Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Oct 26, 2007

Robert I. Lytle, age 77 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, October 26, 2007 at his residence.

Funeral arrangements are being conducted by the White-Luttrell Funeral Home, Ridley Park, PA. (610) 532.9606.

Interment will be in Edgewood Memorial Park, Glen Mills, PA.

Local arrangements are under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher...

Oct 25, 2007

Vernon P. Kline, age 85 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Flemington, NJ, February 2, 1922, he was the son of the late Norman and Bertha Rowe Kline.

He was a 1941 graduate of Flemington High School, and a United States Marine...

Oct 24, 2007

Elsie Smithana, age 94 years, of Three Bridges, NJ, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Readington Township, NJ, November 27, 1912, daughter of the late David and Abbie Wyckoff Larason, she had resided in Three Bridges most of her life.

She was a homemaker and...

Oct 22, 2007

Harry J. O'Connor, age 79 years, of Princeton Township, NJ, died on October 22, 2007, at his residence.

Born in the Bronx, NY, May 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Jeremiah and Ellen Ryan O'Connor. He had formerly lived in Piscataway, NJ for thirty years.

He was a retired salesman with Italian...

Oct 21, 2007

Selma Lopshire, a.k.a. Selma Birnbaum, age 76 years, of Union Township, Hunterdon County, NJ died on Sunday, October 21, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in the Bronx, NY, October 1, 1931, daughter of the late Morris and Mary Salkin Stefel, she had resided in Union Township for the past five years, having...

Oct 16, 2007

Harry D. Bolger II, age 64 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Jackson Heights, NY, January 24, 1943, son of the late Harry D. and Katherine Ann McLinsky Bolger, he had formerly resided in Commack, NY and had resided in Flemington since 1961....

Oct 14, 2007

Sophie Fenton, age 90 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in the Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ, where she had resided the past two years.

Born in New York City, NY, May 19, 1917, daughter of the late Frank and Vera Maximov, she had lived in Flemington since 1967, previously living...

Oct 14, 2007

David C. Dilts, age 87 years, of Montgomery Township, NJ, formerly of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, October 14, 2007, at his residence.

Born in Raritan Township, NJ, October 31, 1919, he was the son of the late George and Elizabeth Dilts.

He was a retired broker with Laidlaw, Princeton, NJ.

He...

Oct 10, 2007

Friedrich W. Braun, age 44 years, of Delaware Township, NJ has gone home to Heaven to be with his saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom he dearly loved.

Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he had resided in Delaware Township all of his life.

An accountant with Tirpok Cleaners, Flemington, NJ, he was a 1981 graduate of...

Oct 9, 2007

John J. McNally, age 83 years, died on October 9, 2007, in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, June 11, 1924.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the John Slater Funeral Home, Pittsburgh, PA. Interment will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery Mausoleum, Peters Township, PA. Local...

Oct 5, 2007

Vincent Presciti, age 70 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Friday, October 5, 2007, in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA., after a courageous twelve year battle with cancer.

Born August 8, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Alfred and Rose Marie LoVerso Presciti.

He retired from United...

Oct 3, 2007

Funeral arrangements for Margaret Risler will be announced by the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information or to send condolences.

Oct 3, 2007

Shelia Harrigan, age 56 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at her residence.

Born in New York City, NY, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Sheila Morkan Kaltner.

Surviving are two sons; Joshua Obercian of Paoli, PA, and Ian Landman of Philadelphia, PA; two brothers, Michael Kaltner...

Oct 2, 2007

Carl D. "Finch" Schaarschmidt, age 44 years, of Milford, NJ, died on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born October 22, 1962, in Raritan Township, NJ, son of the late Walter William Schaarschmidt, Jr. and Betty Lou Stevenson Schaarschmidt, he had resided in Hunterdon County all his life.

He...

Oct 1, 2007

William F. Keates, Sr., age 77 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Monday, October 1, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in New Brunswick, NJ, March 3, 1930, son of the late Vincent E. and Mae Korab Keates, he had resided in Flemington for the past year and a half, having previously lived...

Sep 29, 2007

Rosemarie A. Morrison, age 79 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ, November 19, 1927, daughter of the late Ignazio "Bill" Arena and Rose Concialdi Arena, she had resided in Raritan Township for the past seventeen years, having previously lived all...

Sep 29, 2007

Minnie A. Hall, age 83 years, of Morris Plains, NJ, died on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ.

Born in Middlesex, NJ, May 27, 1924, daughter of the late Joseph and Antoinette Curcio Turrisi, she had resided in Stanton, NJ from 1950-1990, then in Odessa, FL for fourteen years before moving to Morris...

Sep 28, 2007

Isabel A. Danco, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Friday, September 28, 2007 at Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, December 7, 1919, she had formerly resided in Roselle Park, NJ, Summit, NJ and Leasure Knoll in Manchester Township, NJ. Additionally, she and her husband spent their winters in Vero Beach,...

Sep 24, 2007

Anne Jurasek, age 81 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Monday, September 24, 2007 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Oxford, NJ, April 13, 1926, she had resided in Delaware Township for fifty-nine years.

A homemaker, she was formerly employed by General Motors, Trenton, NJ.

Her husband, Edward...

Sep 24, 2007

Donald Lee Chamberlin, age 62 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on September 24, 2007, in Markham Hospital, Markham, Ontario, Canada.

Born in Montclair, NJ, July 9, 1945, he was the son of the late Noel and Frances Cline Chamberlin.

Don moved to Flemington when he was ten. As a young boy he worked...