Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Carlton Nichols Frost
Mar 1, 2012
Carlton Frost, age 78 years, of Clinton, NJ, died on Thursday, March 1, 2012, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Far Hills, NJ, February 19, 1934, he was the son of the late William and Emily Conklin Frost. He had resided in Clinton for over forty years.
He was a retired...
Catherine Raymonds
Mar 1, 2012
Catherine Raymonds, age 94 years, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died on Thursday, March 1, 2012 surrounded by her family in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Ashley, PA, October 31, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John and Susan Pavuk Gdovin.
Catherine was the beloved wife of the...
Lois Strouse Danberry
Feb 26, 2012
Lois Strouse Danberry, age 93 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at her home.
Born in Flemington, NJ, March 18, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Dennis and Blanche Alvater Strouse. She lived most of her life in Ringoes, NJ.
She was a graduate of Flemington High...
Anna Madeline Dombrowski
Feb 25, 2012
Anna Madeline Dombrowski, age 102 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, February 25, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Queens, NY, June 30, 1909, daughter of the late John and Caroline Kundrotas Dombrowski, she had resided in Raritan Township since 2005, having formerly spent her life in the Woodside and...
Nicholas J. Minginourch
Feb 25, 2012
Nicholas J. Minginourch, age 95 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at his home.
Born in Cliffside Park, NJ, October 2, 1916, son of the late Ivan John and Anastasia Minginourch, he had resided in Kingwood Township since the 1950's, having formerly lived in Cliffside Park, NJ.
A United States...
A. Helen Austin
Feb 25, 2012
A. Helen Austin, age 92 years, of the Copper Hill section of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at her residence.
Born in Bristol, CT, May 8, 1919, daughter of the late John and Matilda Comm Redman, she had resided in Raritan Township, NJ for the past forty-eight years.
She was a...
John Arthur Savarino
Feb 20, 2012
John Arthur Savarino, age 64 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, February 20, 2012 in Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, PA.
Born in Melrose, MA, July 30, 1947, son of Rola Bucci Savarino of Melrose, MA and the late Arthur Savarino, he had resided in Raritan Township, NJ since 1984, having previously lived in Mobile,...
Helen Jean Catanio
Feb 17, 2012
Helen Jean Catanio, age 88 years, of Clover Hill, NJ, died on Friday, February 17, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Clover Hill, NJ, April 22, 1923, daughter of the late Earl and Olive Dilts Lane, she had moved back to Hunterdon County in 2011, having spent many years in Port St....
John R. Dedreu
Feb 17, 2012
John R. Dedreu, age 67 years, of Whitehouse Station, NJ, died on Friday, February 17, 2012 in the Easton Nursing Center, Easton, PA.
Born in Jersey City, NJ, July 11, 1944, son of the late Edward and Doris Dedreu, he had resided in Whitehouse Station since 2011, having formerly lived in Toms River, NJ.
A...
Gerald Barclay "Jerr Cervenka
Feb 16, 2012
Gerald Barclay “Jerry” Cervenka, age 86 years, of Cherryville, NJ, died on Thursday, February 16, 2012 on the family farm where he was born on July 12, 1925 to the late Rudy and Mary Tuma Cervenka. He lived, worked and raised his family on the “Cervenka Farm.”
A 1943 graduate of Flemington High School, Flemington, NJ, Jerry...
Howard Joel Parkes
Feb 15, 2012
Howard Joel Parkes, age 99 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, November 20, 1912, son of the late Howard M. and Ella M. Hellyer Parks, he had resided in Flemington since 1951, having formerly lived in Milford and Neshanic, NJ....
Frances L. Housel
Feb 14, 2012
Frances L. Housel, age 93 years, of Branchburg Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in Foothill Acres Nursing Home, Hillsborough Township, NJ.
Born in Neshanic, NJ, June 29, 1918, daughter of the late Oliver and Sadie Kuhl Sutphin, she had resided all her life in the Neshanic Station and Three Bridges, NJ area.
...
Jean Masker
Feb 13, 2012
Jean Masker, age 83 years, of Norfolk, VA, formerly of Ringoes,NJ, died on Monday, February 13, 2012, in Sentara-Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.
Born in Paterson, NJ, January 19, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Nellie Higgins Masker.
Surviving are two sisters, Eleanor "Pat" Wise of Cape Cod, MA, and Carol Higgins...
Kathleen Anne Bronish
Feb 12, 2012
Kathleen Anne Bronish, age 46 years, of Pittstown, NJ, died on Sunday, February 12, 2012, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, May 16, 1965, she was the daughter of Robert, Sr. and Linda Schultz Bronish of Pittstown, NJ. She was a lifelong resident of the Pittstown area.
A...
Frank John Tassi
Feb 11, 2012
Frank John Tassi, age 89 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at his home.
Born in Union City, NJ, January 6, 1923, he had lived in Raritan Township for the past thirty-four years, having formerly lived on Staten Island, NY.
A United States Navy Veteran of World War II, he...
Marion E. Watts
Feb 11, 2012
Marion Watts, age 99 years, of Hillsborough Township, NJ, died on Saturday, February 11, 2012, in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Higginsville, NJ, February 9, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Walter and Belle Huff Higgins. She was a lifelong resident of Higginsville and a longtime saleswoman for Avon.
...Janet Kay Keltgen
Feb 10, 2012
Janet Keltgen, 63, of Hampton, NJ, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2012, with her daughters by her side.
Janet was born on March 13, 1948, in Minneapolis, MN. She moved to NJ in 1980. She has passionately spent the last twenty five years of her life advocating on behalf of individuals with disabilities. She truly lived...
Doris Edith Fleming
Feb 9, 2012
Doris Edith Fleming, age 84 years, of Sergeantsville, NJ, died on Thursday, February 9, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Stockton, NJ, November 28, 1927, daughter of the late Dave and Elsie Godshall Riggs, she had formerly resided in Lambertville, NJ and Whitehall, PA.
A longtime member of St. Agnes...
Steven "The Honey Ma Vasacz
Feb 9, 2012
Steven Vasacz,"The Honey Man", age 94 years, of Holland Township, NJ, died on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at home surrounded by loved ones.
Born to Mary and Balazs Vasacz in New Jersey, January 7, 1918, he grew up in Raven Rock, NJ and later resided in Three Bridges, NJ, on the Force Farm and then in Raritan...
Madaleine Welsh
Feb 9, 2012
Madaleine Welsh, age 101 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died on Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, October 13, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Cruser and Cora Lowe Polhemus.
She graduated from Trenton Normal School (now The College of New...