Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Joseph F. Kleczynski
Sep 1, 2014
Joseph F. Kleczynski, age 80, of Flemington, NJ, died on Monday, September 1, 2014 at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Shamokin, PA, on April 5, 1934, he was the son of the late Albert and Nellie Kleczynski. Joe retired in 1997 after 36 years of teaching mathematics at Hunterdon Central High School, where he...
Dorothy Clark
Aug 31, 2014
Dorothy Clark, age 83 years of Bound Brook, NJ, died Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Somerset, Somerville, NJ.
Born in Trenton, NJ, December 26, 1930, daughter of the late John and Marion Coulter Fort Reigle, she was a homemaker.
Dorothy had resided in Bound Brook, NJ, for the past two...
Ruth L. Smith
Aug 31, 2014
Ruth L. Smith, age 81, died, Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Independence Manor in Raritan Township, NJ.
Born October 16, 1932 in Lyndhurst, NJ, daughter of the late Frederick and Helen (Jachowski) Yockman, Ruth was raised in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx, NY. She married the late Joseph Smith and they moved to Jersey City,...
Arlene Anne Graper
Aug 31, 2014
Arlene Anne Graper, of East Amwell Township, NJ, passed away at home on Sunday, August 31, 2014.
Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Kathleen McGuire Schember. She grew up in Lyndhurst,NJ. She was a graduate of Montclair State College and was a Professor at Raritan Valley Community College, St....
Carolyn Polhemus
Aug 30, 2014
Carolyn Polhemus, age 99 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died Saturday,August 30, 2014, in Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Wertsville, NJ, May 4, 1915, daughter of the late Jonathan and Hellena Drake Voorhees, she had resided in Hunterdon County most of her life and,at one time, resided in Pennsylvania for ten years.
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Ruth V. Collins
Aug 28, 2014
Ruth V. Collins, age 96 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, August 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Anne Smith and John King.
Ruth retired as an underwriter from Crum and Foster Insurance Company. She...
Mildred Taylor
Aug 25, 2014
Mildred Taylor, widow of the late Dr. Irving W. Taylor of Scotch Plains, NJ passed away early on Monday, August 25, 2014, in Newtown, PA.
Born October 15, 1926, Mildred had a career as a medical technologist, a market researcher and later as a computer program sales associate.
For many years she was an active...
Elizabeth Austin "Cam" Atkinson
Aug 23, 2014
Elizabeth "Cam" Atkinson, age 67 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at her home.
Born in Tuxedo, NY, April 27, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Benson and Elizabeth Halsted Austin. She was a longtime resident of Tewksbury Township, NJ before moving to Raritan Township.
She was a...
Mary Ann Thomas
Aug 21, 2014
Mary Ann Thomas, age 88, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, NJ.
Mary was born August 29, 1925 in Irvington, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Emilia (Dolch) Hildner. She worked for many years as a School Aide at St. Ann’s School in Newark, NJ. She was...
Margaret E. Goetz
Aug 21, 2014
Margaret E. Goetz, age 84, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.
Born September 6, 1929 in Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine (Bonner) Goetz. Margaret retired as a Supervisor from New York Telephone in Massapequa, NY.
In addition to her parents,...
Delbert D. Keyes
Aug 21, 2014
Delbert Keyes, age 98 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
He was born in Carbondale, PA, November 7, 1915, son of the late Miner and Agnes McMyne Keyes. He had formerly resided in Irvington, NJ.
He was a retired sheet metal fabricator...
Kevin Cunningham
Aug 19, 2014
Kevin Cunningham, age 54 years, of Huntington, VT, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
Born April 27, 1960, Kevin grew up in Flemington, NJ and was a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School.
Kevin attended the University of Vermont and had resided in Vermont ever since.
Surviving are his wife, Sandy...
Joan Callahan
Aug 19, 2014
Joan Callahan, age 90 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Butler, PA, June 30, 1924, daughter of the late Morgan J. and Loretta Askey Callahan, she had resided in Hunterdon County, NJ since the early 1940's.
A United States Navy...
Beatrice M. Barad
Aug 18, 2014
Beatrice Miriam Barad (nee Krival) died on Monday, 18 August at her Delaware Township home in the loving company of her husband and daughter. She was 91.
Known as “Bea” to family and friends, she was a graduate of Hunter College and the only one of her siblings born in the United States. She married Dr. Gerald...
Carole Stieglitz
Aug 17, 2014
Carole Stieglitz, age 71 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, August 17, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Rahway, NJ, October 15, 1942 and growing up in Linden, NJ she was the daughter of the late Jake and Rose Shirling Tannenbaum. Carole had resided in Raritan Township for the past...
Mark Edward Robbins
Aug 14, 2014
Mark Edward Robbins, age 56 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Madison, WI, October 22, 1957, son of the late George Warren and Helen Edith Heisman Robbins, he had resided in the area since 1993, having formerly lived in Boonton, NJ and Mountain...
Margaret Smithen
Aug 14, 2014
Margaret Smithen of Stanton, NJ, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at the Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington, NJ. She was 86.
Born in Somerville, NJ, September 7, 1927, daughter of the late Thomas and Rachel Schwenger Traynor, Margaret was a lifelong resident of the Hunterdon County area.
Margaret was a 1945 Flemington High School...
Aldona Alice Astrauckas Bush
Aug 10, 2014
Aldona Alice Astrauckas Bush, age 85 years, of Clinton, NJ, died on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at her home.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, March 5, 1929, daughter of the late Anthony and Adele Pliopliute Astrauckas, Aldona grew up in Brooklyn, NY until the family moved to Hunterdon County, NJ when she was sixteen years old.
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Natalie Samolewicz
Aug 10, 2014
Natalie Samolewicz, age 97 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, formerly of the Pike County, PA area, died on Sunday, August 10, 2014 in Rolling Hills Care Center.
Funeral Services and arrangement safe by the Frey-Stetsock Funeral Home, 570.676.3381. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Sterling, PA.
Local arrangements are by the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral...
Madeline L. Reitze
Aug 7, 2014
Madeline L. Reitze, age 96 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, formerly of Hillsborough Township, NJ, died on Thursday, August 7, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center.
Born in Woodhaven, NY, March 27, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Lena Scherer Marks.
She formerly worked at Macy's, New York, NY.
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