Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Jul 23, 2002

DELAWARE TWP. - Arthur N. Ward Jr. died Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at home. He was 60. He was born in Phillipsburg, a son of Arthur and Laura Laskowitz Ward. He lived in Flemington until moving to Delaware Township in 1974. He served in the Marine Corps 1959-1963 and was a charter member of the Hunterdon chapter of the...

Jul 23, 2002

William L. Christian, age 83 years, of Glen Gardner, NJ, died on July 23, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY on June 4, 1919, he was the son of the late William Christian and Edith Plunkett. Mr. Christian was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army....

Jul 21, 2002

READINGTON TWP. - Robin L. Floyd died Sunday, July 21, 2002 at the Medical Center at Princeton of a heart attack. She was 48. She was born in Somerville, the daughter of John J. and Valeria Balogh Whelan, and resided in Flemington before moving to Readington Township 10 years ago. She was employed by Grand Union supermarkets, first in...

Jul 21, 2002

Constance H. Ruggles Kries, 81, of Bigalow Lane, Baldwinsville, died Friday at Syracuse Home Association, Baldwinsville. She was born in Newburyport, Mass., and had lived in Washington, N.J., and Flemington, N.J., before moving to Baldwinsville in 1999. She retired in 1985 as office manager and co-owner of Kries Jewelers in Flemington after 39 years. She was a member of...

Jul 20, 2002

READINGTON TWP. - A. Lewis Hultz died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Hunterdon Medical Center. He was 79. Born in Three Bridges, he was the son of William and Velma Dilts Hultz. He lived in Neshanic before moving to Readington Township in 1950. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He owned and operated his own...

Jul 20, 2002

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Elizabeth D. Murphy died Saturday, July 20, 2002, in Flager Hospital here. She was 74. Born in Newark, she had resided in Flemington from 1966 to 1992, when she moved to St. Augustine since 1992. She was employed in the Dietary Department at Hunterdon Medical Center until retiring in 1992. Her husband, John Murphy, died...

Jul 19, 2002

CHERRYVILLE - The Rev. Richard A. Wolf died Friday, July 19, 2002, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. He was 89. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., to William and Christine Poser Wolf, and had lived most of his life in Elizabeth, then in Deer Isle, Maine, then in Cherryville for 16 years until...

Jul 18, 2002

READINGTON TWP. - Margaret C. Cole died July 18, 2002, at her home. She was 89. Born in Neshanic, she was daughter of Jason S. and Abbie Boehm Crum. She lived in Readington Township for 48 years and was a member of the Readington Reformed Church. She was formerly a secretary and bookkeeper for Crum-Genova Insurance Agency in Somerville....

Jul 17, 2002

Dorothy Toklish, age 82 years, of New City, Hamlet in New York, died on July 17, 2002 at Northern Manor Multicare Center Nursing Home, 199 N Middletown Rd, Nanuet, NY 10954. Born in Philadelphia, PA on November 15, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Frank Wilkinson and Lillian Lessig. She worked as the executive secretary for G.E....

Jul 17, 2002

HILLSBOROUGH TWP. - Nick Kosow died July 17, 2002, at home. He was 76. Born in Russia, he was the son of Dimetri and Anastasia Kosow. He lived in Hillsborough Township for 19 years, having formerly lived in Woodbridge. He was a retired tool and die maker with Alloy Tool Co. in Bridgewater. He was a member of the...

Jul 16, 2002

Herbert Paul Pfingst, age 82 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on July 16, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Staten Island, NY on May 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Lt. Adolph Pfingst and Anna Donaldson. Mr. Pfingst was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air...

Jul 15, 2002

Ernest Brown Jr., age 40 years, of Gaithersburg, MD, died on July 15, 2002 in Baltimore, MD. Born in South Carolina on February 6, 1962, he was the son of Ernest Brown Sr. and Leona Burd Meyer. He worked as a computer network installer for Nortel Netowrks. Interment in Frenchtown Cemetery, Trenton Avenue, Frenchtown, NJ.

Jul 13, 2002

Viola Z. Reamer, age 101 years, of Lebanon, NJ, died on July 13, 2002 at the Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Born in Ringoes, NJ on June 21, 1901, she was the daughter of the late Louis S. Zabriskie and Emma Johnson. She was a homemaker and employee of Stangl Pottery. Viola was predeceased by her husband,...

Jul 12, 2002

KINGWOOD TWP. - Joan Watkin Hunt died Friday, July 12, 2002 in Hunterdon Medical Center. She was 72. She was born in Trenton, the daughter of James and Mildred Sumner Watkin. She lived in Kansas and Virginia before moving to Kingwood Township in 1959. She was a graduate of Trenton Central High School and of the Ann May School...

Jul 11, 2002

NORTH PLAINFIELD - Warren E. Sondervan died July 11, 2002 in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 75. He was born in Paterson, the son of Richard and Carrie Teleger Sondervan. He lived in Reaville before moving to North Plainfield 28 years ago. He was a chemical reactor operator for Beecham Corp. in Dunellen, retiring in 1990. He...

Jul 11, 2002

Claire Muller Johnson, 90, Led Flemington Cut Glass

JUNO BEACH, Fla. - Claire Muller Johnson died July 11, 2002 at Jupiter Hospital here. She was 90. Born in Philadelphia, a daughter of Jules and Edith Remmlein, she graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, and came to Flemington to teach home economics at Flemington High School in 1935....

Jul 11, 2002

DELAWARE TWP. - Barbara Nemeth Marzinsky died July 11, 2002 at Hunterdon Medical Center. She was 47. Born in Perth Amboy, a daughter of Joseph V. and Margaret Liscensky Nemeth, she also lived in Middletown and South Amboy before moving here 28 years ago. Mrs. Marzinsky graduated from Rider University in Trenton with a bachelor of science degree in...

Jul 5, 2002

RARITAN TWP. - Hilda P.S. Kohl died July 5, 2002, at home. She was 85. Born in Raritan Township, she was the daughter of Charles and Anna Kreiner Kohl. She had resided in Raritan Township all her life and was a homemaker. Survivors include a sister, Frances Cronce of Flemington. Graveside services were held Tuesday in St. Magdalen Cemetery...

Jul 5, 2002

Arthur L. Stillwell, 82, Insurance Agency Owner

RARITAN TWP. - Arthur L. Stillwell died on Friday, July 5, 2002, at home. He was 82. Born at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield, he was the son of Lester and Bess Vanderbeek Stillwell. He grew up in North Branch and later lived in Asbury for 25 years. He moved to...

Jul 5, 2002

Express-Times, The (Easton, PA) - Sunday, July 7, 2002

Deceased Name: Pauline A. Palumbo

Pauline A. Palumbo, 96, of Flemington, formerly of Hoboken, died Friday, July 5, 2002, in Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township.

Born: June 24, 1906, in Brooklyn, a daughter of the late Casper and Rose LiCalsi.

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