Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Catherine Rose Weidler
Jun 22, 2010
Catherine Rose Melicharek Clark Weidler, 73, born August 6, 1936, died peacefully Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach, FL after a courageous fight with cancer.
Born in the Bronx, NY; past resident of Middlesex, NJ, Ringoes, NJ, Uhlerstown, PA, Wade, NC, Bradley Gardens, NJ, Raleigh, NC, and Belhaven, NC.
She is...
Cynthia Hulse Woykowski
Jun 22, 2010
Cynthia Woykowski, age 81 years, of Bethlehem, PA, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in Lehigh Valley Medical Center-Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA.
She was the wife of the late Theofil Woykowski and was pre-deceased by her parents, Francis and Margaret Bramble Hulse and also a son, James K. Gustafson.
She is survived by her daughters,...
Catherine M. Rognstad
Jun 17, 2010
Catherine M. Rognstad, age 99 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at her residence.
Funeral arrangements and interment in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY are private under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information or to send condolences.
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Helen Medianka
Jun 16, 2010
Helen Medianka, age 88 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ.
Born in Illinci, Ukraine, January 8, 1922, she had formerly resided in Toms River, NJ, Fords, NJ and Jersey City, NJ. Mrs. Medianka was formerly an assembler for Block Drug Company, Jersey City, NJ, retiring in...
Carl Kukula
Jun 16, 2010
Carl Kukula, age 89 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Slovakia, March 20, 1921, he was the son of the late Karl and Louisa Dobrovitz Kukula.
He was an engineer at Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ.
Surviving are his...
Lloyd J. Ward
Jun 16, 2010
Lloyd J. Ward, age 71 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Yonkers, NY, July 13, 1938, he was the son of the late Arthur and Frances Messler Ward. He had previously resided in Raritan Township, NJ.
He formerly owned and...
Jay Comeforo
Jun 15, 2010
Jay Comeforo died peacefully on June 15, 2010, at Sunrise Reminiscence Unit, Marlboro, NJ. Born on Staten Island, NY on August 3, 1922, the only child of Joseph Comeforo and Eugenia Occinio Comeforo, he grew up on Staten Island and was graduated with the New Dorp High School class of 1940. He attended Rutgers University where he received a...
Emilia Zachar Brozman
Jun 15, 2010
Emilia Zachar Brozman, age 94 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, June 15, 2010.
Born in Yonkers, NY, February 24, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Brza Zachar. She was a longtime resident of Sandbrook and Stockton, and a retiree of New Port Richey, FL.
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Helen O. Wolfertz
Jun 15, 2010
Helen O. Wolfertz, age 92 years, died of natural causes on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at her home in Rosemont, NJ.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Thorvald and Gerta Pedersen Ommundsen.
She graduated from Bay Ridge High School having been enrolled in an academic program affiliated...
Margaret T. Ayers
Jun 14, 2010
Margaret Thorne Ayers, age 98 years, of Merritt Island, FL, died on Monday, June 14, 2010.
Born in Newburgh, NY, November 28, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Margaret Fawcett Thorne.
Peggie played the piano since the age of ten and had composed many songs over the years. She taught piano...
Richard Steger
Jun 12, 2010
Richard Steger, age 81 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, June 12, 2010, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Germany, August 24, 1928, he was the son of the late Georg and Margarethe Rupprecht Steger.
He was a retired iron worker.
Surviving is a niece, Ursula Paul,...
Valentina Ichkenova
Jun 12, 2010
Valentina Ichkenova, age 85 years, died on Saturday, June 12, 2010, in the Valley View Care Center, Alexandria Township, NJ.
Funeral arrangements will be private under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.
Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information, or to send condolences.
Stephen Frederick Costello
Jun 10, 2010
Stephen Frederick Costello, age 46 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at his home.
Born in Wenonah, NJ, July 15, 1963, son of the late Walter H. Costello and Claire Moegele Costello of Wenonah, he had lived in Raritan Township for the past fifteen years, having formerly lived in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ....
Geraldine F. Debacco
Jun 10, 2010
Geraldine F. DeBacco, age 80 years, of Califon, NJ, died on Thursday, June 10, 2010 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ.
Born in Somerville, NJ, March 18, 1930, daughter of the late Frederick Rittenhouse and Lillian Marshall Williamson, she had resided in Califon since 1964.
She was a Homemaker and also was a Cook at...
Alice Berner
Jun 10, 2010
Alice Emfinger Berner, 86, changed her address to a celestial one on Thursday, June 10, after complications from a mild stroke.
She was born August 27, 1923 in Lagrange, Georgia, the daughter of the late Zula Taylor Emfinger and Henry D. Emfinger. She was one of five children and proud to be a twin.
Her...
Angeline Teresa Ossi
Jun 8, 2010
Angeline Teresa Ossi, age 91 years, died on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Clifton, NJ, August 19, 1918, she had formerly resided in North Bergen, NJ.
Funeral services and interment in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson, NJ will be private under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home,...
Alexander Joseph Zanetti
Jun 5, 2010
Alexander Joseph Zanetti, age 91 years, of Whiting, NJ, formerly of Flemington, passed on to his eternal reward on June 5, 2010 at his home.
Mr. Zanetti was born in Flemington in 1919 and was a 1936 graduate of Flemington High School. He was a proud World War II veteran serving with the United States Army Air...
Avrum L. Katcher, M.D.
Jun 4, 2010
Avrum L. Katcher, M.D., age 84 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, June 4, 2010 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ.
Born in Philadelphia, PA, August 28, 1925, son of the late William and Anna Cahan Katcher, he had resided in the Flemington area since 1959, having formerly lived in the Germantown...
Joseph Frank Gessner
Jun 4, 2010
Joseph Frank Gessner, age 94 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Friday, June 4, 2010 at his home.
Born July 5, 1915 in Elizabeth, NJ to the late Valentine and Mary Streiffler Gessner, he graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1933 and then moved to Kingwood Township, NJ to operate a farm with his parents.
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George Henry Sheppard
Jun 3, 2010
George Henry Sheppard, age 71 years, of Pottstown, PA, died on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Pottstown, PA.
Born on November 28, 1938, son of the late George Nelson Fisher Sheppard and Florence Hamel Sheppard, he had resided in Pottstown over forty years, having formerly lived in Hunterdon County, NJ.
Surviving...
