Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
William S. Schneirla
Sep 20, 2014
William S. Schneirla, Sr., age 98, died Saturday, September 20, 2014, at home in Readington Township, NJ.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Fr. Paul Schneirla Scholarship Fund, St. Mary’s, 8005 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
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Dylan G. Napolitan
Sep 20, 2014
Dylan G. Napolitan, age 21 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Saturday, September 20, 2014, at his home.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, June 7, 1993, he had resided in Hunterdon County all his life.
A graduate of Delaware Valley High School, he was a musician, poet, artist and photographer who will be greatly missed....
V. Rev. William Sutfin Schneirla
Sep 20, 2014
Very Rev. William Sutfin Schneirla, age 98 years, of Stanton, NJ, died Saturday, September 20, 2014, at his home.
A resident of Stanton, NJ, for forty years, he had formerly resided in Far Hills, NJ.
He was formerly pastor of St. Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY for fifty years; was Old Testament Professor at...
Virginia L. Vieytes
Sep 16, 2014
Virginia L. Vieytes, age 76 years, of Upper Black Eddy, PA., passed away, Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at her home with her family by her side.
Virginia was born in Princeton, NJ, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Eurs Durling, had formerly resided in Flemington, NJ and had resided in Upper Black Eddy for thirty-four years....
Margaret E. Seiger
Sep 16, 2014
Margaret E. Seiger, age 70, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Brandywine Assisted Living in Bridgewater Township, NJ.
Born, May 6, 1944 in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Kathyrn (Jones) Mergenthaler. Margaret received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Caldwell College in Caldwell, NJ. She lived in Clinton for many years...
Joyce S. Gerrone
Sep 15, 2014
Joyce S. Gerrone, age 77 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Monday, September 15, 2014 in Kindred Hospital, Dover, NJ.
Born in Hazleton, PA, January 31, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John and Myrtle Kiddish. She grew up in Freeland, PA and had previously resided in South Plainfield, NJ and Bridgewater, NJ.
...Delane Rita Lansky Lipka
Sep 12, 2014
Delane Rita Lansky Lipka, of Washington Township, NJ, formerly of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, September 12, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
***A complete obituary will be forthcoming.***
Her husband of fifty-five years, Harry B. Lipka, died in 2007.
Amongst her survivors are a daughter, Sheraine Cindy Arbitsman...
Boris Despotov
Sep 11, 2014
Boris Despotov, age 81 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died on Thursday, September 11, 2014, in Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, February 16, 1933, he was the son of the late Vasil and Maria Despotov. He had resided in Readington Township, NJ since 1973.
He was a retired plastics...
Emily E. Fitzer
Sep 11, 2014
Emily E. Fitzer, age 71 years, of East Bangor, PA, died on Thursday, September 11, 2014 in St. Luke's Hospice House, Lower Saucon Township, PA.
Born in Kingwood Township, NJ, December 20, 1942, daughter of the late Louis Godown, Sr. and Louise Van Horn Godown, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County resident prior to moving to PA...
Christopher B. Mone
Sep 10, 2014
Christopher B. Mone, age 51 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in New Brunswick, NJ, February 15, 1963, he had formerly resided in Weston FL. A self-employed optician, he was licensed in New Jersey and in Florida and was a member of the Florida State...
Ida M. Kemble
Sep 6, 2014
Ida M. Kemble, age 91 years, of West Amwell Township, NJ, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Lambertville, NJ, May 10, 1923, daughter of the late Peter and Catherine Provenzano Martino, she resided most of her life in West Amwell Township.
Ida was formerly employed...
Diane M. Friedenthal
Sep 5, 2014
Diane M. Friedenthal, age 62 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on Friday, September 5, 2014 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Somerville, NJ, December 13, 1951, daughter of Theodore Twardowski and the late Margaret Schaller Twardowski, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County, NJ resident.
Diane was a bakery worker at Stop...
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.
...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...