Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Regina V. Mustaro
Jan 4, 2019
Regina V. Mustaro, age 85 years, of Flemington, NJ, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2019 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Philadelphia, PA, April 21, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Elizabeth Friel McDonough. She had resided in Flemington for the past forty-eight years. A Communicant of St. Magdalen Church,...
S. Rodgers "Sid" Benjamin
Jan 2, 2019
S. Rodgers “Sid” Benjamin, age 92 years, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Independence Manor. Born in the Bronx, NY, September 2, 1926, the son of the late Philip J. and Bessie Copperman Benjamin, Sid lived a storied life right up to and since he came to Flemington, NJ. His high school years were spent at Bordentown...
Donald Walter Cooper
Jan 1, 2019
Donald Walter Cooper, age 95 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, formerly of Millburn, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, December 2, 1923, he was the son of the late Walter and Ethel Perkins Cooper. Mr. Cooper received his B.S. in Accounting from Seton Hall University, and...
Hilda V. Mannon
Dec 31, 2018
Hilda V. Mannon, age 92 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Monday, December 31, 2018 at her home. Born in Ringoes, NJ, December 8, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Ella Case Ruple. A lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, Hilda was a former member and former organist at the Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church, Ringoes,...
Rosemary Rochford
Dec 30, 2018
Rosemary Rochford (born Rosina Maria Ragusa), age 95 years, of Raritan Township NJ, died peacefully at home on December 30, 2018. Born in New York City, on August 12, 1923, the daughter of the late Paul and Dominica Ragusa, she formerly resided in Jackson Heights, N.Y. She was a graduate of Hunter High School and Hunter College in New...
Ethel B. Emmons
Dec 30, 2018
Ethel B. Emmons, age 97 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Sand Brook, NJ, December 15, 1921, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Edith Terry Culberson. Ethel worked for many years at the Locktown Sweater Shop, and at Sears, Flemington,...
Barbara Darlington Garrett
Dec 28, 2018
Barbara Darlington Garrett, Quaker, animal lover and selfless mother of four, is dead at 91 Barbara Darlington Garrett, a passionate advocate for and lover of animals and a dedicated, selfless mother of four, died peacefully on Friday, December 28, 2018 in her Ringoes, New Jersey home, where she had lived for more than six decades. She was 91. A...
Frederick Petry
Dec 25, 2018
Frederick Petry, age 65 years, of Ringoes NJ, died Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at his home. Born in Trenton NJ, April 22, 1953, Rick was the son of the late W. Frederick and Anna Gerfelder Petry. He had resided in Ringoes for the past six years, after previously living in Plainsboro NJ for several years. Rick owned and operated...
Charles Pursell
Dec 21, 2018
Charles Pursell, age 78 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died Friday, December 21, 2018 at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Trenton, NJ, November 8, 1940, son of the late Charles Orville Pursell and Winifred Lally Pursell, he had formerly resided in Hamilton Township, NJ. Charles worked as a freight conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad....
Alice J. Bodnar
Dec 20, 2018
Alice J. Bodnar, age 87 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died peacefully Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Carteret, NJ, February 26, 1931, daughter of the late Bernard and Anna Siekerka Gotowicka, she had formerly resided in Bridgewater, NJ. A graduate of Carteret High School, she worked in the Chemistry library of Metal...
Carolyn K. Moreton
Dec 18, 2018
Carolyn K. Moreton, age 73, died Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at her home in Raritan Township NJ after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Born November 6, 1945, in Newark NJ, Carolyn was the daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Kalin. She was raised in Union NJ, attended Union Public Schools, and graduated from Union High School in...
Michael Douglas Kerr
Dec 16, 2018
Michael Douglas Kerr, age 40 years, of Denver, CO, formerly of Flemington, NJ, died on December 16, 2018 in Denver, CO. Born in Trenton, NJ, March 3, 1978, he was the son of Barbara Haight Kerr of Raritan Township, NJ and the late H. Douglas Kerr. Surviving, in addition to his mother, is his brother, Salvador Kerr, of Flemington,...
Rudolph Krebs
Dec 10, 2018
Rudolph Krebs, age 89 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Monday, December 10, 2018 at his home. Born in Pittstown, NJ, August 28, 1929, he was the son of the late Adolph and Elizabeth Pauss Krebs. Mr. Krebs was a United States Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Rudy was a retired machinist and was noted for...
Craig Proctor
Dec 9, 2018
Craig Proctor, age 84 years, passed away on December 9, 2018, at his home. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late Marion George and Clifford Proctor. Craig was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, the Graduate School of Sales and Management Executives International at Syracuse University, the Professional School of Business and the Realty Institute...
A. Barrett Smith
Dec 8, 2018
Alan Barrett Smith, age 86, died Saturday, December 8, 2018, at Carriage House in Greensboro NC. He lived most of his life in New Jersey before moving to Greensboro in 2016 to be closer to his son and daughter-in-law. Born October 31, 1932 in Somerville NJ, Barrett was the son of the late Arthur B. and Ada Mae (Fuller)...
Helen Inez Vassalluzzo
Dec 6, 2018
Helen Inez Vassalluzzo, age 83 years, of Raritan Township, NJ died on Thursday, December 6, 2018 in Independence Manor, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Trenton, NJ, May 4, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Brink Gillmer. Helen had resided most of her life in Philadelphia, PA. A retired Pharmacist with Rite-Aid, Helen loved to...
Elizabeth Heiselman
Dec 5, 2018
Elizabeth Heiselman, age 87 years, of Kingwood Township, NJ, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Garfield, NJ, April 1, 1931, daughter of the late Frank and Esther Petonai Pados, she had resided in this area for sixty-seven years. A homemaker and clerical worker, she was formerly employed by AM Best Co.,...
Anna May Hoffman
Dec 1, 2018
Anna May Hoffman, 95, formerly of Flemington, New Jersey passed away peacefully at Brentwood Nursing Home, Lecanto, Florida on December 1, 2018. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lived most of her life on Bonnell Street in Flemington, in the home that her late husband Clifford Leslie Hoffman’s grandfather Charles Rittenhouse built. Anna was a proud wife...
Kathleen E. Bush
Nov 30, 2018
Kathleen E. Bush, age 68 years, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at CareOne at Somerset Valley in Bound Brook NJ. She was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County NJ. Born March 20, 1950, in Trenton NJ, Katie was the daughter of the late William Dilts and Ruth (Young) Oceanak. At one time, she was the Hunterdon County Dairy Princess...
Lloyd Howard Wismer
Nov 27, 2018
Lloyd Howard Wismer, age 88 years, of Quakertown, NJ, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Trenton, NJ, November 8, 1930, he was the son of the late Rev. Wilson G. and Mildred Arietta Ray Wismer. He had formerly resided in Ewing, NJ. The former owner of Wismer Electric, Lloyd...
