Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Doris V. Hoagland
Jan 11, 2016
Doris V. "Ginny" Hoagland, age 93 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Monday, January 11, 2016, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township. Born in Ringoes, NJ, June 27, 1922, daughter of the late Russell and Blanche Poulson Hoagland, she had resided in Hunterdon County all her life until moving to Ewing Township, NJ in 1962. A graduate of Flemington...
Caroline B. Fisher
Jan 11, 2016
Caroline B. Fisher, age 92, died Monday, January 11, 2016, at Bridgeway Care Center in Hillsborough, NJ. She lived for twenty-five years in Bradenton FL before moving to the Flemington area in 2012. Born April 7, 1923, in Middletown, OH, daughter of the late Fred and Buelah Johnston Bender, Caroline received her Bachelor’s Degree from Miami of Ohio University...
Donald L. Lerch
Jan 10, 2016
Donald L. Lerch, age 82 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains NJ. Born in Reading PA, son of the late Clarence and Rose Unger Lerch, he formerly resided in Sterling Park VA, and had resided in Flemington since 1978. Don was a Project Manager with AT&T for...
Dorothy Benjamin
Jan 10, 2016
Dorothy Benjamin, age 92 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, January 10, 2016 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Flemington, NJ, March 5, 1923, she was the daughter of the late George Schooly and Ida Mildred Chamberlain Fitzer. She was a homemaker and a devoted caregiver to the many dogs, cats, birds and...
Michael Mcnulty
Jan 10, 2016
Michael McNulty, age 57 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at his home. Born in Plainfield, NJ, August 15, 1958, he was the son of Robert P. and Sonja Jarema McNulty. He was a graduate of Raritan Valley Community College and was a manager for PSE&G. Surviving in addition to his parents are his...
Rita M. Mastrangelo
Jan 9, 2016
Rita M. Mastrangelo, age 84 years, of Tampa, FL, died on Saturday, January 9, 2016 in Tampa General Hospital. Born in Woodbridge, NJ, July 21, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Marion Tomaso Mastandrea. She lived in Tampa FL for one year, moving from Stockton NJ where she lived for many years. A homemaker, Rita...
Mary Elizabeth Wolfson
Jan 8, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Wolfson, age 72 years, of Berkeley Heights, NJ, died Friday, January 8 2016, at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ. Born in Trenton, NJ, November 12, 1943, daughter of the late Russell and Elizabeth Muller Shepherd, she grew up in Flemington, NJ, graduated from Hunterdon Central High School in 1962, and received her BA in Latin from St. Elizabeth's...
Roberta Larkin Occhipinti
Jan 7, 2016
Roberta Larkin Occhipinti, age 81 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at her home. Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, January 2, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Kathryn Mielke Catlett. She was a graduate of Endicott College and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a registered medical tech. She...
Gail Alexander
Jan 3, 2016
Gail Alexander, age 67 years, of New Brunswick, NJ, died Sunday, January 3, 2016, at her home. Born in Jersey City, NJ, January 29, 1948, daughter of the late John and Lillian Lang Alexander, she had formerly resided in Flemington, NJ, and had resided in New Brunswick, NJ, over twenty-three years. Gail was Senior Associate For External Affairs at...
Susan C. Rowe
Jan 1, 2016
Susan C. Rowe, age 95, passed away on January 1, 2016 at the Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Susan was born in Brooklyn in 1920. She was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Grace Crane. A graduate of The College of William and Mary, Susan resided in Westfield for over 43 years before moving to Hunterdon...
Hermine S. Van Doren
Dec 31, 2015
Hermine S. Van Doren, 91, passed away peacefully at her home on December 31st. A life-long resident of Hunterdon County, she was the daughter of the late Herman C. and Anna Schick of Little York. She was pre-deceased by her sister, Barbara Stratton, brother, Curtis L. Schick, and husband, Abram T. Van Doren. Hermine received her teaching degree from...
Betty Lou "Pepper" Craig
Dec 31, 2015
Betty Lou "Pepper" Craig, age 92, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at her home in Hillsborough surrounded by her family. Born February 16, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pepper was the daughter of the late Louis Frederick and Violet Amy (Taylor) Hock. She has lived in the area since the 1950's. An equestrian all of her life, Pepper was a member...
Claire Stein
Dec 31, 2015
Claire Stein, age 86 years, of Holland Township, NJ, died Thursday, December 31, 2015, at her home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, May 16, 1929, daughter of the late Nathan and Tillie Hessman Wieselberg, she had formerly resided in Scarsdale, NY 1977-2011, then in Doylestown, PA. before moving to Holland Township in 2012. She was a former Guidance Counselor in...
Luis Garrido
Dec 30, 2015
Luis Garrido, age 61 years, of Clinton, NJ, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. He was born in the Dominican Republic and was a chef at the Holiday Inn, Clinton, NJ. A gathering will be held Sunday, January 3, 2016, from 2:00-2:30 PM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington,...
George Z. Lalas
Dec 30, 2015
George Z. Lalas, age 79 years, recently residing in Flemington NJ of Mount Arlington NJ and Jensen Beach Fla., died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the home of his son, Michael Lalas. Born in Neopoli-Kozani, Greece, October 10, 1936, son of the late Zisis and Anastasia Tsumas Lalas, he had immigrated to New Jersey when he was 15 and...
Pauline E. Schaefer
Dec 25, 2015
Pauline E. Schaefer, age 95 years, of Hillsborough Township, NJ, died Friday, December 25, 2015, at Foothill Acres Nursing Center, Hillsborough Township. Born in Manchester, NH, February 8, 1920, daughter of the late Napoleon and Pauline St. Denis Fiset, she had resided in this area since 1937. Pauline was a homemaker and is survived by a daughter, Bunny Hall...
Harold P. Bush
Dec 24, 2015
Harold P. Bush of Ringoes, NJ, died on Thursday, December 24, 2015. He was a life-long resident of Hunterdon County. Born in Whitehouse, New Jersey on January 4, 1925, he was the son of the late Frank and Elizabeth (Bertram) Bush. A business and community leader in Hunterdon County for many years, Harold was a retired developer who built...
Joan Mann
Dec 23, 2015
Joan R. Mann, age 76 years, of Rosemont, NJ, died on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Dublin PA., July 24, 1939, daughter of the late Martin and Pearl Slack Rossiter, she had resided in Rosemont for fifty years. Joan was a 1957 graduate of Lambertville High School and was a...
Yekaterina Polevaya
Dec 23, 2015
Yekaterina Polevaya, age 90, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Born October 24, 1925, in Sedlistoye, Astrakhan, Russia, her family was forced to Siberia where she lived and worked as a bookkeeper and accountant for many years. Her husband, Boris Polevoy, predeceased her in Siberia as well as her two brothers...
Jeanette R. Barbiche
Dec 23, 2015
Jeanette R. Barbiche, age 90 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Plainfield, NJ, September 26, 1925, daughter of the late Everette and Ella Adams Marsh, she had resided in the Flemington area most of her life. Jeanette was a member of the Flemington-Raritan Senior Citizens and...
