Merrill Burgess Bacheler

Merrill Burgess Bacheler, age 88 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, June 27, 2005, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Summit, NJ, December 22, 1916, son of the late William and Marjorie Burgess Bacheler, he had formerly resided in Summit, NJ and had resided in Flemington, NJ since 1940. (He resided in Ringoes, Raritan Township and Flemington Borough during that sixty-five year span).

A 1935 graduate of Summit High School, he attended Syracuse University and Trenton School of Industrial Arts and Ceramic Engineering. Mr. Bacheler worked for Stangl Pottery, Trenton, NJ and later became Manager of the Stangl Pottery Showrooms in Flemington, NJ for twenty-five years. Then, he and his wife owned and operated the Village Deb Shop, Flemington, NJ until 1989.

He was a member and Past President of the Flemington Lions Club, where he was a member over fifty years. Additionally, Mr. Bacheler served on the East Amwell Township Board of Education and was a former Committeeman for the Ringoes Boy Scout Troup.

His wife, Christl Stangl Bacheler, died in 2003. Surviving are two sons, Scott Bacheler of Fort Myers, FL and Stewart Bacheler of Rotunda, FL; a daughter, Elizabeth Bacheler of Flemington, NJ; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. Calling hours will be Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the Funeral Home. Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information, or to send condolences.