Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Edward F. Maute
Mar 26, 2016
Edward F. Maute, age 72 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died suddenly at his home on March 26, 2016. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Connie Maute;, his son, Joel Maute and his wife Amy, and grandsons, Harrison and Luke all of Port Washington, NY. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Lee Maute of Tampa,...
Rachel Gina Traina
Mar 26, 2016
Rachel Gina Traina, 92, died peacefully on Saturday, March 26, 2016. She spent her final days in her home of 57 years, in Delaware Township, New Jersey, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, overlooking her beloved trees, stone walls and orchard in early bloom. Rachel was born to Rocco and Anna DiLullo Treppiedi, who were immigrants from Chieti,...
Audrey Corso
Mar 25, 2016
Audrey Corso, age 74 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Friday, March 25, 2015, in an auto accident on Route 523, Readington Township, NJ. Born in Ickesburg, PA., August 18, 1941, daughter of the late Mark and Nellie Kockendefer Bistline, she had formerly resided in Essex Junction, VT. and had resided in Flemington since 2003. A retired registered nurse, she...
Carol A. Walling
Mar 25, 2016
Carol A. Walling (nee Vrahnos) passed away peacefully with her husband and daughters by her side at Manor Care in Easton, PA, on Friday, March 25, 2016 in her 78th year. Carol most recently lived in Kunkletown, PA and formerly resided in Port St. Lucie, FL. Born in Millburn, NJ, April 27, 1937, she was the daughter of the...
Frank Corso
Mar 25, 2016
Frank Corso, age 76 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Friday, March 25, 2016, in an auto accident on Route 523, Readington Township, NJ. Born in Brooklyn, NY, June 5, 1939, son of the late Vincent and Mary DiFranco Corso he had formerly resided in Essex Junction, VT. and had resided in Flemington since 2003. A graduate of Rider College,...
Gerald George Ryan
Mar 24, 2016
Gerald George Ryan, age 69 years, of Delaware Township, NJ died on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Jersey City, NJ, August 8, 1946, he was the son of the late George and Catherine Bryant Ryan. He had resided in Delaware Township for the past eleven years. He was a United...
Francis Gullick, Jr.
Mar 21, 2016
Francis Gullick, Jr., age 53 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Somerville, NJ, January 21, 1963, son of the late Francis and Theresa Molosky Gullick, Sr., he had formerly resided in Bound Brook, NJ and had resided in Readington Township for twenty-two years. He was a...
Lisa Dianne Picinich
Mar 20, 2016
Lisa Dianne Picinic, age 48 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in RWJ-Somerset Hospital, Somerville, NJ. She was born in Elizabeth, NJ on February 28, 1968. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 2 PM in Lower Amwell Cemetery, Delaware Township, NJ under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147...
Mae M. Zapko
Mar 19, 2016
Mae M. Zapko, age 99 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ. Born in Annandale, NJ, March 17, 1917, daughter of the late James Edmonds and Ida Bolmer Edmonds Griffith, she resided in the Flemington area most of her life. She was married for sixty-three years to Louis Zapko,...
William J. Conboy
Mar 19, 2016
Local artist and antique dealer, William J. Conboy, age 83 years, died Saturday, March 19, 2016 at his home in Delaware Township, NJ. Born on February 27, 1933, in Yonkers, New York, Bill was the son of the late Irving and Grace Jeanne Heckman Conboy. He lived in Westchester County, NY, before moving to Hunterdon County more than 40...
Michael D. Marion
Mar 17, 2016
Michael D. Marion, age 58 years, of Alpha, NJ, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, in Lopatcong Care Center, Lopatcong Township, NJ. Born in Doylestown, PA., January 26, 1958, son of the late Russell E. and Marilyn Zanetti Marion, he had resided all his life in the Flemington area except two years in Frenchtown, NJ and also in Alpha, NJ....
Pauline Patricia Smith
Mar 14, 2016
Pauline Patricia Smith, age 86 years, died Monday, March 14, 2016 at Bridgton Residential Health Care Center in Bridgton, Maine. Born on the morning of the stock market crash, October 29, 1929, in the Bronx, NY, 'Patsy' was the daughter of the late Paul and Selina (Patman) Lauron. She later married the late Earl Paul Smith of Pittstown, NJ,...
Robert Cameron Mackie
Mar 11, 2016
Robert Cameron Mackie, age 97, of Kingwood Township, N.J., died on Friday, March 11, 2016 at his home. Born in Chester, Pa., Sept. 27, 1918, he was the son of the late John C. and Ruth B. Mackie. Mr. Mackie graduated from Drexel University with a degree in electrical engineering and served on the troop transport USS Admiral Hugh...
Marianne L. Gaedt
Mar 11, 2016
Marianne L. Gaedt, age 85 years, formerly of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Friday, March 11, 2016, in Chesapeake, VA., where she had resided the past year. Born in Philadelphia, PA., December 28, 1930, daughter of the late John and Pauline O'Mahoney Paey, she had resided in Hunterdon County most of her life. She was formerly employed in the office...
E. Virginia Dilts
Mar 8, 2016
E. Virginia Dilts, age 91 years, of Bridgewater Township, NJ, died, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Bridgeway Care Center, Bridgewater, NJ. Born in Three Bridges, NJ, July 6, 1924, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Helen Mundy Dilts. She had formerly resided in Trenton, NJ and Flemington, NJ. Ginny worked as a Financial Assistant for...
Ernest W. Kuster
Mar 7, 2016
Ernest W. Kuster, age 84 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, March 7, 2016 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Trenton, NJ, October 6, 1931, he was the son of the late Ernest and Bertha Betchart Kuster. He had previously resided in Neshanic, NJ until his parents bought a farm in Raritan Township,...
Alfred L. "Roy" Pauch
Mar 7, 2016
Alfred L. “Roy” Pauch, age 85 years, died Monday, March 7, 2016 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Roy was born on August 8, 1930, living his entire life in Delaware Township in the same house, where he and his family continue to farm. He loved racing stock cars and later helping his sons with their cars....
Marie Dorothy Kovacs
Mar 6, 2016
Marie D. Kovacs, age 83, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at her home in Kingwood Township, NJ, where she lived for the past 40 years. Born June 9, 1932, in Keyport, NJ, Marie was the daughter of the late Francis and Olympia (Cabiati) Angello. She was married in 1952 to Zoltan “Steve” Kovacs until his death in 2014. Marie...
Jean P. Miccio
Mar 6, 2016
Jean P. Miccio, age 97 years, of Whitehouse Station, NJ, died on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Country Arch Care Center, Pittstown, NJ. Born in Oakland, CA, August 10, 1918, daughter of the late Frank and Mary Martino Lombard, she lived most of her life in Brooklyn, NY. Jean retired from Victory Memorial Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, where she was...
Ruth L. Van Bruggen
Mar 4, 2016
Ruth L. Van Bruggen, age 91 years, formerly of Macungie, PA and Pittstown, NJ, died on Friday, March 4, 2016 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Brooklyn, NY, October 30, 1024, Ruth was a homemaker. Her husband, Rueben Van Bruggen, died in 2002. Surviving are a son, Douglas L. Van Bruggen of Clinton Township, NJ;...
