Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Gretta Rockafellow
Sep 2, 2008
Gretta M. (Cox) Rockafellow, age 89 years, of Frenchtown, NJ, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 in Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg, NJ.
Born in Readington, NJ, April 23, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Tunis V.M. and Anna King Cox. She had resided in Frenchtown, NJ since 1946.
A 1936 graduate of Flemington High...
Judiah Higgins
Sep 1, 2008
Friends and family mourn the passing of Judiah Higgins, age 76 years, who died in his sleep of natural causes on Sept. 1 in Miami.
Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1932, Jud lived mainly in New York and Princeton, New Jersey, until retiring to Coconut Grove, Florida.
He was educated at Tabor Academy, Princeton...
Phyllis Ann Day
Sep 1, 2008
Phyllis Ann Day, age 80 years, of Shallotte, NC, formerly of Flemington, NJ, died Monday, September 1, 2008.
Born in Plainfield, NJ on August 16, 1928, she was a daughter of the late James and Florence Vail Richardson. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister Elsie Devore.
Surviving are her husband...
William A. Workowski
Aug 30, 2008
William A. Workowski, age 91 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 30, 2008 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Germany, May 7, 1917, he was the son of the late Karl and Amelia Angermann Workowski. He had resided in Delaware Township since 1949.
He was a farmer and...
Vincent Nicholas Coppola
Aug 30, 2008
Vincent Nicholas Coppola, age 81 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at his son's residence in East Amwell Township, NJ.
Born in Corona, NY, April 2, 1927, son of the late Vincent and Antonette DeVito Coppola, he had resided in Kingwood Township for the past fifty-two years.
A United States...
Antoinette C. "Ann" Holtermann
Aug 29, 2008
Antoinette C. "Ann" Holtermann died on Friday, August 29, 2008 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Staten Island, NY, September 10, 1913, she had resided in Readington Township for the past six years, having spent her life on Staten Island, NY.
A former member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY,...
Harold John Anderson
Aug 29, 2008
Harold J. Anderson, age 90 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died on Friday, August 29, 2008 at his residence.
Born in Barbertown, NJ, September 1, 1917, he was the son of the late Orville and Susan Jardine Anderson.
He was a retired oil delivery truck driver having worked for L.K. Walton for over fifty...
Ingeborg "Ida" Tharaldsen
Aug 28, 2008
Ingeborg "Ida" Tharaldsen, age 101 years, died on Thursday, August 28, 2008 in the Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.
Born March 26, 1907 in Kristiansand S., Norway, daughter of the late Ole and Marie Hallandvik, she had formerly resided in Brooklyn, NY then in Staten Island, NY for many years before moving to New Jersey...
Gloria M. Bartolomeo
Aug 24, 2008
Gloria Muscarello Bartolomeo, age 84 years, of Staten Island, NY, died on Sunday, August 24, 2008, in Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY.
Born in New York City, NY, March 26, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Sebastian and Maria Grazia Muscarello. She had formerly resided in Brooklyn, NY, Milford, PA, and Raritan Township,...
Hattie Costello
Aug 24, 2008
Hattie Costello of Neshanic Station, NJ passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2008 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
She was born January 30, 1924 in Whitehouse, NJ. Hattie spent her entire life in New Jersey, much of it in Clinton where her husband had a barber shop and she raised their children.
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Josephine Betts Jefferson
Aug 23, 2008
Josephine Betts Jefferson, age 95 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 23, 2008, in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Summit, NJ, October 15, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Cortland Betts, who was the former Senior Partner in the New York law firm of Shearman and Stirling and the founder...
Julia Emily Sepanak
Aug 22, 2008
Julia Emily Sepanak, age 89 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, entered into eternal rest on Friday, August 22, 2008 in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Bayonne, NJ, August 19, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Kosierowska Zuber. She had formerly resided in Port Charlotte, FL, Watchung, NJ, and Bayonne, NJ....
Kathleen Mary Sherid Casey
Aug 16, 2008
Kathleen Mary Sheridan Casey, age 49 years, of Bethlehem Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 16, 2008 in Morristown, NJ as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Born in Rockville Centre, NY, August 15, 1959, daughter of Gail Haughey Sheridan of Danbury, CT and the late William J. Sheridan, she had resided in Bethlehem...
Andrew William Casey
Aug 16, 2008
Andrew William Casey, age 44 years, of Bethlehem Township, NJ, died on Saturday, August 16, 2008 in Clinton Township, NJ as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, NY, October 14, 1963, son of Carmen Ramirez Casey Castro of Altamonte Springs, FL and the late James Patrick Casey, he had resided...
Harris Meldrum Elwell
Aug 15, 2008
Harris Meldrum Elwell, age 88 years, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died on Friday, August 15, 2008 at her residence.
Born in Hamden, CT, July 30, 1920, daughter of the late Henry and Genotta Asor Meldrum, she had resided in Franklin Township for the past year, having lived most of her live in Scotch Plains, NJ....
Helen C. Carkhuff
Aug 14, 2008
Helen C. Carkhuff, age 90 years, of Murrells Inlet, SC, died on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at National Healthcare, Murrells Inlet, SC.
Born in Somerville, NJ, September 2, 1917, daughter of the late J.O. Van Fleet and Irene Madison Van Fleet, she had resided in South Carolina for the past year, having previously lived her entire life...
Peter Michael Gendek, Jr.
Aug 13, 2008
Peter Michael Gendek, Jr, age 51 years, of White Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at his residence.
Born May 23, 1957 in Raritan Township, NJ, he was the son of the late Peter M. and Violet Doreen Antis Gendek, Sr. and had resided in White Township for one month, having previously lived in Flemington,...
Peter Skirka
Aug 10, 2008
Peter Skirka, age 72 years, of Clinton, NJ, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, August 9, 2008 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, April 21, 1936, son of the late Peter and Julia Panchak Skirka, he had resided in Clinton, NJ most of his life.
Known...
Lucie Jane Bennett
Aug 4, 2008
Lucie Jane Bennett, age 14 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, August 4, 2008, in St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ.
Born in Weymouth, England, March 27, 1994, she was the daughter of Ricky Paul Bennett of Raritan Township, NJ, and Jane Turner Embley.
She attended The Lakeview School, Edison, NJ.
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Ellen Rose Daviau
Aug 3, 2008
Ellen Rose Daviau, age 59 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, August 3, 2008 in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ.
Born May 22, 1949 in Jersey City, NJ, daughter of Harold A. Barber of Raritan Township, NJ and the late Rosemary McMahon Barber, she had resided in Raritan Township for the past two years, having...
