Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Oct 13, 1996

Harriet V. McPherson, age 86 years, of Saint Petersburg, FL, died on October 13, 1996 at the Palms of Pasadena Hospital, 1501 Pasadena Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL. Born in Flemington, NJ on October 2, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Peter Van Arsdale and Eva Latourette. She worked as a savings and loan officer at Capitol...

Oct 10, 1996

Carl Alvater, age 90 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on October 10, 1996 at his residence. Born in Raritan Township, NJ on February 28, 1906, he was the son of the late Edward Alvater and Anna Pilger Alvater. Mr. Alvater worked as a stone mason and carpenter for George Vocke Construction Company in Sergeantsville, NJ. Carl was predeceased by...

Oct 3, 1996

Leroy Ringler, age 91 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on October 3, 1996 at his residence. Born in Reading, PA on May 3, 1905, he was the son of the late Samuel Ringler and Bertha Hinkel. Mr. Ringler worked as a cab driver and truck driver with O'Brien's Moving & Storage Company in Reading, PA. Leroy was predeceased by...

Oct 2, 1996

Joseph Chaplinsky, Jr., age 63 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on October 2, 1996 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, 1200 S Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA. Born in Manville, NJ on December 23, 1932, he was the son of Joseph Chaplinsky, Sr., and Anna Feno Chaplinsky. Mr. Chaplinsky was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U.S. Army...

Oct 2, 1996

Lester C. Wolfe, age 64 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on October 2, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Coplay, PA on February 13, 1932, he was the son of Helen Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U.S. Navy from 1949-1953. He then worked as a chemist...

Sep 30, 1996

DELAWARE TWP.

Silage Conveyor Accident

Kills Farmer Prall Bodine

Longtime dairy farmer Prall H. Bodine was killed Monday, Sept. 30, 1996, in a barnyard accident on his Sergeantsville Road farm. He was 61.

Mr. Bodine somehow got caught in a silage conveyor used to feed cows, township police said. He suffered...

Sep 30, 1996

K. Mary Melton, age 83 years, of Milford, NJ, died on September 30, 1996 at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England on May 22, 1913, she was the daughter of the late James Roland Hill and Eliza Ethel Draper Hill. She worked as a principal clerk and bookkeeper for the State of New...

Sep 28, 1996

Michael G. Roell, age 56 years, of Lebanon, NJ, died on September 28, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Shelbyville, IN on November 23, 1939, he was the son of Norbert Roell and Dorothy Schneider Roell. Mr. Roell was the Animal Resources Manager with Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ. Michael is survived...

Sep 27, 1996

Thelma Marie Coleman, age 73 years, of Richmond, VA, died on September 27, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Spotsylvania County, VA on June 30, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Robert Wesley Oliver and Mary Jane Thompson Oliver. Thelma is survived by her husband, Randolph Coleman, and their children. Interment in...

Sep 24, 1996

Dorothy M. Gilheany, age 82 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on September 24, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Flemington, NJ on August 31, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Peter Muller and Mary Foley Muller. She worked as a secretary for the NJ Telephone Company, retiring in 1966. Dorothy was...

Sep 24, 1996

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Sep 23, 1996

Anne B. Holveck, age 74 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on September 23, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Buffington, PA on February 3, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John Bobek and Agnes Marek Bobek. She worked as a legal secretary for a law firm, retiring in 1986. Anne was predeceased...

Sep 21, 1996

Janet Leah Clark, age 80 years, of Union Township, NJ, died on September 21, 1996 at the Country Arch Healthcare Center, Pittstown, NJ. Born in Nantyglo, Wales on February 16, 1916, she was the daughter of the late William Williams and Lydia Prout Williams. She worked at a variety store in Nanticoke, PA. Janet was predeceased by her husband,...

Sep 20, 1996

Richard Avery Trewin, age 47 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died on September 20, 1996 at his residence. Born in Plainfield, NJ on April 30, 1949, he was the son of John T. Trewin and Alice Brown Trewin. Mr. Trewin worked as the assistant sales manager at Ray's Sport Shop in Plainfield, NJ and was a teacher at Saint...

Sep 18, 1996

Lynn Anne Thorsen, age 42 years, of Stockton, NJ, died on September 18, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Doylestown, PA on September 9, 1954, she was the daughter of the late John Paulmier and Joan Reasor. She worked as a travel consultant with American Express in Lawrenceville, NJ. Lynn is survived by her...

Sep 18, 1996

Frieda G. Galmayer, age 84 years, of Hillsborough Township, NJ, died on September 18, 1996 at the Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ. Born in Germany on July 10, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Ruckstein and Minnie Link Ruckstein. She worked for RCA in Bridgewater, NJ for years. Frieda was predeceased by her husband, Arthur Galmayer,...

Sep 18, 1996

Ruth L. Bryan, age 90 years, of Bayonne, NJ, died on September 18, 1996 at her home. Born in Readington, NJ on January 20, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Hall and Cora Allegar Hall. She was a homemaker. Ruth was predeceased by her husband, Harry L. Bryan, Sr., who died in 1995. Interment in Pluckemin...

Sep 15, 1996

Elinore V. Iorio, age 77 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on September 15, 1996 at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Jersey City, NJ on November 27, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Jones and Mary Blood Jones. She was a proprietor at Iorio Glass Shop in Flemington, NJ, until 1990. Elinore...

Sep 14, 1996

Edward S. Knechel, age 73 years, of New Hope, PA, died on September 14, 1996 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Bucks County, PA on March 12, 1923, he was the son of the late John Knechel and Jennie Rheinbold. Mr. Knechel was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air...

Sep 13, 1996

"Laura M. Bush died Friday, Sept. 13, 1996, at Rolling Hills of Hunterdon Care Center in Clinton Township. She was 88. She was born in Flemington, a daughter of Gabriel and Bessie Latourette Hall, and was a lifelong borough resident. Mrs. Bush was a member of Flemington Baptist Church and Ashler Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star of...