Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Robert P. Powers
Jan 25, 2019
Robert P. Powers, age 88 years, died Friday, January 25, 2019, at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman NJ. He has lived in the Hunterdon and Somerset County areas since 1973. Born March 4, 1930 in Rahway NJ, Bob was the son of the late John J. and Helen C. (Greiner) Powers. He graduated from Seton Hall University and worked...
Helen S. Barras
Jan 19, 2019
Helen S. Barras, age 93 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Clyde, NY, August 15, 1925, daughter of the late James and Viola Dorn Sharp, Helen had formerly resided in Whitehouse Station, NJ and had resided in Flemington most of her life. Helen was a graduate of...
Joseph C. Parlapiano
Jan 18, 2019
Joseph C. Parlapiano, age 69 years, of Bath, PA, died Friday, January 18, 2019, at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Bethlehem, PA. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, March 10, 1949, son of the late Guiseppe and Pasqua Ruvolo Parlapiano, he had formerly resided in Pittstown, NJ for many years and had resided in Bath for six years. Joe owned and operated...
Georgia "Pinky" C. Culberson
Jan 18, 2019
Georgia “Pinky” C. Culberson, age 73 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died Friday, January 18, 2019, in Flemington, NJ. Born in Doylestown, PA., February 16, 1945, daughter of the late George and Helen Fisher Culberson, she was a lifelong Hunterdon County resident. Pinky was a 1963 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and enjoyed camping, bingo and bowling. She...
Richard Wallis Laskey, Jr.
Jan 17, 2019
Richard Wallis , Jr., age 65 years, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Morristown, NJ August 11, 1953, he was the son of the late Richard Wallis Laskey Sr. and Nancy Laskey Stephens. A brother in Christ, Richard strove to live his life by the Word. By God’s...
Isabel D. Lambelet
Jan 15, 2019
Isabel D. Lambelet, age 95 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at Independence Manor, Flemington, where she had resided since 2015. Born in Ann Arbor, MI, July 21, 1923, daughter of the late Forrest L. and Claire Comstock Dimmick, Isabel was a Professor of Microbiology at Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ, then at Pace University, Pleasantville,...
John C. Roach
Jan 14, 2019
John C. Roach, age 77 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Monday, January 14, 2019, at Hunterdon Medical Center. Born in Lambertville, NJ, April 14, 1941, son of the late John Roach and the late Pauline Dolan he had resided in Hunterdon and Mercer Counties most of his life. John was formerly a self-employed antique dealer in Lawrenceville, NJ. His...
Ruth Engelmann
Jan 14, 2019
Ruth Engelmann, 94, of Roselle Park, NJ, died peacefully on Monday, January 14, 2019. Born in Germany on December 17, 1924, Ruth was the daughter of the late Karl and Hilda Engelmann. She worked for Bell Labs for many years, then received her master’s degree in teaching from Columbia University. She taught at the University of Wisconsin, Princeton University,...
Grace E. Knechel
Jan 12, 2019
Grace E. Knechel, age 92, died Saturday, January 12, 2019 at her home in Buckingham Township PA, where she lived for the past 25 years. Prior to that, Grace lived in Hunterdon County NJ for 35 years. Born June 29, 1926 in Hellertown PA, Grace was the daughter of the late Russell and Mabel (Miller) Brunell. She grew up...
Ruth Elizabeth Rockafellow
Jan 11, 2019
Ruth Elizabeth Rockafellow, age 74, died Saturday, January 11, 2019, at Heritage Health Care & Rehab in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was born January 1, 1945, in Somerville, New Jersey. Growing up in Ringoes, New Jersey, she was a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and earned her B.S. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan University. Upon graduation, she moved to...
Walter Chandoha
Jan 11, 2019
Walter Chandoha, the world-renowned photographer and writer known as the forefather of cat photography, died January 11 at the age of 98. His storied career spanned over 75 years. Chandoha, born in Bayonne, NJ in 1920, knew he wanted to become a photographer early on in high school, and sought out his local library to learn more about the...
Robert E. Womack
Jan 10, 2019
Robert E. Womack, age 85 years, of West Amwell Township, NJ, died January 10, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Ashport, TN, February 6, 1933, Robert was one of ten children. An electrician for IBEW local 269, Robert was an avid outdoorsman that enjoyed hunting and fishing. In recent years Robert became an avid...
Deborah I. Hewitt
Jan 9, 2019
Deborah Irene Gordon Hewitt, age 70 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Wednesday, January 9, 2019, in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Deborah was born in Phillipsburg, NJ and grew up in Frenchtown, NJ. She was a graduate of Delaware Valley High School. She was married to Robert Charles Hewitt and celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2018....
Richard E. Lang
Jan 8, 2019
Richard E. Lang, age 66 years, of Clinton, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Edwin and Elizabeth Lang, and moved with his family to Berkeley Heights, New Jersey as a child. Rick was a graduate of Delbarton School and Santa Clara University. After college graduation, he achieved his...
Richard F. Sollner
Jan 8, 2019
At 93, Richard F. Sollner, of Flemington, NJ, died Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ. Born in Queens, New York, August 1, 1925, son of the late Frederick and Mary Sollner, he resided in the Flemington area since 1960. Richard had a lifelong love of aviation and served with the US Navy at...
Norman Charles Arnold
Jan 7, 2019
Norman Charles Arnold, age 82, died Monday, January 7, 2019 at his home in Sergeantsville NJ. Born June 17, 1936, in Trenton NJ, Norm was the son of the late Joseph Randolph and Sarah Madeline (Servis) Arnold. He lived in Mercer County NJ much of his life before moving to Sergeantsville a number of years ago. He was a...
John Edward Strawser
Jan 6, 2019
John Edward Strawser, age 74 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Sunday, January 6, 2019 in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Born in Phillipsburg, NJ, December 23, 1944, he was the son of the late Jacob Elmer and Helen Wolfe Strawser. A United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War, John was a self-employed towing and...
Marlys J. Anderson
Jan 5, 2019
Marlys J. Anderson, age 84 years, of Asbury, NJ, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at her home. Born in Lilliwaup, WA, February 28, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Sigurd and Jenny Hoff. Marlys worked for many years at the Hunterdon Developmental Center, Clinton, NJ before retiring. Surviving are her husband of fifty-five years, John S....
Edythe Elizabeth Mccown
Jan 5, 2019
Edythe Elizabeth McCown, age 73 years, of Trenton, NJ, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Royal Health Gate in Trenton, NJ. Born in Somerville, NJ, September 18, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward and Martha Elizabeth Pyatt Rippert. She had resided in the Flemington area all her life. A graduate of Flemington High...
Eileen G. Martin
Jan 5, 2019
Eileen G. Martin, age 86 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at her home. Born in Flemington, NJ, February 29, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Rose Spinner Godown. She had been a lifelong resident of the Flemington area. Eileen was a graduate of Flemington High School and the Newark...
