Matilda Hotchkin

Born in Milford, NJ, and a 1944 graduate of Frenchtown High School, Matilda Papics Hotchkin, age 87 years, of Three Bridges, NJ passed into the hands of Our Lord on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at her home.

Tillie, as she was known to her friends, was a long time member of the Three Bridges Reformed Church and Three Bridges Fire Company. Prior to her retirement, she was a school bus driver for the Flemington-Raritan and Hunterdon Central High School districts for thirty years. Always involved in service, she volunteered for the Readington Township Board of Elections and the Hunterdon Medical Center. She was an active member of the East Amwell Senior Club, various bowling leagues, and a charter member of the Y-Knots Camping Club. She will be remembered for her boundless energy and kind nature, always ready with a word of praise or encouragement to everyone she encountered. Her joys were traveling and spending time with friends and family.

Daughter of Michael and Helen Szabo Papics, she was pre-deceased by her husband of forty-seven years, Harold (Hotch) Hotchkin. Surviving are a son, H. Donald Hotchkin and his wife Patricia of Flemington, NJ; a daughter, Lynn Sheard and her husband Jeff of Plainsboro, NJ. She was blessed with four grandsons, Christopher, Scott, and Ryan Hotchkin of Flemington, NJ, and Glenn Sheard of Plainsboro, NJ; one granddaughter, Adrienne Sheard Howe and her husband Aaron Howe of Honolulu, HI; and her siblings: Peg Oram of Oxford, NJ, Liz Berner of Washington, NJ, and Frank Papics and his wife Alma of Colbert, GA; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday at 11 AM in the Three Bridges Reformed Church, Main Street, Three Bridges, NJ. Interment will follow in Three Bridges Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 6-8 PM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Three Bridges Reformed Church, PO Box 235, Three Bridges, NJ 08887, or to the Three Bridges Fire Company, PO Box 127, Three Bridges, NJ 08887.

Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information, or to send condolences.