Philip T. Wene

Philip T. Wene, Jr., age 68 years, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Helene Fuld Campus of Capitol Health System, Trenton, NJ, as a result of injuries from falling from a roof.

Born in Quakertown, NJ, August 19, 1944, son of the late Philip and Eleanor Leaver Wene, he had resided in Franklin Township all his life.

He retired from the Franklin Township Public Works Department on December 31, 2009, and was a member of the Quakertown Emergency Squad. He was also a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Surviving are his wife of forty-two years, Mary Cheatham Wene; two daughters, Laura Schnitzer of Bangor, PA. and Kelly Sue Nuneviller of Hillsborough, NC; two sons, Max Duane Shope,Jr. of Las Vegas, NV. and Steven E. Wene of Ephrata, PA.; four grandchildren, Alyssa, Kiera, Brooke and Kyle; two brothers, George Wene of Riegelsville, PA. and Dennis Wene of Asbury, NJ and a sister, Mary Vish of Lopatcong, NJ.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 PM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment with military honors will follow in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, NJ. Calling hours will be Wednesday 6:00-8:00 PM in the funeral home.

For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit www.holcombefisher.com.