Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Helen Inez Vassalluzzo
Dec 6, 2018
Helen Inez Vassalluzzo, age 83 years, of Raritan Township, NJ died on Thursday, December 6, 2018 in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Trenton, NJ, May 4, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Brink Gillmer. Helen had resided most of her life in Philadelphia, PA.
A retired Pharmacist with...
Elizabeth Heiselman
Dec 5, 2018
Elizabeth Heiselman, age 87 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Garfield, NJ, April 1, 1931, daughter of the late Frank and Esther Petonai Pados, she had resided in this area for sixty-seven years.
A homemaker and clerical worker, she was formerly employed...
Anna May Hoffman
Dec 1, 2018
Anna May Hoffman, 95, formerly of Flemington, New Jersey passed away peacefully at Brentwood Nursing Home, Lecanto, Florida on December 1, 2018.
She was born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lived most of her life on Bonnell Street in Flemington, in the home that her late husband Clifford Leslie Hoffman’s grandfather Charles Rittenhouse built. Anna was a...
Kathleen E. Bush
Nov 30, 2018
Kathleen E. Bush, age 68 years, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at CareOne at Somerset Valley in Bound Brook NJ. She was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County NJ.
Born March 20, 1950, in Trenton NJ, Katie was the daughter of the late William Dilts and Ruth (Young) Oceanak. At one time, she was the Hunterdon County...
Denis G.T. Hagios
Nov 27, 2018
Denis G.T. Hagios, age 53 years, of Alexandria Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Trenton, NJ, August 8, 1965, he was the son of the late Edria G.T. Hagios and Theodore A. Hagios. He attended special education classes in the Hunterdon County school system. Denis...
Lloyd Howard Wismer
Nov 27, 2018
Lloyd Howard Wismer, age 88 years, of Quakertown, NJ, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Trenton, NJ, November 8, 1930, he was the son of the late Rev. Wilson G. and Mildred Arietta Ray Wismer. He had formerly resided in Ewing, NJ.
The former owner...
Donald M. Kurth
Nov 24, 2018
Donald Meredith Kurth, 85, of West Hartford, CT, died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, at Hartford Hospital on November 24, 2018, after a lengthy and courageous battle with prostate cancer. His family is grateful for the extraordinary care provided by Hartford Hospital, especially by W. Jeffrey Baker, MD.
Born in Greensburg, PA, on March 19, 1933,...
Raphael "Ralph" A. Bengivenga
Nov 21, 2018
Raphael A. “Ralph” Bengivenga, age 77 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 in Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.
Born in Plainfield, NJ, January 11, 1941, he was the son of the late Raffaele and Antoinette Muglia Bengivenga. He had resided in Delaware Township for the past forty years.
A former steel...
Dorothea Elizabeth Bisher
Nov 21, 2018
Dorothea Elizabeth Bisher, age 86 years, of Raritan Township, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Staten Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Dorothea Whitnall Michell.
She was a homemaker.
Her son, Lee Russell Bisher, Jr. died in 2003....
Emma Roethel
Nov 20, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Emma Roethel, age 98, announces her passing at home on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. She was a longtime resident and active member of the Delaware Township, NJ community.
Born June 11, 1920 in Lichtenbaugh, Austria, daughter of the late Joseph and Marie Stonich Marinzel, Emma came to the...
Odette Bartholomew
Nov 19, 2018
Odette Bartholomew, age 86 years, formerly of Allentown, PA, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2018 in Brookdale Assisted Living, Hillsborough Township, NJ.
Born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada, February 27, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Conrad and Rachel Boyer Cardinal.
Mrs. Bartholomew was a former bookkeeper and homemaker.
She was...
Marion V. Leaver
Nov 18, 2018
Marion Leaver, age 95 years, of Pittstown, NJ, died Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Country Arch Care Center, Pittstown, NJ.
Born in Everittstown, NJ, May 12, 1923, daughter of the late J. Arthur and Frances Meyers Wilson, she had resided in Hunterdon County all her life.
She was a farmer’s wife for many years and...
Patricia Marie Klemchalk
Nov 16, 2018
Patricia Marie Klemchalk, age 66 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 16, 2018 at her home surrounded by family.
Born in Jersey City, June 3, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Helen Connell Baffuto. She had formerly resided in the Township of Washington, Bergen County, NJ, before...
Mildred F. Tirpok
Nov 16, 2018
Mildred F. Tirpok, age 91 years, formerly of Flemington, NJ, died on Friday, November 16, 2018 in Silver Care Center, Cherry Hill, NJ.
Born in Ringoes, NJ, May 19, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Dominick
and Blanche Elliott Cesta.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Frank Tirpok, died...
James H. Kintzel
Nov 13, 2018
James H. Kintzel, age 70 years, of Frenchtown, NJ, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Doylestown, PA, September 26, 1948, son of the late James and Thelma Everett Kintzel, he had formerly resided in Lambertville, NJ.
A Hunterdon Central High School graduate, James worked as a...
Peter E. Shrope
Nov 12, 2018
*Graveside services, under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, for the late Peter E. Shrope took place on Sunday, June 20, 2021 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. Toale Brothers Funeral Homes & Crematory, Gulf Gate Chapel, Sarasota, FL was entrusted with the original arrangements back in 2018.*
Peter Edgar Shrope, age 87, died November 12,...
James Thomas Brown, Jr.
Nov 11, 2018
James Thomas Brown, Jr., age 57 years, died Sunday, November 11, 2018 at his home in Clearwater FL.
Born May 24, 1961 in Newark NJ, Jim was the son of James T. and Patricia M. (Fredricks) Brown of Kingwood Township NJ. Jim grew up in Whitehouse NJ and graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in the...
Frank E. Schneider, Jr.
Nov 11, 2018
Frank Emil Arthur Schneider, Jr., age 92 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at his daughter Darlene’s home in Hellertown, PA.
Born in Maplewood, NJ, August 11, 1926, he was the son of the late Frank and Ida Smeltzer Schneider, Sr. He had resided in Delaware Township since 1954.
Mr....
Cristofforus J.M. Gerards
Nov 11, 2018
Cristofforus J.M. Gerards, age 84 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 with his loving family by his side.
Born June 30, 1934 in The Netherlands, he was the son of the late Johannes and Wilhelmina Kellenaers Gerards.
Cris was an avid student of history and possessed the ability to...
Daniel John Batory
Nov 8, 2018
DANIEL JOHN BATORY, age 92, departed this life Thursday morning, November 8, 2018. A resident of Honey Brook, PA the past 10 years (and Harvey’s Lake the previous 30 years), Danny passed away at the home of his daughter in New Jersey.
Danny was a graduate of Kings College in Wilkes Barre, PA, and a Veteran of...


