Theresa Marion Hallgren

Theresa Marion Hallgren, age 93 years, of Glen Gardner, NJ, died January 22, 2015, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Donnerskirchen, Austria, October 15, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Marie Berger Winkowitsch. They, along with her sister, Marie, immigrated to the US in the 1930's by way of Ellis Island. Terry began her career as a technician at Bell Labs, Murray Hill. She then married Arthur G. Hallgren in 1947. Together, they moved to Watchung, NJ, where they began their family, and she, a 25 year career at Burroughs Corp. Terry and Art retired happily to Hunterdon County, where she rekindled her love of crocheting, baking and reading, and he, his passion for tennis at Courtside Racquet Club. They forged many new and valuable friendships there. Theresa was predeceased by her beloved husband, Arthur, in 1993; her son, Arthur S. Hallgren in 1994; her sister, Marie Dentzer; and her niece, Jacqueline Chadwick. Surviving are her daughter, Wendy Hallgren, of Thetford, VT; grandsons, Jonah Koeppel of Frisco, CO; Nathaniel Koeppel of Pomfret, VT; two nephews, Theodore Dentzer of Ringoes, NJ; Joseph Dentzer of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and her niece, Donna Loebs, of Mooresville, NC, along with many great nieces and nephews. Theresa will be buried alongside her husband at the pastoral location he carefully chose for them at Spruce Run Cemetery, Lebanon Township, NJ, under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. At her request, no service will be held. For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit www.holcombefisher.com.