moved...
Joseph Patrick Kenna
Nov 8, 2016
Joseph Patrick Kenna, age 61 years, of Flemington, NJ, died November 8, 2016 in Somerville, NJ.
Born in Queens, New York, May 24, 1955, he was the son of the late Joseph D. and Francis M. Kenna.
Joseph was a Registered Pharmacist working in retail pharmacy for A&P.
Surviving are his two sons...
James John Bassett, Jr.
Nov 4, 2016
James John Bassett, Jr., age 90 years a 46-year resident of Ringoes NJ, passed away at home on Thursday, November 4, 2016 of natural causes.
Born in Brooklyn NY on August 28, 1926, he was the son of the late James John Sr. and Esther (Kearney) Bassett. James grew up in the Mount Horeb section of Martinsville...
Walter Unorski
Nov 4, 2016
PITTSTOWN NJ - Walter Unorski, age 82 years, died Friday, November 4, 2016 at his home in Franklin Township, surrounded by his family. Born January 12, 1934, on the family farm in Pittstown, he was the son of the late Emil and Joann (Kemps) Unorski and was a resident of Pittstown his entire life.
Walter was a...
Philip Martin Levine
Nov 3, 2016
Philip Martin Levine, age 70 years, of Raritan Township (Flemington), NJ, died peacefully of natural causes on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at his home.
Born in Paterson, NJ, September 20, 1946, he was the son of the late Louis and Celia Sonnenberg Levine.
Phil was the owner of Philip M. Levine Life and Health Insurance,...
Oksana Zemlachenko
Nov 2, 2016
Oksana Zemlachenko, age 57 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, reposed and passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 surrounded by her loving husband and children.
Born in Plainfield, NJ, September 17, 1959, she was the daughter of Wasyl and Anna Laszeniuk of Somerset, NJ.
Oksana was a graduate of Piscataway High...
Leonard A. Frederick
Nov 2, 2016
MILFORD – Leonard Alan Frederick died at home on Nov. 2, 2016. He was 65.
He was born in 1951 in Perth Amboy to John and Anne Skibinski Frederick and attended school there, graduating from Perth Amboy High School in 1968.
During his freshman year, he met Elaine Bodi in the high school chorus. Their...
Marie Varadi Dickenson
Nov 1, 2016
Marie Varadi Dickenson, age 83 years, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at her home in Raritan Township NJ.
Born March 6, 1933, in Elizabeth NJ, Marie was the daughter of the late Frank and Nancy (Minotta) Larate. She was raised and lived in Rahway until eventually moving to Hunterdon County nearly 30 years ago. She lived in...
Kathryn Lambert Polhemus
Nov 1, 2016
Kathryn Lambert Polhemus, age 102 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Flemington, NJ.
Born in Lambertville, NJ, May 22, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Artman and Elizabeth Snyder Lambert.
A lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, Mrs. Polhemus was a 1932 graduate of Flemington High School...
Edna E. Haines
Oct 28, 2016
Edna E. Haines, age 88 years, of the Cherryville section of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died on Friday, October 28, 2016 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Cherryville, NJ, September 29, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Florence Kaffitz Peterman. She was a lifelong resident of Cherryville.
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Kenneth W. Gulick
Oct 27, 2016
Kenneth W. Gulick, age 84 years, died Thursday, October 27, 2016, at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ.
Ken was born in Doylestown PA on May 27, 1932, son of the late Ernest and Elsie Cline Gulick, and was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County NJ.
He was a US Army veteran of the...
Claire A. Dilley
Oct 25, 2016
Claire A. Dilley, age 84 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Bayonne, NJ, March 9, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Harry L. and Anne Kunkel Snarke. She had resided in Flemington since 1960.
Claire retired from the Business...
