Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
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....
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...
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...
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...
Mary H. Giglio
Jun 1, 2010
Mary H. Giglio, age 94 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, June 1, 2010 in the Green Knoll Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bridgewater, NJ.
Born in Pottsville, PA, February 23, 1916, daughter of the late Paul and Anna Lojun Horvath, she had resided in Raritan Township since 1998, having formerly lived in Gillette and Linden,...
Louise Martha Saunders
May 31, 2010
Louise Martha Saunders, age 84 years, of Viera, FL, died on Monday, May 31, 2010 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, May 9, 1926, daughter of the late Charles Gardner McKnight Skinner and Anna Keebler Skinner, she had resided in Viera for the past twenty years, having formerly lived in Queens and Brooklyn,...
James E. Small
May 31, 2010
james E. Small, age 55 years, of Readington Township, NJ, died on Monday, May 31, 2010, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held under the direction of the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Forty Fort, PA (570)287-8541. Interment will be in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas, PA.
Local arrangements were under...
Edna M. Sipler
May 29, 2010
Edna M. Sipler, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Saturday May 29, 2010 at her residence.
A life long resident of Hunterdon County, she was born in Alexandria Township February 9, 1923, daughter of the late Albert and Eliza Ulmer Case. She was formerly a cook for the Flemington-Raritan School district and also was employed...
Mary Ruth Degregorio
May 24, 2010
Mary Ruth DeGregorio, age 94 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, May 24, 2010, in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Dubois, PA, June 24, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Tillie Ostrowski Motylewski. She had formerly resided in Whiting, NJ.
She is survived by a...
Joann L. Poles
May 24, 2010
Joann L. Poles, age 80 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Monday, May 24. 2010, at her residence.
Born in Staten Island, NY, July 29, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Ralph W. and Gladys Diveny Van Nostrand. She had resided in Delaware Township since 1987, and had formerly resided in Toms River, NJ....
Mary Lewis Robbins
May 23, 2010
Mary Lewis Robbins, 66, of Ringoes, NJ passed away Sunday morning, May 23, 2010 at home.
She was born to the late Robert Lewis and Margaret McEwan and raised in Madison, NJ and attended The Grier School and Southern Seminary College.
Mary loved horses as a youngster and became an exceptional equestrian. For thirty five...
Priscilla Marie Stelle
May 22, 2010
Priscilla Marie Stelle, age 67 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on Saturday, May 22, 2010 in her home surrounded by those who loved her.
Born September 27, 1942 in Newark, NJ, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Del Sordo Geronimo, she had resided in Kingwood Township since 1999 having formerly lived in Chatham Township, NJ....
