Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Oct 25, 2013

Lester L. Suydam, Jr. age 72 years, of Franklin Township, NJ, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at his home.

Born in Glen Gardner, NJ, March 31, 1941, son of the late Lester L. Suydam, Sr. and Elizabeth Schrimpe Suydam, he had resided in Hunterdon County all his life.

Les was a mechanic with Johanna Foods,...

Oct 23, 2013

William Moisio passed away October 23, 2013 at the age of 91.

Bill was born in Ashtabula, Ohio on August 13, 1922, the son of Emil and Maria Moisio. He began his career in shipping on the Great Lakes and served in the Merchant Marines on the North Atlantic during World War II. He graduated from the...

Oct 21, 2013

Lucia J. Ziemba, age 95 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, October 21, 2013, in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.

Born in Flemington, NJ, August 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Susan Miller Zanetti. She was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, residing in Raritan Township for over...

Oct 20, 2013

Jessie M. Hardy, age 75 years, of Phillipsburg, NJ, formerly of Quakertown, NJ, and Plainfield, NJ, died on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at her home.

Born in Georgia, August 10, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Mann Jones and Lottie Brown.

She was a former midwife and teacher, and was an avid candy...

Oct 20, 2013

Arlene Cooper, age 61 years, of Flemington, NJ, died and was born into Heaven on Sunday, October 20, 2013, in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ, January 17, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Artence and Mildred Sellers Cooper. She had resided in the Flemington area most of her life....

Oct 19, 2013

Tom Whitlock, age 56 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at home with his family after a courageous battle against cancer.

Tom will be dearly missed by his family. He was a kind hearted and supportive husband and father, a wonderful son and brother, and a special uncle.

Tom...

Oct 17, 2013

Grace Heininger, age 76 years, of Alpha, NJ, died on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at home.

Born in Somerville, NJ, she lived in Frenchtown, NJ for most of her life before moving to Alpha ten years ago. She retired from Hunterdon Medical Center where she worked as the switchboard operator and was known by nearly everyone in...

Oct 11, 2013

Andrew J. Stay, age 41 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Friday, October 11, 2013, at his home.

Born in Doylestown, PA, March 18, 1972, he was the son of Marie Tritt Stay of Nyack, NY and the late Donald Stay.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his brother, Douglas and his wife, Shelly,...

Oct 10, 2013

Ernest Reid, age 54 years, of Lambertville, NJ, formerly of Flemington, NJ, died on Thursday, October 10, 2013, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

He was a veteran of the United States Army.

He was born in Trenton, NJ, July 20, 1959. He was the son of Cora Victoria (Taylor) Moore and the...

Oct 10, 2013

Anna Mae Liskowacki, age 77 years, of Milford, NJ, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 peacefully at home with her family by her side.

She was the daughter of the late John and Emma Belford Ludwig of Ringoes, NJ and was a lifelong area resident.

She worked at the Flemington Coffee Shop for forty years...

Oct 8, 2013

Harriet R. Katz, age 83 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died October 8, 2013 at her home.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, May 4, 1930, daughter of the late Albert and Fannie Blattner Nadler, she had resided in the Flemington, NJ for the past three years before moving from Old Bridge, NJ.

She was pre-deceased by...

Oct 8, 2013

Edna Naticzak Strimple, age 88 years, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 in Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital, Pemberton Township, NJ.

Born in Chicago, IL, March 28, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Naticzak (nee Stoffa) and had lived in Franklin Township for the past eleven...

Oct 8, 2013

Wayne Finney, Jr., age 57 years, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 in Bethlehem, PA at his home.

Born on February 16, 1956 in McKeesport PA, he was the son of Lahrue Holland of Maiden, SC and Wayne Finney, Sr. of Casselberry, FL, he had lived for in Bethlehem for many years.

He was pre-deceased by...

Oct 7, 2013

George A. Nelsen, age 84 years, of Tewksbury Township, NJ, died on Monday, October 7, 2013, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Atlanta, GA, June 5, 1929, he was the son of the late George A. and Dorothy Ward Nelsen.

He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War....

Oct 7, 2013

Charlotte Lee McQuain Finigan, 72, of Ringoes, New Jersey, formerly of Rainelle WV, and Frankford Township NJ, passed away peacefully Monday, October 07, 2013, at her home following a short illness.

Born June 24, 1940 at Kessler, she was the daughter of the late Charles Roscoe, Sr., and Virginia Halsey McQuain.

Charlotte worked as a...

Oct 7, 2013

Robert Hennig, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, October 7, 2013 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in West New York, NJ, August 2, 1926, he was pre-deceased by his wife, Madelyn McCarthy Hennig in 2004.

Surviving are four children, Nancy Britting, Robert, Gerald and James Hennig and...

Oct 6, 2013

Pao-Jane Chen, age 91 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at her home, as a classical hymn was played on the piano by her grandson, Alex. She had a tear in her eye as she listened to the gentle music and went to be with God.

Born on November 29, 1921 in...

Oct 4, 2013

Susan Elizabeth Gdovin, age 101, died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Independence Manor, Raritan Township, surrounded by family.

Born in Ashley PA, she has lived for many years in the Flemington area, after retiring from Rheingold Brewing Company in East Orange NJ, where she worked as a Credit Clerk.

Predeceased by her parents, John and...

Sep 29, 2013

Robert A. Haug, age 91 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, September 29, 2013 in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ, where he had resided for the past year.

Born in Newark, NJ, November 5, 1921, son of the late Carl and Edna Haig Haug, he was a fifty-three year resident of Scotch Plains, NJ.

Sep 27, 2013

William G. McKnight, age 94 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, September 27, 2013 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Inverkip, Scotland, October 1, 1918, he had formerly served in the Scottish Merchant Marines.

His wife, Joan F. Bufano McKnight, died in 2010. Surviving are his three children: James...