Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Donald J. Padden
Jun 23, 2015
Donald J. Padden, age 79, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Green Acres Manor in Toms River, NJ. Born Christmas Day in 1935 in Bayonne, NJ, Don was the son of the late Frederick and Emily (Jurechko) Padden. He lived much of his life in Bayonne before moving to Middletown, NJ, and then to Flemington, NJ, nearly 20 years...
Harold K. Morris
Jun 22, 2015
Harold K. Morris, age 96 years, of Holland Township, NJ, died Monday, June 22, 2015, in Little Brook Care Center, Lebanon Township, NJ. Born in Papakating, Sussex County, NJ, December 15, 1918, son of the late Emmet and Caroline B. Van Atta Morris, Harold had formerly resided in Flemington for many years before moving to Holland Township in 2009....
Marian E. Kline
Jun 19, 2015
Marian Elizabeth Kline, age 91 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at the home of her daughter, Joan Miquel, in Three Bridges, NJ. Born July 17, 1923, in Mt. Kisco, NY, daughter of the late Bartholomew and Maria Creutz Twardy, she had resided in Flemington most of her life. A homemaker, she was Past President of...
Helen P. Kolanage
Jun 17, 2015
Helen P. Kalanage, age 89, fell asleep in the Lord on June 17, 2015. She was a resident of Friendship Village in Basking Ridge, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, Helen was the daughter of the late Peter and Julia (Kolonage) Poprotsky. Helen was preceded in death by her mother in 1929, and later by her father while Helen was...
Frances M. Gillette
Jun 14, 2015
Frances M. Gillette, age 86, a long-time resident of Flemington and recently of Hillsborough, NJ, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough. Born June 18, 1928, in Syracuse, NY, she missed her 87th birthday by four days. Fran was the daughter of the late John and Ethel (Ross) Martin. When Ethel passed away...
Carol C. Barrick
Jun 14, 2015
Carol Carter Barrick, age 84 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Sunday, June 14, 2015 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Somerville, NJ, December 11, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Bergen and Mabel Pyatt Carter. She was a lifelong resident of Flemington Borough and graduate of the Flemington Choir School and member...
Mary K. Rake
Jun 12, 2015
Mary K. Rake, age 70 years, of Whiting, NJ, died on Friday, June 12, 2015 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, April 20, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Eleanor Callahan Burd. She had formerly resided in Toms River, NJ, and Flemington, NJ. Surviving are her husband of...
Beverly Dunn Dickerson
Jun 9, 2015
Beverly Dunn Dickerson, age 93, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Independence Manor in Raritan Township where she resided since 2004. Born April 28, 1922 in Plainfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Cletus and Hazel (Pangborn) Dunn, and formerly resided in Lakehurst and Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, as well as in Florida. She was formerly a...
Marian H. Fenwick
Jun 8, 2015
Marian H. Fenwick, 84, a 62 year resident of Hillsborough, died on June 8th, 2015. She was born in Baiting Hollow, Long Island, NY to the late Myron and Marian Lyon Cooke Hulse. Her family moved their potato farming business to Cranbury, New Jersey in 1933. She lived in Cranbury until she moved to Hillsborough in 1953, newly wed...
Lucille Luciano
May 31, 2015
Lucille Luciano, age 88, died Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Born May 20, 1927, in Dunmore, PA, Lucille was daughter of the late Dominick and Josephine Ricardo. She grew up in Dunmore and after her marriage to the late Peter Luciano, the two moved to the Bronx, then raised her family in...
Eileen S. Wheeler
May 31, 2015
Eileen S. Wheeler, age 87, died Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township, NJ. Born March 25, 1928, in East Newark, NJ, Eileen was the daughter of the late Harold and Eileen (Getty) Sawyer. She was raised in Orange, NJ, before moving to Hunterdon County more than twenty years ago. A homemaker, Eileen raised...
William L. Johnston
May 29, 2015
William L. Johnston, age 87 years, of Three Bridges, NJ, died Friday, May 29, 2015, at his home. Born in New York City, NY, August 12, 1927, son of the late William and Florilla Thomas Johnston, he formerly resided in Edison, NJ and Staten Island, NY. A World War II United States Navy Veteran, William was a commercial artist...
Stephen Gerard Racioppo
May 29, 2015
Steve Racioppo, a resident of Pittstown, NJ, died on May 29, 2015. He was 62 years old. Born in Brooklyn, NY, November 30, 1952, he was the son of the late Leonard and Vincenza Bozzolo Racioppo. Steve was raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He was an honor student and attended Regis and Curtis H.S. and received a Bachelor...
Ronald Neil Campbell
May 29, 2015
Ronald Neil Campbell, of New York City and Flemington, NJ, passed away peacefully at his home in Flemington on Friday, May 29, 2015. Ron was born on March 7, 1926 in Morristown, NJ and grew up in Mountain Lakes, NJ. Ron is survived by his devoted and loving wife Jule Campbell, his son Bruce Campbell , his grandchildren Hannah...
Margaret A. Van Lieu
May 29, 2015
Margaret A. Van Lieu, age 94 years, of Jonestown, PA, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015, at the Lebanon Good Samaritan Hospital. She was the wife of the late Oscar Van Lieu, who died in 2002. Born in Reaville, NJ, February 24, 1921, daughter of the late Theodore and Mabel Quick Kaim, she and her husband owned and operated...
Elspeth Sawyer Birdsall
May 28, 2015
Elspeth Sawyer Birdsall, age 53, of Asbury, New Jersey passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at home and surrounded by loving family. Elspeth was born in Rahway, NJ on October 16, 1961 to Sewall and Elspeth (Henry) Sawyer. She was a graduate of the Upper Arlington High School class of 1979, graduate of Capital University, class of 1983...
Maria G. Fioravanti
May 27, 2015
Maria G. Fioravanti, age 92 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died on May 27, 2015 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in North Plainfield, NJ, October 17, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Adele Lombardi Rossi. Her husband, Angelo Fioravanti, died in 1995. Surviving are her son, John Fioravanti, and a daughter,...
Ryan M. Waterson
May 27, 2015
Ryan M. Waterson, age 23 years, of Branchburg, NJ, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Flemington, NJ. Born in Long Island, New York, December 25, 1991, he was a stock clerk for ShopRite, Branchburg, NJ. Surviving are his parents Robert and Lisa Waterson of Branchburg, NJ; one brother, Nicholas Waterson of Branchburg, NJ and one sister, Christie Waterson...
Vera Avoglia
May 25, 2015
Vera Avoglia, age 87, died Monday, May 25, 2015, at her home in Rosemont, NJ, surrounded by her family. Born August 5, 1927, in Jersey City, NJ, Vera was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Rose (Angersola) DeLorenzi. She was raised in Union City, graduated from Holy Rosary High School, and later married the late Louis G. Avoglia....
Stella Kanach
May 25, 2015
Stella Kanach, age 100 years, of Reaville, NJ, died Monday, May 25, 2015, at her home. Stella was born July 7, 1914, to Julian and Matilda Zenczak Kowalski, in Elizabeth, NJ. Stella's father was a butcher and her parents ran a grocery store on Grier Avenue in Elizabeth. In 1928 Stella's parents moved to a farm on Pleasant Run...
