Richard H. Stothoff

Richard H. Stothoff, age 89 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Friday, March 15, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Ringoes, NJ, July 23, 1934, he was the son of the late George B. and Grace (George) Stothoff Case. Dick had resided in the Flemington, NJ area all his life and was a graduate of Flemington High School, Class of 1952, and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, receiving his master’s degree in engineering.

He then spent five years in the United States Air Force on its epidemiological team in Georgia and Turkey. After his service, he came home and returned to the family business, Samuel Stothoff Co., Inc., established 1886, of which he was co-owner.

Dick was active most of his life in community activities. First, as an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. In fact, Dick and his brother Sam shared the Distinguished Citizens Award given by the Boy Scouts of America in 1992 as well as the “Hunterdon Men of the Year" in the year 2000. He was a long-time member and past-president of the Hunterdon County Historical Society, member of the Raritan Township Historical Society, member of the Mount Amwell Project, which advocates preserving Hunterdon County history, member and past-president of the Flemington Rotary Club, member of the Hunterdon County Soil Conservation Board, served with the Republican Party of Raritan Township, NJ, and was a member of the Three Bridges Reformed Church, where he was a member of its consistory, and also was formerly a Sunday School teacher there.

In addition, he served as the water operator with the Borough of Flemington. He sat on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, was a member of the Advisory Board of the Well Drillers Association and was a licensed New Jersey master well driller. Moreover, he loved history, animals, gardening, trees, and the Boy Scouts of America. Dick was also a tremendous philanthropist, always giving to the community.

Dick was predeceased by his brother, Samuel Stothoff II; his sister-in-law, Elaine Boelhouwer; and his niece, Dawn Warner.

Surviving are his wife, Priscilla (Boelhouwer) Stothoff; his children, Stuart Alan Stothoff and his wife Maria, Scott Richard Morgan and his wife Kathy, Michele “Shelley” Ann Lyman and her husband David; his grandchildren, Michael Scott Morgan, Benjamin David Lyman, Alyssa Michele Lyman, Christopher James Morgan, Kurstin Ann Lyman Chandler, Katherine Grace Stothoff, and Jack Alan Stothoff; two great-grandchildren, Avery Anne Lyman and Parker Ruth Lyman; his step-sister, Jane Steeley and her husband Phillip; a brother-in-law, David Peter Boelhouwer and his children Pam and Peter; his sister-in-law, Verna Stothoff; and niece Sandra Koehler.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 2:00 PM in the Three Bridges Reformed Church, Main Street, Three Bridges, NJ. Private interment will follow in the family plot at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Capner Street, Flemington, NJ under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Three Bridges Reformed Church, PO Box 235, Three Bridges, NJ 08887 or the Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822.

For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit Dick’s Tribute Wall at www.holcombefisher.com.