Kathleen Superior

Kathleen Superior, age 64 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born on July 16, 1948 in Jersey City, NJ, daughter of the late Nicholas E. and Evelyn Travers Shine, she had resided in Delaware Township for the past thirty-eight years.

She had formerly been a Secretary with Merck, Rahway, NJ and a part-time Secretary at the Delaware Township School, Delaware Township, NJ.

A Communicant of St. Magdalen Church, Flemington, NJ, Kathleen loved to country line dance and also loved sitting "under her tree" at the Flemington-Raritan Community Pool, Flemington, NJ, where she spent much time the past thirty-four summers.

A loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, she is survived by her husband, Theodore F. "Ted" Superior. The two childhood sweethearts grew up together, living two blocks apart in Avenel and have been married for the past forty-two years. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Christine K. S. Miller, Pharm.D., Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and son-in-law, Scott Miller of Princeton Junction, NJ; a son, United States Army Major Michael J. Superior, M.D. of Silver Spring, MD; a brother and sister-in-law, Nicholas and Karen Shine of Iselin, NJ; a brother John Shine of Avenel, NJ; as well as several nieces and nephews and many friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Magdalen Church, 105 Mine Street, Flemington, NJ under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment will follow in St. Gertrude Cemetery, 53 Inman Avenue, Colonia, NJ. Calling hours will be Friday from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the Funeral Home. Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information or to send condolences.

Memorial contributions made be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202.