Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Frank H. Dreher, Jr.
Nov 18, 2015
Frank H. Dreher, Jr., age 92 years, formerly of Elmer, NJ, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Philadelphia, PA, September 21, 1923, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Dougherty Dreher. Mr. Dreher worked for many years in the Sears Optical Department. After his retirement, he...
Salvatore Mannino
Nov 16, 2015
Salvatore Mannino, age 68, of Delaware Township, NJ, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on February 4, 1947, Sal was the son of the late Salvatore and Josephine (Abbate) Mannino. He was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, NJ, and graduated from South Hunterdon Regional...
William Beil
Nov 13, 2015
William Beil, age 81 years, of High Bridge, NJ, died Friday, November 13, 2015, in Country Arch Care Center, Union Township, NJ. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, May 20, 1934, he had resided in High Bridge since 1973. Bill was employed in the Housekeeping Dept. of Hunterdon Developmental Center, Clinton, NJ, for twenty-five years until retiring. He attended the Abundant...
Lottie Krych
Nov 13, 2015
Lottie Krych, age 80, of Kingwood Township, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Born November 26, 1934, in Palmer Township, PA, Lottie was the daughter of the late Paul and Bessie (Lesher) Hefler. She was raised in the Easton, PA area before moving with her late husband, Stanley E. Krych Sr., to...
John A. Fioravanti
Nov 10, 2015
John . Fioravanti, age 65 years, of Whitehouse Station, NJ, died November 10, 2015, at his residence. Born in Plainfield, NJ, June 19, 1950, son of the late Angelo and Maria Rossi Fioravanti, he was a graduate of the University of Virginia. Surviving are a sister, Joanne Brams of Flemington, NJ; two nieces and one nephew. Cremation services were...
Bonnie L. Luster
Nov 9, 2015
Bonnie L Luster, age 57 years, of Franklin Township, NJ, died Monday, November 9, 2015, at her home. Born in Easton PA., June 30, 1958, daughter of the late Irving and Doris Preisig Stryker, she had resided in Franklin Township thirty-three years. Bonnie was employed for twenty-five years by TD Bank, Flemington, NJ. An avid gardener, she is survived...
C. Kevin Murray
Nov 9, 2015
C. Kevin Murray, age 56 years of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at his home. Born in Vancouver, Canada, September 21, 1959, Kevin is the son of the late Carl W. Murray and Darlene Murray, both of whom were longtime Hunterdon County, NJ residents. A United States Navy Veteran, Kevin served in the Gulf War as...
Giuseppa Mannino
Nov 8, 2015
Giuseppa Mannino, age 85, died Sunday, November 8, 2015 at her home in Flemington surrounded by her family. Born January 28, 1930, in Carini Sicily, Giuseppa was the daughter of the late Giovanni and Francesca (Mannino) Ingargiola. She immigrated to the United States more than 40 years ago, when she and her husband, Giuseppe Mannino, moved to Flemington Borough,...
Ethel Bartone
Nov 5, 2015
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP – Ethel Bartone, age 99, died Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Born March 3, 1916, in North Bergen, NJ, Ethel was the daughter of the late Nathan and Therese Katherina (Mueller) Backenroth. Ethel lived for many years in the Bergen County area before moving to the Hunterdon County area in...
Paul Douglas Cronce
Nov 4, 2015
Paul Douglas Cronce, age 94 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Ringoes, NJ, November 17, 1920, son of the late Paul Q. and Mary Strimple Cronce, he had resided in Ringoes all his life. Doug was a US Army Air Corps veteran of World War 2, serving...
Patricia H. Wengryn
Nov 3, 2015
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Patricia Hall Wengryn, 84, of Pittstown (Franklin Township) passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, November, 3, 2015. Born in Flemington, July 19, 1931, Patricia (Pat) was the first of two children of Bernice Conkling Hall and Stanley Dean Hall. She was a 1949 graduate of Flemington High School. She attended Douglass College. In her youth, Pat...
Paulo P. Gucciardo
Nov 1, 2015
Paulo P. Gucciardo, age 79 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Sunday, November 1, 2015, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Paulo was born June 19,1936, in Porto Alege, Brazil, and after finishing high school was in the Brazilian Army. He then became an electrician and in 1968 moved to New York City. In 1969, he brought...
Regina Robertson
Oct 28, 2015
Regina Robertson, age 96 years, of Raritan Township, NJ died on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Country Arch Care Center, Pittstown, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, April 28, 1919, she was a homemaker. Her husband, William Robertson, died in 1997. Surviving are a son, William Robertson, of Maine; one brother, one sister, and ten grandchildren. Graveside services and entombment...
Shirley A. Korth
Oct 28, 2015
Shirley A. Korth, age 81 years, of Phillipsburg, NJ, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, daughter of the late Russell and Jennie Hurd MacEachern, she had formerly resided in Alpha, NJ, and had resided in Phillipsburg, NJ for fourteen years. Shirley was an avid reader and was a...
Donna C. Illinico
Oct 28, 2015
Donna C. Illinico, age 89 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, formerly of Flemington Borough, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at her home. Born in Somerville, NJ, June 5, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Martha Austin. Donna was a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Post #159, a former Ladies Auxiliary member...
Elizabeth Suzanne Sherman
Oct 27, 2015
Elizabeth Suzanne Sherman, age 35 years, of Charleston, SC., died Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston. Born in Flemington, NJ, July 10, 1980, she was the daughter of Robert C. and Wendy Matthews Sherman of Glen Gardner, NJ. She was a graduate of Voorhees High School and was a personal fitness trainer...
Thaddeus "Ted" Kania, Jr.
Oct 27, 2015
Thaddeus "Ted" Kania, Jr., age 73 years, of Somerville, NJ, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at RWJ Somerset Hospital, Somerville, NJ. Born in Somerville, NJ, December 7, 1941, son of the late Thaddeus and Blanche Sdebel Kania, he had formerly resided in North Branch, NJ and had resided in Somerville twenty-five years. A lifelong construction worker, he was a...
Tasha L. Phillips
Oct 26, 2015
Tasha L. Phillips, age 25 years, of Pemberton, NJ died suddenly at home on Monday, October 26, 2015. Born July 27, 1990, in Easton, PA, Tasha was the daughter of Donna Wilson of Freemansburg, PA and Keith Phillips of Wisconsin. She lived in Freemansburg for many years before moving to Pemberton less than a year ago. Tasha was a...
Helen M. Kennedy
Oct 25, 2015
Helen M. Kennedy, age 94 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon, NJ. Born October 11, 1921, daughter of the late Charles and Helen O’ Conor Kennedy, she had formerly resided in Whitehouse Station, NJ. Helen worked as a Clerk Typist for Hunterdon County Senior Services, retiring in 2006...
John "Jack" Heathcote
Oct 24, 2015
John “Jack” Heathcote, age 82, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, after a brief illness. Born November 13, 1932, in Newark, NJ, Jack was the son of the late Clifford and Margaret (Benfold) Heathcote. He lived many years in Union, NJ, where he raised his family with his former wife Betty (Sampson), who...
