Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Oct 16, 2019

Esther Lu Sine, aged 90, left this world on October 16th, 2019 under the care of Suncoast Hospice in Largo, Florida. The lover of travel and card games, was a longtime resident of Flemington since moving from Frenchtown where she was born on July 4th, 1929 to Arthur and Anna Beck. She resided with her late husband William Sine...

Oct 14, 2019

Rosemary Kleczynski, age 81 years, of Flemington, NJ, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019 at RWJ-Somerset Hospital, Somerville, NJ.

Born in Shamokin, PA, August 19, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Zaneski. She had resided in Flemington since 1962.

Rosemary retired from Roche in 2008 and had previously worked...

Oct 13, 2019

Audrey Downey Schorn, age 89, passed on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater NJ.

Audrey was born on October 24, 1929 in Plainfield NJ, daughter of the late James and Mabel Smith Downey. She married John C. Schorn in May 1957 and raised her family in North Plainfield NJ on the dead-end of...

Oct 13, 2019

Marguerite Chambers Martin, age 101, passed away Sunday, October 13th 2019 at Wesley Enhanced Living care center in Doylestown, PA.

Marguerite was born October 9, 1918 in New York City, daughter of the late Charles Chambers and Angela Imbrenda. She married Howard Martin and raised her three children, Bruce, Eric and Lynn on a beautiful farm in...

Oct 8, 2019

Eleanor Perneski, age 87 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at her home.

Born in Hazleton, PA, July 14, 1932, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Keba Dulina.

Eleanor was a retired Registered Nurse with Johnson & Johnson, Bridgewater, NJ.

Surviving are...

Oct 8, 2019

Elanor R. Bedo, age 84 years, formerly of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Hunterdon Hills Care Center, Glen Gardner, NJ.

Born in Wilson, PA, November 24, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Blanche Garis Rehrig.

She retired from Ethicon Corporation after twenty-five years of service....

Oct 3, 2019

Shirley D. Keates of Flemington, NJ passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 at the age of 87.

Shirley was born in the New Market section of Piscataway on Dec. 3, 1931 to August and Mary Howes.

She married her husband William on Oct. 15, 1949 and they happily raised their family of six children...

Oct 2, 2019

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Edin Carrera, age 17, died on October 2, 2019 in Raritan Township NJ.

Edin went to Three Bridges School, Holland Brook School, Readington Middle School and Hunterdon Central Regional High School, where he was a senior.

Edin’s passions were American Football, wrestling and Boxing....

Oct 2, 2019

George D. Harris, age 88 years, of Readington Township, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Glen Carbon, IL, May 24, 1931, he was the son of the late Roy and Elizabeth Evans Harris.

A United States Navy veteran, George was a retired Marketing...

Sep 30, 2019

Janet Arleo, age 100 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019 at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Newark, NJ, on August 7, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Priscilla Phyliky Carswell. She grew up in Basking Ridge, NJ, along with her sister, Priscilla.

Sep 29, 2019

Dorothy (Dot) Gares, 80, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019, in the Hunterdon Medical Center after a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer that began in December 2018.

Born in Trenton, NJ on May 31, 1939, Dot grew up in Hunterdon County and attended North Hunterdon Regional High School. It was there that two high...

Sep 25, 2019

John F. LaRue, age 68 years, of Flemington, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at his residence.

Born in Oneonta, NY, May 18, 1951, he was the son of the late John “Jack” C. and Helen Stockholm LaRue.

A 1969 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, John received his bachelor’s degree from Kean...

Sep 24, 2019

Richard R. Ramalho, age 88 years, of Three Bridges, NJ, died Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Trenton, NJ, October 5, 1930, son of the late John and Helen Eurs Ramalho, he had resided in Flemington, NJ and Three Bridges, NJ all his life.

A 1948 graduate...

Sep 22, 2019

Lois Miriam Anton, age 92, died peacefully at home in Delaware Township on September 22, 2019.

Lois was easy to like. Born August 25, 1927 in Pine River, Minnesota to David L. and Amelia (nee Lundman) Triggs, Lois was a generous spirit her entire life. Her father managed a lumber yard and for a time was mayor...

Sep 21, 2019

James P. Corcoran, age 73 years, of Newtown, PA, died Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA.

Born in Phillipsburg, NJ, October 23, 1945, son of the late James and Catherine Apgar Corcoran, Jim had resided in Hunterdon County all his life until last year and most of his life in Flemington, NJ.

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Sep 17, 2019

R. Lillian Mathews, age 99 years, of Pittstown, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ. She had resided in Franklin Township, Hunterdon, NJ since 1959, and formerly resided in Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Elizabeth, NJ, July 14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Rosalie Disporto...

Sep 16, 2019

Julia M. Taylor, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Monday, September 16, 2019, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Flemington, NJ, July 28, 1932, daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Foreight Enea, she had resided in the Flemington area all her life.

A homemaker, she was a communicant of...

Sep 16, 2019

Sister Mary Trinitas Sullivan, O.P., age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, September 16, 2019 at her convent. She had resided in the Flemington area since 2006.

Born in Bronx, NY, June 3, 1932, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Dorothy Becker Sullivan. Her only sibling, Dorothy, was married to...

Sep 16, 2019

George J. Schaefer, Jr., age 89 years of Raritan Township, NJ died on Monday, September 16, 2019.

Born in Brooklyn, NY on August 1, 1930, he was the eldest son of the late George and Margaret Crown Schaefer, Sr. He is predeceased by his wife Jean Ferrigno Schaefer (2012), and his brothers, Richard Schaefer and Thomas Schaefer....

Sep 15, 2019

Donald William Rinker, age 72 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Sunday, September 15, 2019 in Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ.

Born in Williamsport, PA, January 3, 1947, he was the son of Maynard Rinker of Shrewsbury, MA, and the late June Hyman Rinker.

Don was a graduate of South Williamsport High School. He worked...