Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Stephanie M. Coster
Feb 3, 2012
Stephanie M. Coster, age 57 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Friday, February 3, 2012 at her home.
Born in Huntington, NY, November 21, l954, daughter of the late Michael and Mary McErlane Sikora, she had resided here for five years.
A homemaker, she is survived by her husband, Harold Coster; a son, Michael Coster...
Stella Riegel
Feb 2, 2012
Stella Riegel, age 84 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her home.
Born in Whitehouse Station, NJ, July 15, 1927, daughter of the late Peter and Sarah Slizewski, she had lived in Delaware Township since 1960.
A longtime member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, Delaware Township, NJ, she...
Agnes R. Anderson
Feb 2, 2012
Agnes R. Anderson, age 91 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Rahway, New Jersey, July 31, 1920, daughter of the late Richard Denbleyker, who served in the US Navy during the Boxer Rebellion, and Agnes Hamborg Denbleyker, she had resided in Raritan...
Donna Marie Caputo
Feb 1, 2012
Donna Marie Caputo, age 48 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, Februrary 1, 2012 at her home.
Born in the Bronx, NY, July 23, 1963, daughter of Ann Marie Fontana of North Palm Beach, FL and the late Donald J. Caputo, she had resided in Raritan Township for the past eight years, having formerly lived...
Rose A. Grywalsky
Feb 1, 2012
Rose A. Grywalsky, age 96 years, formerly of Flemington, NJ, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, in Green Knoll Nursing Center, Bridgewater Township, NJ.
A lifelong resident of Flemington, she was born June 5, 1915, daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Dobrosky Grywalsky, and was formerly employed by Flemington Fur Company, then by Singer Corp., Finderne,...
Vera Elizabeth Ball
Jan 31, 2012
Vera Ball, age 86 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, in The Highlands Care One, Edison, NJ.
Born in North Branch, NJ, August 13, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Edna Rittenhouse Hoffman.
She was a retired home health aide and had worked for the Hunterdon Healthcare...
Hans Bitterle
Jan 31, 2012
Hans Bitterle, age 83 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at his residence.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, September 8, 1928, he was the son of the late Karl and Friedl Hertlieb Bitterle.
He was the owner of Primusmold, Middlesex, NJ.
Surviving are his wife, Margarete Schweiker Bitterle, and...
Helen Rappel
Jan 29, 2012
Helen Rappel, age 83 years, died on Sunday, January 29, 2012, in Valley View Care Center, Alexandria Township, NJ.
Born in Newark, NJ, July 22, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Pauline Okun. She was a homemaker, and had resided in Linden, NJ all of her life.
She was pre-deceased by...
Charles Eugene Grom
Jan 28, 2012
Charles Eugene Grom, age 94 years, died on Saturday, January 28, 2012, in the Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park, NJ.
Born in Newark, NJ, October 3, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles and Victoria Yellen Grom. He had formerly resided in Union, NJ before retiring to Raritan Township, NJ.
He was a...
Maria A. Sayles
Jan 28, 2012
Maria A. Sayles, of La Jolla, CA, died on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in California.
Maria Agripina Popescu Sayles was born 9/20/1918 in Craiova, Romania to Dumitru Popescu, head of the Romanian Orthodox church of their province, and Elena Staiculescu, a teacher who died when Maria was 3.
Maria, also known as Pina, graduated University...
Lela G. Bianchi
Jan 18, 2012
Lela G. Bianchi, age 95 years, Union Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Twin Rocks, PA, August 23, 1916, daughter of the late Clyde and Hazel Adams, she had formerly resided in Garwood, NJ before moving to Union Township in 1988.
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Olga Walen
Jan 13, 2012
Olga Walen, age 88 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Friday January 13, 2012, at her home.
Born in New York City, NY, June 18, 1923, daughter of the late Michael and Anna Stasuk Opiela, she had resided in Kingwood Township, NJ for the last eighty-five years.
She was a homemaker and operated a sheep...
Irene Anna Hrubos Dietz
Jan 13, 2012
Irene Anna Hrubos Dietz, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, January 13, 2012 at her home.
Born in Dunellen, NJ, October 25, 1924, daughter of the late Anton and Mary Hrubos, she was a lifelong area resident.
Retiring from Johanna Farms, Raritan Township, NJ, Mrs. Dietz was formerly a member of...
Rocco Joseph Palestina, Jr.
Jan 12, 2012
Rocco Joseph Palestina, Jr., age 55 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, died on Thursday, January 12, 2012 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Newark, NJ, January 31, 1956, son of Gloria Ruggerio Palestina of Nutley, NJ and the late Rocco Joseph Palestina, Sr., he had resided in Clinton Township for the past three...
Hilda L. Zachar
Jan 3, 2012
Hilda L. Zachar, age 83 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Denmark, May 13, 1928, daughter of the late Severin and Karen Overgaard Tange, she had resided in Delaware Township from 1946-1960 when she moved to Washington, NJ and then returned to Delaware...
Walter Joseph Zambek
Jan 3, 2012
Walter Joseph Zambek, age 91 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at his residence.
Born in Passaic, NJ, July 12, 1920, son of the late Henry and Nellie Herzig Zambek, he was a lifelong area resident.
A graduate of Frenchtown High School, Frenchtown, NJ, Mr. Zambek, along with his brother,...
Marjorie Voorhees Frizzell
Jan 1, 2012
Marjorie Voorhees Frizzell, age 82 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on Sunday, January 1, 2012 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Somerville, NJ, December 16, 1929, daughter of the late Frank O. Voorhees, Sr. and Edna Titus Voorhees, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County, NJ resident.
A 1948 graduate of Flemington...
Charles A. Enea
Dec 29, 2011
Charles A. Enea, age 83 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, in Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born April 11, 1928 in Croton, NJ, son of the late Andrew and Mary Forsythe Enea, he was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, NJ.
He was a retired self-employed excavator and formerly...
Edward Pilecki
Dec 28, 2011
Edward Pilecki, age 89 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Country Arch Care Center, Union Township, NJ.
Born in Greenbrook, NJ, November 14,1922, son of the late Joseph and Sabina Krol Pilecki, he had formerly resided in Dunellen, NJ and Three Bridges, NJ before moing to the Stanton area in 1965....
Lazelle S. Knocke
Dec 25, 2011
Lazelle S. Knocke, (nee Schwarten), 94, of Readington, NJ, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011. Former wife of Dr. Frederick J. Knocke and beloved mother of Dorothy Maxfield of New Jersey, Alabama and Louisiana, Diane and her husband William Kohout of Wyckoff, New Jersey and Martha and her husband Anton Hoffarth of Tauffelen, Switzerland. Dear grandmother of Virginia Callahan,...
