Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Theodore C. De Groot
Jul 20, 2019
Theodore (Dick) Cornelius de Groot, age 98, died Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Saucon Valley Manor in Hellertown PA.
He was born December 15, 1920 in Scheveningen, the Netherlands to Cornelia de Boer and Nicolaas de Groot. Although his original plan was to study engineering, Theodore pursued his other passion, art and earned his Masters Degree in...
Kenneth S. Demott
Jul 20, 2019
Kenneth S. DeMott, age 100 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Saturday, July 20, 2019 at his home.
Born in Flemington, NJ, June 9, 1919, son of the late Ernest and Anna Sutphin DeMott, he was a lifelong Hunterdon County, NJ resident.
Kenneth was a direct descendent of Penelope Stout, one of the first women...
Melanie B. Loughlin
Jul 18, 2019
Melanie B. Loughlin, age 74 years, died Thursday, July 18, 2019 at her home in Raritan Township NJ.
Born March 30, 1945, in Flemington NJ, Melanie was the daughter of the late Anthony and Lucy (Maddalena) Brusco.
She graduated from Farmington State Teachers College in Maine and received her Masters Degree in Education from Rutgers...
Edward William Pierce
Jul 13, 2019
.Edward William Pierce, age 79 years, of Neshanic Station, NJ, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Foothill Acres Care Center, Hillsborough, NJ.
Born in New Brunswick, NJ, May 29, 1940, he was the son of the late Justin and Myrtle Mueller Pierce Billingsley.
Edward attended local East Millstone schools, and then enrolled at...
Herbert J. Gortler
Jul 13, 2019
Herbert J. Gortler, age 94 years, of Titusville, FL, formerly of Flemington, NJ, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Wuesthoff Hospice House, Rockledge, FL.
Born in Staten Island, NY, November 1, 1924, he was the son of the late William and Sophie Fleschner Gortler.
Mr. Gortler was a United States Navy veteran of...
Laverne Barnum
Jul 11, 2019
Laverne Barnum, age 78 years, died on Thursday, July 11, 2019 in the Hunterdon Developmental Center, Union Township, Hunterdon County, NJ.
Born in Binghamton, NY, December 4, 1940, he was the son of the late William and Caroline Barnum.
He is survived by his sister, Barbara Barnum.
Graveside services will be held on...
Victoria A. Farley
Jul 11, 2019
Victoria A. Farley, age 81 years, died Thursday, July 11, 2019 at her daughter’s home in Martinsville NJ.
Born June 17, 1938, in Queens NY, Victoria was the daughter of the late Anthony and Victoria C. (Nowak) Stasyshyn. She lived in Queens for ten years before moving to Pottersville NJ. She graduated with the Class of 1956...
Joseph Edward Jurasek
Jul 8, 2019
Joseph Edward Jurasek, age 57 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Monday, July 8, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, April 1, 1962, he was the son of the late Edward and Anne Yonocsko Jurasek.
Joe was a lifelong farmer and resident of Delaware Township.
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Jennifer M. Perehinys
Jul 4, 2019
Jennifer M. Perehinys, age 50 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at her home.
Born in Raritan Township, NJ, April 2, 1969, she was the daughter of Margaret Garboski of Three Bridges, NJ, and the late Robert Garboski.
Jennifer formerly worked as an IT Specialist.
Surviving,...
Mary Jane Toolan
Jul 4, 2019
Mary Jane Toolan passed away peacefully in Milford, NH. on July 4, 2019. She was 90 years of age.
Mary Jane was born August 18, 1928 in Plainfield NJ, daughter of the late Donald and Katherine (Rinker) Vervoort. She graduated from Somerville High School in the Class of 1946 and completed course work at Somerset Community College....
Minerva Rivera Carvajal
Jul 3, 2019
Minerva Rivera Carvajal, age 84 years, of Dover, NJ, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at The Dwelling Place, Dover, NJ.
Born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, December 8, 1934, daughter of the late Angel Rivera Lopez and Librada Carvajal Rodriguez, she came to the continental United States in 1950 and was a dietary aide at JFK Hospital,...
Karen Storr Siipola
Jun 28, 2019
Karen Maria Storr Siipola, age 64 years, of Sarasota, Florida, died June 28, 2019, in Sarasota Hospice Center, Sarasota, Florida.
Karen was born in Raritan Township, NJ, May 22, 1955, daughter of the late Kenneth and Jean Burke Storr. She had resided in the Flemington area all her life until moving to Sarasota in 1985.
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Robert M. Nathanson
Jun 28, 2019
Robert M. Nathanson, age 68 years, of Hampton, NJ, died Friday, June 28, 2019, at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.
Born in New York City, March 17, 1951, son of the late I. Charles and Harriet Roth Nathanson, he had formerly resided in Bergen County, NJ and in Georgia and had resided in Hampton NJ for twenty-five years....
Francis J. Walsh, Jr.
Jun 28, 2019
Francis J. Walsh, Jr., age 85 years, died Friday, June 28, 2019 at his home in East Amwell Township, NJ.
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, September 22, 1933, son of the late Francis Ladd Walsh, Sr. and Sarah White, he had formerly resided in Plainfield, NJ and Manville, NJ.
A United States Air Force veteran, Francis...
Richard M. Nieradka
Jun 27, 2019
Richard M. Nieradka, age 75, died Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ.
Born February 20, 1944 in Passaic NJ, Richard was the son of the late Boloslaw and Valaria (Jaworski) Nieradka. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from MIT and completed his Master’s Degree in Computer...
Paul D. Abbamondi
Jun 26, 2019
Paul D. Abbamondi, age 35, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ.
Born July 10, 1983, in Somers Point NJ, Paul was the son of David Abbamondi and the late Mary (Hamilton) Abbamondi. He grew up in Smithville NJ and remembered many happy family trips to Disney World throughout the years....
Ivan Michael Safonoff, M.D.
Jun 17, 2019
Ivan Michael Safonoff, M.D., age 86 years, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2019 in Rittenhouse Village, Yardley, PA.
Born in Los Angeles, CA, January 26, 1933, he was the son of the late Michael and Louise Gordon Safonoff. He had formerly lived most of his life in Brooklyn, NY, before retiring in Stockton, NJ.
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Ellen J. Kosturski
Jun 16, 2019
Ellen J. Kosturski, age 69 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Sunday, June 16, 2019 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, July 6, 1949, daughter of the late Stanley and Helen Kosturski, and sister of the late Rita Londell, she had formerly resided in Perth Amboy, NJ and Parlin, NJ...
Martin Sobel
Jun 15, 2019
Martin Sobel, age 78 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, July 25, 1940, he was the son of the late David and Rose Ellman Sobel. He had resided in Hunterdon County for the past forty-six years.
Martin received...
Jude Nitschke
Jun 13, 2019
Jude Nitschke, age 58 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Thursday, June 13, 2019, at RWJ-Somerset Hospital, Somerville, NJ.
Jude was born in Passaic, NJ, son of Ernest and Dorothy Carroll Nitschke and had resided for several years in Raritan Township, NJ.
Surviving are two sisters, Mary Gendron and Flora Jaros and two brothers, Ernest...
