Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Arthur C. Beatty
Apr 6, 2021
Arthur C. Beatty, age 95 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Chester Springs, PA, June 30, 1925, son of the late Lewis and Augusta Harpel Beatty, he had resided in the Flemington area for sixty-three years. Arthur was a truck driver for Kulp &...
Edward S. Sherwood, M.D.
Apr 5, 2021
Edward Sherwood was born in NYC to Ralph and Francis (Silliman) Sherwood, the middle child of three boys of which the eldest died before his birth. He watched the George Washington Bridge being built from his apartment window and at age 8, enjoyed the greater freedom he and his brother Walter had to play outside when the family moved...
Susan Kopp
Apr 3, 2021
Susan Kopp, of Union Township, Hunterdon County, NJ died Saturday, April 3, 2021 in St. Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus, Bethlehem, PA. She was 87. Born in Weilau, Romania on April 11, 1933, Susan and her family immigrated to the United States in 1952. She was the eldest daughter of the late Michael and Susanna Botscher Kessel, who settled...
Donald C. Douglas
Mar 31, 2021
Donald C. Douglas, age 84 years, of High Bridge, NJ (formerly of Morristown and Pittstown), died Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born September 15, 1936 in Rockland, ME, son of the late Chester and Nana Douglas, Don grew up near Everett, PA. A Penn State and Georgia Tech alumnus, he held degrees...
Mary B. Runyon
Mar 30, 2021
Mary B. Runyon, age 92 years, of Whiting, NJ, died Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Crestwood Manor Assisted living, Whiting, NJ. Born in Centerville, NJ, January 22, 1929, daughter of the late Horace and Florence Miller Brokaw, she had formerly resided in Readington Township, NJ, then in Allentown, NJ until moving to Whiting in 2003. Mary formerly owned Intercounty...
Wilma J. Pierson
Mar 26, 2021
Wilma Jean (Dunning) Pierson, age 78, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Friday, March 26, 2021, after a brave battle with multiple myeloma. Born in Paterson, NJ, Wilma was the daughter of the late John Schagen and Jeanette Kendall Dunning. She had formerly resided in Totowa, Montclair, Edison, and Somerset before settling in Raritan Township, NJ with her daughter and...
Robert A. Torok, Sr.
Mar 26, 2021
Robert A. Torok, Sr., age 77 years, of Upper Black Eddy, PA, died Friday, March 26, 2021 at Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA. Born in Frenchtown, NJ, September 17, 1943, son of the late Andrew and Ida Schmidt Torok, he had formerly resided in Pittstown, NJ. Robert worked as an auto mechanic for Ditschman Car Dealership in Flemington, NJ. He...
Gerard "Jerry" W. Racasi
Mar 26, 2021
Gerard “Jerry” W. Racasi, age 83 years, died on Friday, March 26, 2021 at Care One at Somerset Valley, Bound Brook, NJ. He had resided in Hunterdon County, NJ since 2002 and prior to that, lived in Mendham, NJ. Jerry was born in Chicago, IL on July 1, 1937, the son of the late Gerard and Susan MacLaren Racasi....
Shirley S. Freeman
Mar 25, 2021
Shirley (Sweet) Freeman passed peacefully on March 25, 2021 in Bridgewater, New Jersey. She was 100 years old. A kind, soft spoken and loving woman, she was loved and cherished by many family and friends. Born on September 30, 1920 in Elmira, New York, to Julian and Blanche (Andrus) Sweet, Shirley was the second of five children. She grew...
Richard E. Yard, Sr.
Mar 24, 2021
Richard E. Yard, Sr., age 88 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at his home. Born in Sand Brook, Delaware Township, NJ, son of the late Elmer R. and Sarah Case Yard, he had resided in Delaware Township all his life. Dick was a 1950 graduate of Flemington High School and was a talented musician...
Mindi R. Nichols
Mar 23, 2021
Mindi (Krisuinas) Nichols, age 48 years, of Taunton, MA, died Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at her home. Born in Flemington, NJ, May 8, 1972, she spent her early life in Hunterdon County and was a residential house manager for several years in New England. Her brother, Kevin Krisuinas, died in 1983. Among her survivors are her parents, Raymond and...
Christina Mershon Chamberlin
Mar 22, 2021
Christina Mershon Chamberlin, age 73 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Monday, March 22, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Jersey City, NJ, February 5, 1948, she was the daughter of the late James H. and May E. Harrison Mershon. Christina was a descendant of Henri Marchand, a member of the Mershon Association in...
Martin J. Holleran, Iii
Mar 22, 2021
Martin J. Holleran III, age 55, of New York, NY passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021 at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. Born November 17, 1965, in Newark, DE, Marty was the son of Martin and Kathryn (Jordan) Holleran. He graduated from Catholic University and worked as a Sales and Marketing Executive for most of his...
Edward W. Rowe
Mar 17, 2021
Edward W. Rowe, age 83 years, of Branchburg Township, NJ, died Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. Born in Irvington, NJ, December 16, 1937, son of the late Edward J. and Helen Pierce Rowe, Ed had resided in the Neshanic Station area for thirty-four years and formerly resided in Bridgewater Township, NJ. He...
Marie L. Worman
Mar 15, 2021
Marie L. Worman, age 90 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Monday, March 15, 2021, at her home. Born in Easton, PA, September 1, 1930, daughter of the late Eugene John Taylor and Marie Margaret Bennett Taylor, Marie had resided in the Flemington area most of her life. A 1948 graduate of Flemington High School, she was an athlete who...
Diane N. Brewster
Mar 14, 2021
Diane N. Brewster, age 74 years, of Bushkill, PA, died Sunday, March 14, 2021, at her home. Born in New York City, January 30, 1947, she had formerly resided in Phillipsburg, NJ before moving to Bushkill four years ago. A former school bus driver for EC-LC Bus Company, Berkeley Heights NJ, she was also formerly employed as a cook....
Christine Laura Matthews
Mar 12, 2021
Christine Laura Matthews, age 46 years old, of Holland Township passed away after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday, March 12, 2021 at home with her loving family by her side. She was born on November 25, 1974 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township. She is the daughter of Sandra and the late Anthony Danzo....
Elma J. Rake
Mar 12, 2021
Elma J. Rake, age 89 years, of Titusville, NJ, died Friday, March 12, 2021, at the home of her daughter, Dianna Barkman, in Alexandria Township, NJ. Born in West Amwell Township, NJ, February 8, 1932, daughter of the late Joseph Earl Farlee and Elsie Wooters Farlee, Elma had resided in Titusville, NJ since 1964. A graduate of Lambertville High...
Walter J. Van Gilson
Mar 8, 2021
Walter J. Van Gilson, age 74, died Monday, March 8, 2021 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ. Born October 8, 1946 in New York NY, Walter was the son of the late John and Marie Lissy Van Gilson. After graduation from high school, Walter joined the United States Marine Corps in 1964 and served as a Sergeant...
Richard J. Stryker
Mar 6, 2021
Richard J. Stryker, age 87 years, formerly of Flemington, NJ and High Bridge, NJ, died Saturday, March 6, 2021, at All American Assisted Living at Hillsborough. Richard was born June 16, 1933 in Flemington, NJ, son of the late Samuel and Alice Cole Stryker and had resided in High Bridge for fifty-one years until moving to Hillsborough over a...
