Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Rebekah A. Pratt
Feb 19, 2019
The Reverend Rebekah A. Pratt, age 36 years, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at her home in Stanton, NJ.
Born in Philadelphia, PA, July 29, 1982, she was the daughter of Howard and Grace Gimmi Hinkle of Greenville, MI.
Becky received her BA in Psychology from Hope College, her Master of Divinity from...
James J. Deblois
Feb 10, 2019
James J. DeBlois, age 59 years, of Stockton, NJ, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Easton Hospital, Easton, PA.
Born in Trenton, NJ, March 3, 1959, he was the son of Alfred and Frances Fioravanti DeBlois.
As a young man he served as an Altar Server at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in...
Janet Alta Carlson
Feb 9, 2019
Janet Alta Carlson, age 81 years, of Holland Township, NJ, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family.
Born in Boston, MA, June 13, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Wilmot and Eula Lyman Babcock. She had resided in Hunterdon County, NJ since 1974.
A graduate of...
Katherine R. Hudnett
Feb 5, 2019
Katherine R. Hudnett, age 102 years, of Moorestown, NJ, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at her residence.
Born in Flemington, NJ, July 18, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Clara Schanek Raube. She was a homemaker.
She was predeceased by her husband, W. Norman Hudnett, in 2011.
Graveside...
Emma C. Enea
Feb 2, 2019
Emma C. Enea, age 92 years, of Hillsborough, NJ, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at RWJ-Somerset Hospital, Somerville, NJ.
Born in Flemington, NJ, December 23, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Asa D. and Eva Danberry Seals. She was a Flemington area resident all her life.
She is survived by her...
Charles W. Hamilton, Jr.
Feb 1, 2019
Charles W. Hamilton Jr., age 83 years, of Kingwood, NJ, died Friday, February 1, 2019 in Raleigh, NC.
Born in Ringoes, NJ, July 9, 1935, he was the son of the late William and Helen Hamilton.
A Rider College graduate, Charles was a truck driver for Armored Motor Service, Trenton, NJ.
He was...
Allen W. Steimling
Feb 1, 2019
Allen Warren Steimling, age 93, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at the Hunterdon Care Center after a brief illness. He has lived in Pittstown NJ since 2015.
Born March 21, 1925 in Rush Township PA, Allen was the son of the late Frederick and Margaret (Faust) Steimling. After the marriage to his high school sweetheart, the late...
Patricia W. Merrill
Feb 1, 2019
Patricia W. Merrill, age 92 years, of New Hope, PA, died Friday, February 1, 2019 in Richboro, PA.
Born in Hackensack, NJ, August 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Raymond H. and Myrtle C. Wilcox.
A graduate of the Katharine Gibbs School, Pat was a retired secretary for IBM. She lived a...
Elsie May Christian
Jan 31, 2019
Elsie May Christian, age 93, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in Somerville NJ.
Born May 9, 1925 in Landis NJ, Elsie was the daughter of the late Harry S. and Elsie (Brayman) Maynard, Sr. She lived most of her life in the Bridgewater NJ area.
Elsie was a...
Mary S. Hanna
Jan 28, 2019
Mary S. Hanna, age 65, died January 28, 2019 at Hamilton Grove Rehabilitation Center in Hamilton NJ. She was an resident of Hunterdon County for many years.
Born September 5, 1953, Mary was the daughter of the late Michael and Margaret Strzelecki.
After graduation from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, Mary earned a...
Vivian A. Grom
Jan 27, 2019
Vivian A. Grom, age 98 years, of Chester, NJ, died Sunday, January 27, 2019, at JFK Hospital, Edison, NJ.
Born in Newark, NJ, January 16, 1921, daughter of the late Andrew and Adeline Gardner Gress, she had resided most of her life in Union, NJ, and had resided in Flemington, NJ and Chester, NJ fifteen years.
...Reinhold I. Martin
Jan 27, 2019
Reinhold I. Martin, age 95 years, of Flemington, NJ, died peacefully on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at Hunterdon Medical Center. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, September 7, 1923, son of the late Reinhold and Hilda (Paias) Martin, he formerly resided in Seaford, NY, and had lived in the Flemington area for thirty-eight years.
A 1942 graduate of the...
Gladys K. Anderson
Jan 26, 2019
Tempe, AZ - Gladys K. Anderson, age 104 years, formerly of Ringoes, NJ, died on Saturday, January 26, 2019, at Friendship Village Healthcare Center, Tempe, Arizona.
Born on May 23, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Gertrude Strimple Kitchin.
She was a 1931 graduate of Flemington High School. She worked for...
Robert P. Powers
Jan 25, 2019
Robert P. Powers, age 88 years, died Friday, January 25, 2019, at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman NJ. He has lived in the Hunterdon and Somerset County areas since 1973.
Born March 4, 1930 in Rahway NJ, Bob was the son of the late John J. and Helen C. (Greiner) Powers. He graduated from Seton Hall University...
Robert Bruce Hammesfahr, Jr.
Jan 25, 2019
Robert Bruce Hammesfahr, Jr., age 67 years, a lifelong Hunterdon County resident, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2019 at his home.
Born in Rockville Center, NY, December 18, 1951, he was the son of the late Robert, Sr. and Mary Seiler Hammesfahr.
Mr. Hammesfahr was a retired printer with Webcraft, New Brunswick, NJ.
...Helen S. Barras
Jan 19, 2019
Helen S. Barras, age 93 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Clyde, NY, August 15, 1925, daughter of the late James and Viola Dorn Sharp, Helen had formerly resided in Whitehouse Station, NJ and had resided in Flemington most of her life.
Helen...
Joseph C. Parlapiano
Jan 18, 2019
Joseph C. Parlapiano, age 69 years, of Bath, PA, died Friday, January 18, 2019, at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Bethlehem, PA.
Born in Elizabeth, NJ, March 10, 1949, son of the late Guiseppe and Pasqua Ruvolo Parlapiano, he had formerly resided in Pittstown, NJ for many years and had resided in Bath for six years.
...
Georgia "Pinky" C. Culberson
Jan 18, 2019
Georgia “Pinky” C. Culberson, age 73 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died Friday, January 18, 2019, in Flemington, NJ.
Born in Doylestown, PA., February 16, 1945, daughter of the late George and Helen Fisher Culberson, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County resident.
Pinky was a 1963 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and enjoyed camping,...
Richard Wallis Laskey, Jr.
Jan 17, 2019
Richard Wallis , Jr., age 65 years, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Morristown, NJ August 11, 1953, he was the son of the late Richard Wallis Laskey Sr. and Nancy Laskey Stephens.
A brother in Christ, Richard strove to live his life by...
Isabel D. Lambelet
Jan 15, 2019
Isabel D. Lambelet, age 95 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at Independence Manor, Flemington, where she had resided since 2015.
Born in Ann Arbor, MI, July 21, 1923, daughter of the late Forrest L. and Claire Comstock Dimmick, Isabel was a Professor of Microbiology at Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ, then at Pace...