Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Feb 16, 2020

Victor J. Ostermiller, age 76 years, of Flemington Borough, New Jersey, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 16, 2020.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, on April 10, 1943, Victor was the son of Victor John and Lydia Miller Ostermiller. At the age of 14, he moved with his family...

Feb 14, 2020

Douglas Stanley Waldron, age 75, died Friday, February 14, 2020, at his home in Ringoes NJ surrounded by his family.

Born June 3, 1944 in Somerville NJ, Doug was the son of the late Stanley and Ruth (Kane) Waldron. He lived in Hunterdon County all of his life, moving to Delaware Township NJ, where at the age...

Feb 13, 2020

Joan Ratkowski, age 86, died Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Kindred Hospital in Rahway NJ.

Born February 18, 1933 in Staten Island NY, Joan was the daughter of the late William and Anna (Hauser) Mason.

Joan moved to Rosemont NJ and lived there for more than twenty years before moving to Hillsborough NJ more than...

Feb 12, 2020

Wendy E. Kennedy, age 79 years, of Monroe Township, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at her home.

Born in Malaysia, July 30, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Jean Pitcher Berwick.

Wendy worked in the offices of Kuhl Corp., Raritan Township, NJ, and the Flemington Speedway. She also...

Feb 11, 2020

Muriel R. Lander, age 89 years, of Reno, NV, died Tuesday, February 11, 2020.

Born in Jersey City, NJ, January 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Etta Lerner Miller.

A Kean College graduate, Muriel was an art Teacher.

Surviving are her children, Sherri Flynn of Sparks, NV and...

Feb 10, 2020

Roger M. Adams, age 84, died Monday, February 10, 2020 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ after a brief illness. He has resided in Whitehouse Station NJ for many years.

Born March 5, 1935 in Summit NJ, Roger was the son of the late Kenneth and Ruby (Hopkins) Adams.

After graduating from high...

Feb 5, 2020

Carl Heinz Koch, Jr., age 88 years, of Stanton, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at his home.

Born in Irvington, NJ, February 3, 1932, he was the son of the late Charles and Hilde Ell Koch.

Mr. Koch received his B.S. from NJIT, and his Master’s in Education from The College of...

Feb 2, 2020

Richard Vallee Wilferth, age 89 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at his home.

Born in Rochester, NY, June 28, 1930, he was the son of the late William and Leora Linton Wilferth. He was predeceased by his brothers, William Jr. and Roy Wilferth.

A graduate of Syracuse University,...

Feb 2, 2020

Elizabeth Dale Moreau Killinger, 92, died peacefully at Elizabeth House, a facility for hospice care in Flat Rock, N.C., on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020.

Born in Trenton, N.J., on July 29, 1927, Dale was raised in nearby Flemington, N.J., the county seat of Hunterdon County. She was the eldest of four daughters born to Daniel Howard Moreau...

Feb 2, 2020

Samuel Borman, age 95, died Sunday, February 2, 2020 at All-American Assisted Living in Hillsborough NJ.

Born on Flag Day, June 14, 1924 in Toledo, Ohio, Samuel was the son of the late William and Gertrude (Glass) Borman. He lived for many years in the Clifton NJ area before moving to Hunterdon County several years ago.

Jan 31, 2020

Barbara Jean Knaub, age 67 years, of Pittstown, NJ, died January 31, 2020, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Scranton, PA, November 26, 1952, daughter of the late Harry Fredrick and Barbara Jean Eggert Knaub, she was a life-long Hunterdon county resident.

Barbara worked twenty-eight years for the Hunterdon Developmental Center...

Jan 27, 2020

Robert J. Walker, age 64 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Monday, January 27, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Flemington, NJ, September 13, 1955, he was the son of the late William J. and Anna Marie Foertsch Walker.

A 1973 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, Robert was an...

Jan 27, 2020

Robert K. “Bob” Schroeder, 76, of Flemington, NJ passed away after a long illness at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ on Monday, January 27, 2020.

Born on June 10, 1943 in York, PA, he was the son of the late Robert Kraus and Gloria (White) Schroeder. He is predeceased by his twin brother Charles “Chuck”...

Jan 23, 2020

Gladys Morse, age 91, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 23, 2020, at Country Meadows Retirement Community in Bethlehem, PA.

Born Mildred Gladys Luft, February 21, 1928, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Gladys was the daughter of the late Adam Conrad and Elizabeth (Lust) Luft. After living in Clinton Township, NJ, for many years,...

Jan 21, 2020

Michael J. Wall, loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, died peacefully in his sleep at sunrise on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, surrounded by his family. He was 68.

Born on Jan. 24, 1951, in Findlay, Ohio, Mike was the eldest of six children of the late Robert J. Wall and Mary...

Jan 21, 2020

Margie L. Edwards passed away peacefully January 21, 2020. Born in Meridian, MS, April 28, 1924, she was the daughter of the late John and Lola Chisolm. Margie was preceded in death by her husband of seventy-years, Ross M. Edwards, Sr.

She is survived by her three children, Peggy Cranston of Princeton, NJ, Ross Edwards, Jr. of...

Jan 14, 2020

Betty Atkinson, age 102 years, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Little Brook Nursing Home, Lebanon Township, NJ.

Born in Clinton Township, NJ, May 31, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Bertha Ramsey Welsh.

Betty was an Accounts Payable manager with Johns Manville until retiring. Betty was a member...

Jan 9, 2020

Charles L. Murphy, age 68 years, of Somerville, NJ, died Thursday, January 9, 2020, at RWJ Hospital, Somerville, NJ.

Born in Summit, NJ, May 12, 1951, son of the late Blair and Barbara Webb Murphy, Charles formerly resided in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, and had resided in Somerville for the past thirty-three years.

Charles was employed...

Jan 7, 2020

John Michael “Jack” Clemens, age 68 years, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Cedar Knolls, NJ, July 28, 1951, he was the son of the late Charles and Kathleen Strunck Clemens.

Jack grew up in Morris County and...

Jan 6, 2020

Raymond C. Runkle, age 95 years, of Mt. Airy, NJ (West Amwell Township) died Monday, January 6, 2020, at his home in the room on his farm where he was born.

A lifelong farmer, he was born April 24,1924, son of the late Alfred and Hazel Chamberlin Runkle and, in addition to farming, was a school bus...