Obituaries

Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Emily E. Fitzer

Emily E. Fitzer

Sep 11, 2014

Emily E. Fitzer, age 71 years, of East Bangor, PA, died on Thursday, September 11, 2014 in St. Luke's Hospice House, Lower Saucon Township, PA.

Born in Kingwood Township, NJ, December 20, 1942, daughter of the late Louis Godown, Sr. and Louise Van Horn Godown, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County resident prior to moving to PA...

Christopher B. Mone

Christopher B. Mone

Sep 10, 2014

Christopher B. Mone, age 51 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in New Brunswick, NJ, February 15, 1963, he had formerly resided in Weston FL. A self-employed optician, he was licensed in New Jersey and in Florida and was a member of the Florida State...

Ida M. Kemble

Ida M. Kemble

Sep 6, 2014

Ida M. Kemble, age 91 years, of West Amwell Township, NJ, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Lambertville, NJ, May 10, 1923, daughter of the late Peter and Catherine Provenzano Martino, she resided most of her life in West Amwell Township.

Ida was formerly employed...

Diane M. Friedenthal

Diane M. Friedenthal

Sep 5, 2014

Diane M. Friedenthal, age 62 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on Friday, September 5, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ, December 13, 1951, daughter of Theodore Twardowski and the late Margaret Schaller Twardowski, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County, NJ resident.

Diane was a bakery worker at Stop...

Joseph F. Kleczynski

Joseph F. Kleczynski

Sep 1, 2014

Joseph F. Kleczynski, age 80, of Flemington, NJ, died on Monday, September 1, 2014 at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Shamokin, PA, on April 5, 1934, he was the son of the late Albert and Nellie Kleczynski. Joe retired in 1997 after 36 years of teaching mathematics at Hunterdon Central High School, where he...

Dorothy Clark

Dorothy Clark

Aug 31, 2014

Dorothy Clark, age 83 years of Bound Brook, NJ, died Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Somerset, Somerville, NJ.

Born in Trenton, NJ, December 26, 1930, daughter of the late John and Marion Coulter Fort Reigle, she was a homemaker.

Dorothy had resided in Bound Brook, NJ, for the past two...

Ruth L. Smith

Ruth L. Smith

Aug 31, 2014

Ruth L. Smith, age 81, died, Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Independence Manor in Raritan Township, NJ.

Born October 16, 1932 in Lyndhurst, NJ, daughter of the late Frederick and Helen (Jachowski) Yockman, Ruth was raised in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx, NY. She married the late Joseph Smith and they moved to Jersey City,...

Arlene Anne Graper

Arlene Anne Graper

Aug 31, 2014

Arlene Anne Graper, of East Amwell Township, NJ, passed away at home on Sunday, August 31, 2014.

Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Kathleen McGuire Schember. She grew up in Lyndhurst,NJ. She was a graduate of Montclair State College and was a Professor at Raritan Valley Community College, St....

Carolyn Polhemus

Carolyn Polhemus

Aug 30, 2014

Carolyn Polhemus, age 99 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died Saturday,August 30, 2014, in Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Wertsville, NJ, May 4, 1915, daughter of the late Jonathan and Hellena Drake Voorhees, she had resided in Hunterdon County most of her life and,at one time, resided in Pennsylvania for ten years.

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Ruth V. Collins

Ruth V. Collins

Aug 28, 2014

Ruth V. Collins, age 96 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, August 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Anne Smith and John King.

Ruth retired as an underwriter from Crum and Foster Insurance Company. She...

Mildred Taylor

Mildred Taylor

Aug 25, 2014

Mildred Taylor, widow of the late Dr. Irving W. Taylor of Scotch Plains, NJ passed away early on Monday, August 25, 2014, in Newtown, PA.

Born October 15, 1926, Mildred had a career as a medical technologist, a market researcher and later as a computer program sales associate.

For many years she was an active...

Elizabeth Austin "Cam" Atkinson

Elizabeth Austin "Cam" Atkinson

Aug 23, 2014

Elizabeth "Cam" Atkinson, age 67 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at her home.

Born in Tuxedo, NY, April 27, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Benson and Elizabeth Halsted Austin. She was a longtime resident of Tewksbury Township, NJ before moving to Raritan Township.

She was a...

Mary Ann Thomas

Mary Ann Thomas

Aug 21, 2014

Mary Ann Thomas, age 88, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ.

Mary was born August 29, 1925 in Irvington, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Emilia (Dolch) Hildner. She worked for many years as a School Aide at St. Ann’s School in Newark, NJ. She was...

Margaret E. Goetz

Margaret E. Goetz

Aug 21, 2014

Margaret E. Goetz, age 84, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.

Born September 6, 1929 in Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine (Bonner) Goetz. Margaret retired as a Supervisor from New York Telephone in Massapequa, NY.

In addition to her parents,...

Delbert D. Keyes

Delbert D. Keyes

Aug 21, 2014

Delbert Keyes, age 98 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

He was born in Carbondale, PA, November 7, 1915, son of the late Miner and Agnes McMyne Keyes. He had formerly resided in Irvington, NJ.

He was a retired sheet metal fabricator...

Kevin Cunningham

Kevin Cunningham

Aug 19, 2014

Kevin Cunningham, age 54 years, of Huntington, VT, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.

Born April 27, 1960, Kevin grew up in Flemington, NJ and was a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School.

Kevin attended the University of Vermont and had resided in Vermont ever since.

Surviving are his wife, Sandy...

Joan Callahan

Joan Callahan

Aug 19, 2014

Joan Callahan, age 90 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Butler, PA, June 30, 1924, daughter of the late Morgan J. and Loretta Askey Callahan, she had resided in Hunterdon County, NJ since the early 1940's.

A United States Navy...

Beatrice M. Barad

Beatrice M. Barad

Aug 18, 2014

Beatrice Miriam Barad (nee Krival) died on Monday, 18 August at her Delaware Township home in the loving company of her husband and daughter. She was 91.

Known as “Bea” to family and friends, she was a graduate of Hunter College and the only one of her siblings born in the United States. She married Dr. Gerald...

Carole Stieglitz

Carole Stieglitz

Aug 17, 2014

Carole Stieglitz, age 71 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, August 17, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Rahway, NJ, October 15, 1942 and growing up in Linden, NJ she was the daughter of the late Jake and Rose Shirling Tannenbaum. Carole had resided in Raritan Township for the past...

Mark Edward Robbins

Mark Edward Robbins

Aug 14, 2014

Mark Edward Robbins, age 56 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Madison, WI, October 22, 1957, son of the late George Warren and Helen Edith Heisman Robbins, he had resided in the area since 1993, having formerly lived in Boonton, NJ and Mountain...

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