Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Paul Vrabel
Aug 2, 2002
Paul Vrabel, age 74 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on August 2, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Edison, NJ on October 12, 1927, he was the son of the late John Vrabel and Mary Boboly. Mr. Vrabel was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army from 1946-1948. He was a retired truck driver...
Dr. Albert M. Berkelhammer
Jul 30, 2002
Dr. Albert M. Berkelhammer, age 72 years, of Annandale, NJ, died on July 30, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Providence, RI on March 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Jacob and Lee Berkelhammer. Dr. Berkelhammer was a veterinarian who owned and operated the Animal Medical Surgical Center in Maplewood, NJ....
John J. Perzel
Jul 29, 2002
John J. Perzel, age 99 years, of Raritan, NJ, died on July 29, 2002 at the Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ. Born in Raritan, NJ on September 13, 1902, he was the son of the late George Perzel and Mary (Hovan) Perzel. Mr. Perzel was a taxidermist and beekeeper working in both Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough, NJ. John...
Betzy M.C. Deemer
Jul 28, 2002
Betzy M.C. Deemer, age 74 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on July 28, 2002 at the Chandler Hall Health Services Nursing Home in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Born in Norway on November 5, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Ole M. Nygaard and Dagmar C. Mickelson. She worked as the Communications Coordinator at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township,...
Lena Henderson
Jul 26, 2002
Lena Henderson, age 76 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on July 26, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. She was born in the Bronx, NY on December 31, 1925. Lena worked as a seamstress. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Henderson, who died in 1990. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, NJ.
Majer Grinbaum
Jul 25, 2002
Majer Grinbaum, age 84 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on July 25, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Poland on May 5, 1918, he was the son of the late Herschel Grinbaum and Chaja Grinbaum. He was the owner and operator of a poultry farm in Ringoes. Majer is survived by his wife, Paula...
Arthur N. Ward Jr.
Jul 23, 2002
DELAWARE TWP. - Arthur N. Ward Jr. died Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at home. He was 60. He was born in Phillipsburg, a son of Arthur and Laura Laskowitz Ward. He lived in Flemington until moving to Delaware Township in 1974. He served in the Marine Corps 1959-1963 and was a charter member of the Hunterdon chapter of the...
William L. Christian
Jul 23, 2002
William L. Christian, age 83 years, of Glen Gardner, NJ, died on July 23, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY on June 4, 1919, he was the son of the late William Christian and Edith Plunkett. Mr. Christian was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army....
Robin L. Floyd
Jul 21, 2002
READINGTON TWP. - Robin L. Floyd died Sunday, July 21, 2002 at the Medical Center at Princeton of a heart attack. She was 48. She was born in Somerville, the daughter of John J. and Valeria Balogh Whelan, and resided in Flemington before moving to Readington Township 10 years ago. She was employed by Grand Union supermarkets, first in...
Constance H. Kries
Jul 21, 2002
Constance H. Ruggles Kries, 81, of Bigalow Lane, Baldwinsville, died Friday at Syracuse Home Association, Baldwinsville. She was born in Newburyport, Mass., and had lived in Washington, N.J., and Flemington, N.J., before moving to Baldwinsville in 1999. She retired in 1985 as office manager and co-owner of Kries Jewelers in Flemington after 39 years. She was a member of...
A. Lewis Hultz
Jul 20, 2002
READINGTON TWP. - A. Lewis Hultz died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Hunterdon Medical Center. He was 79. Born in Three Bridges, he was the son of William and Velma Dilts Hultz. He lived in Neshanic before moving to Readington Township in 1950. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He owned and operated his own...
Elizabeth D. Murphy
Jul 20, 2002
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Elizabeth D. Murphy died Saturday, July 20, 2002, in Flager Hospital here. She was 74. Born in Newark, she had resided in Flemington from 1966 to 1992, when she moved to St. Augustine since 1992. She was employed in the Dietary Department at Hunterdon Medical Center until retiring in 1992. Her husband, John Murphy, died...
Rev. Richard A. Wolf
Jul 19, 2002
CHERRYVILLE - The Rev. Richard A. Wolf died Friday, July 19, 2002, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. He was 89. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., to William and Christine Poser Wolf, and had lived most of his life in Elizabeth, then in Deer Isle, Maine, then in Cherryville for 16 years until...
Margaret C. Cole
Jul 18, 2002
READINGTON TWP. - Margaret C. Cole died July 18, 2002, at her home. She was 89. Born in Neshanic, she was daughter of Jason S. and Abbie Boehm Crum. She lived in Readington Township for 48 years and was a member of the Readington Reformed Church. She was formerly a secretary and bookkeeper for Crum-Genova Insurance Agency in Somerville....
Dorothy Toklish
Jul 17, 2002
Dorothy Toklish, age 82 years, of New City, Hamlet in New York, died on July 17, 2002 at Northern Manor Multicare Center Nursing Home, 199 N Middletown Rd, Nanuet, NY 10954. Born in Philadelphia, PA on November 15, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Frank Wilkinson and Lillian Lessig. She worked as the executive secretary for G.E....
Nick Kosow
Jul 17, 2002
HILLSBOROUGH TWP. - Nick Kosow died July 17, 2002, at home. He was 76. Born in Russia, he was the son of Dimetri and Anastasia Kosow. He lived in Hillsborough Township for 19 years, having formerly lived in Woodbridge. He was a retired tool and die maker with Alloy Tool Co. in Bridgewater. He was a member of the...
Herbert Paul Pfingst
Jul 16, 2002
Herbert Paul Pfingst, age 82 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on July 16, 2002 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Staten Island, NY on May 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Lt. Adolph Pfingst and Anna Donaldson. Mr. Pfingst was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air...
Ernest Brown Jr.
Jul 15, 2002
Ernest Brown Jr., age 40 years, of Gaithersburg, MD, died on July 15, 2002 in Baltimore, MD. Born in South Carolina on February 6, 1962, he was the son of Ernest Brown Sr. and Leona Burd Meyer. He worked as a computer network installer for Nortel Netowrks. Interment in Frenchtown Cemetery, Trenton Avenue, Frenchtown, NJ.
Viola Z. Reamer
Jul 13, 2002
Viola Z. Reamer, age 101 years, of Lebanon, NJ, died on July 13, 2002 at the Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Born in Ringoes, NJ on June 21, 1901, she was the daughter of the late Louis S. Zabriskie and Emma Johnson. She was a homemaker and employee of Stangl Pottery. Viola was predeceased by her husband,...
Joan Watkin Hunt
Jul 12, 2002
KINGWOOD TWP. - Joan Watkin Hunt died Friday, July 12, 2002 in Hunterdon Medical Center. She was 72. She was born in Trenton, the daughter of James and Mildred Sumner Watkin. She lived in Kansas and Virginia before moving to Kingwood Township in 1959. She was a graduate of Trenton Central High School and of the Ann May School...
