Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
Patrick B. Heap
May 25, 2018
Patrick B. Heap, age 60 years, of Frenchtown, NJ, died Friday, May 25, 2018 at Morristown Hospital, Morristown, NJ. He passed peacefully in his sleep post-surgery with hospital clergy present with him. Born in Baton Rouge, LA, April 8, 1958, he is the son of Dr. Norman A. Heap and Lynette Deming Johnson. Patrick attended New Hope Solebury High...
Richard Philip Urban
May 25, 2018
Richard Philip Urban (Rich), age 74 years, of Flemington, NJ died peacefully at home on Friday, May 25, 2018 after a long illness. Born in Irvington, NJ, Rich was raised in Nutley, NJ, the son of the late Jacob and Vera (Burack) Urban. He was also predeceased by his brother Robert and his sister Beverly Gloumakoff. Rich graduated from...
Benjamin H. Gilbert, Jr.
May 24, 2018
Benjamin H. Gilbert, Jr., age 90 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, Thursday, May 24, 2018, in Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Summit, NJ, October 16, 1927, son of the late Benjamin H. Gilbert, Sr. and Martha Anna Nessle, he had formerly resided in Glen Gardner, NJ, and was a retired insurance salesperson. He was also a...
Edmund David Reiss
May 22, 2018
Edmund David Reiss, age 63 years, of Glen Gardner NJ, died Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township NJ, after a brief illness. Born in Newark NJ, Ed was the son of the late William P. and Patricia (Campbell) Reiss. While growing up in South Orange NJ, Ed was a graduate of Our Lady of...
Dr. Arthur “Bobby” Robert Rothman
May 18, 2018
Dr. Arthur “Bobby” Robert Rothman, an internist who practiced family medicine and served as a Captain and U.S. Navy Physician passed in peace at his farm, Oxbow Acres on May 18, 2018 at age 88. Bobby was born in Brooklyn, NY, January 22, 1930, son of late Sam and Gussie Rothman, and formerly resided in Staten Island, NY. Loving...
Barbara K. Casey
May 12, 2018
Barbara K. Casey, age 77 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died peacefully surrounded by the loving arms of her entire family, on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, October 18, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Helen Kozeilic Kozubal. She had resided in Raritan...
Maryanna Horvath
May 9, 2018
MaryAnna Horvath, age 78 years, of East Amwell Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Abington, PA, October 20, 1939, she was the daughter of the late George and Marjorie Miller Vocke. A retired Office Manager, MaryAnna was a member of the Amwell Valley Hounds. Her husband, James...
Ethel "Ej" Johnson Ruddy
May 7, 2018
Ethel Johnson Ruddy, known to family and friends as “EJ” died Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ. She was fifty seven years old. Born in Williamsport, PA on July 22, 1960, daughter of the late Bryon David and Leonia Nancy Cloughly Stuart, she formerly resided in Somerville, NJ and Williamsport, PA. EJ was...
Glenn Robert Tutko
May 5, 2018
Glenn Robert Tutko, age 60 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at his residence. Born in Newark, NJ, March 30, 1958, he was the son of Doris Moody Rose of Toms River, NJ and the late Albert Tutko Sr. Glenn worked as a cook for many local restaurants including TJ’s Pancake House, Flemington, NJ, Mom’s...
Roy S. Compton
May 3, 2018
Roy S. Compton, age 86 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his home. Born in Baptistown, NJ, May 10, 1931, son of the late Sylvanus and Marion Rupell Compton, he had resided in Hunterdon County all his life. A farmer for many years with Dvoor Bros. Farms in Raritan Township, NJ; Roy later was employed...
Carole J. Trap
May 2, 2018
Carole J Trap, age 84 years, of Raritan Township, NJ died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Muskegon, MI, June 7,1933, daughter of the late Paul and Wilhelmina Nielsen Scouten, she had formerly resided in Michigan, Washington and California. A licensed practical nurse, Carole was an avid member of the Red...
Thomas L. Gray, Jr.
May 1, 2018
Thomas L. Gray, Jr., age 73 years, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at his home in Hopewell Township NJ. Born January 16, 1945 in the Vailsburg Section of Newark NJ, Tom was the son of the late Thomas L. and Nancy (Carucci) Gray, Sr. He attended high school at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange NJ and later graduated...
Julia Holsinger
Apr 30, 2018
Julia Holsinger (nee Vigliotti), age 88, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2018, in Cherryville, NJ. She was the beloved wife for 47 years of the late William (2003); loving mother of Cynthia McMullin and Floyd Holsinger; devoted grandmother of Arlene Rose Holsinger. She was also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Julia is a lifelong Staten Islander,...
Winnifred A. Lang
Apr 28, 2018
Winnifred A. Lang, age 90, of Ringoes, NJ, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at home with her family by her side. Born August 3, 1927 in Jamaica, West Indies, she was the daughter of Edgar and Winnifred (Whorms) Young. She had formerly resided in Smithtown, Long Island, before moving to Hunterdon County three years ago. Winnifred’s journey...
Carol B. Povolo
Apr 28, 2018
Carol B. Povolo, age 72 years, of Flemington, NJ died on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ. Born in Roslyn, NY, November 4, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth E. and Amy Dulion Kraft. Carol was a former Nurses Aide and former clerk at the Dollar Store. Surviving are two...
Estelle Katcher
Apr 27, 2018
Estelle Katcher, age 86 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Friday, April 27, 2018, at her home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, January 4, 1932, daughter of the late Alexander and Birdie Levine Sklar, she had resided in the Flemington area for fifty-nine years. A 1955 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a BA degree in Journalism, she formerly was a...
Frances Leigh Maziarczyk
Apr 23, 2018
Frances Leigh Maziarczyk, age 58, of Bethlehem Township, NJ passed away on April 23, 2018, after a short war with cancer. Fran is now at peace. Born in Summit, NJ on October 9, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Lorraine (Hartwig) Floster. She was raised in Millburn, NJ and attended Millburn High School. She met...
Dennis Bungay
Apr 23, 2018
Dennis Bungay, age 56, of Milford, NJ, died Monday, April, 23, 2018 at Capital Health System, Trenton, NJ. Born in Staten Island, NY, January 14, 1962, he had formerly resided in Jackson, NJ. A United States Navy Veteran, Dennis was an electrician working with IBEW Local 102. He also worked for Hockenbury Electrical Company in Somerville, NJ. He is...
William S. Browne, Jr.
Apr 22, 2018
William S. Browne, Jr., 75, died on Sunday, April 22, 2018, after surviving cancer for six months. Born in Trenton, Bill and his parents, Isabelle Higgins Browne, a Flemington native, and William, Sr., originally of Ringoes, lived at 186 Main Street with Bill’s grandparents Judiah and Bertha (Rittenhouse) Higgins, until the family moved to a small horse farm on...
Stella Zentek Zorella
Apr 19, 2018
Stella Zentek Zorella, formerly of 11 Zentek Rd., Delaware Township, NJ, died on April 19, 2018, at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in New York, NY, June 14, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Mary Grosiak Zentek. Stella was a Communicant of St. Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Flemington, NJ. She was predeceased...
