Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home

Nov 20, 2017

David C. Murray, age 80 years, of Raritan Township NJ, died Monday, November 20, 2017, at Rehab at River’s Edge in Raritan NJ.

Born August 30, 1937 in West Orange NJ, David was the son of the late Joseph and Olive (Hammond) Murray. He was raised in Plainfield NJ and graduated with the Class of 1955 from...

Nov 19, 2017

Doris Melick-Craig, age 88, passed at home of natural causes on November 19, 2017. Doris was born November 29, 1928 and raised on the “Melick Dairy Farm” on Homestead Road, Oldwick, NJ. Doris was one of three children, brothers Donald and Robert, to the late and loving parents Margaret and James Melick, Oldwick, NJ. She attended the Flemington High...

Nov 18, 2017

John G. Caka, age 94 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Saturday, November 18, 2017, at his home.

Born in Corona, Queens, NY, February 26, 1923, son of the late John and Clara Stueber Caka, he had resided in Hunterdon County since 1926, first at Cherryville, NJ, then in Flemington, NJ.

A 1941 graduate of Flemington...

Nov 18, 2017

Anna H. Ryerson, age 101 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Saturday, November 18, 2017, at her home.

Born in Elizabeth NJ, December 16, 1915, daughter of the late Mathias and Frances Striefler Hubert, Anna had resided in Flemington most of her life.

A communicant of St. Magdalen Church, Flemington, NJ, she was formerly employed by...

Nov 17, 2017

Sara L. Fitzsimmons, age 91 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Friday, November 17, 2017, at the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Manhattan, NY, August 8, 1926, daughter of the late Jose and Eleonora Cueto Lopez, she had formerly resided in Flushing, NY.

Sara worked for twenty years as a school secretary...

Nov 16, 2017

Edwin Richard Neumann, age 65 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Jersey City, NJ, December 5, 1951, son of the late Edwin and Opal Suggs Neumann, he was raised in Guttenberg, NJ and had formerly resided in Dumont, NJ.

A Fairleigh...

Nov 5, 2017

Glenna Ann Simpson, age 85 years of Hillsborough, NJ, died November 5, 2017, at Brookdale Assisted Living, Hillsborough, NJ.

Born April 15, 1932 in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Frances (Roulston) Reddish. She had resided in Hillsborough Township, NJ for the past forty-nine years.

Glenna graduated in 1949 from...

Nov 3, 2017

Terry Schmid, age 61 years, of Three Bridges, NJ, died Friday, November 3, 2017, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, NJ.

Born in Flemington, NJ, February 20, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Rose Kadezabek Schmid.

Terry worked as a manager for the ARC of Hunterdon for many years.

Nov 3, 2017

Laura Ella Blehl, age 88 years, of High Bridge, NJ, died Friday. November 3, 2017, at her home

Laura was born in Readington Township, NJ, August 16, 1929, daughter of the late Henry S. and Ada C. Van Doren Hart and had resided in Hunterdon County all her life.

A 1947 graduate of Flemington High...

Nov 3, 2017

Margaret Opdyke, age 96 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, died Friday, November 3, 2017, at Rolling Hills Care Center, Clinton Township, NJ.

Born in Flemington, NJ, April 4, 1921, daughter of the late Lewis and Eleanor Williamson Cronce, she had resided in Hunterdon County all her life.

A graduate of Flemington High School, she and...

Nov 1, 2017

Velma Gene Dunbar Samson – known as Velma Gene, Velma, or Gene – died on November 1, 2017 at Independence Manor in Flemington NJ, from having lived almost 92 years.

Velma Gene was born in Norwich, CT, on November 11, 1925. Her parents were Edward (EC) and Evelyn (Shattuck) Dunbar, both of long-standing New England stock. Her...

Oct 23, 2017

Elma S. Culberson, age 95 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Monday, October 23, 2017 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Lambertville, NJ, May 25, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ethel Yerkes Scheetz.

Mrs. Culberson had formerly worked at Hunterdon Musical Instruments and Johanna Farms, as...

Oct 22, 2017

Josephine Wasilewski, age 90 years, of Flemington, NJ, died on Sunday, October 22, 2017 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Hope, NJ, January 12, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Stella Kucharczyk Siedlecka. She had resided in Hunterdon County for most of her life.

She retired from...

Oct 21, 2017

Joseph C. Herzog, age 26 years, of Flemington, NJ entered eternal peace on October 21, 2017.

“Joey” as he was known to his family and friends, is survived by his loving parents, Carol and Fred Herzog; one older brother, Fred Herzog, Jr.; a loving aunt, Mary Matthiessen; cousins, Christopher and Ryan and many other extended family and...

Oct 20, 2017

Kenneth James “Jim” Lane, age 75 years, of New Hope PA, died Friday, October 20, 2017 at Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown PA, surrounded by his family.

Born October 15, 1942 in Somerville NJ, Jim was the son of the late James V. Lane and Betty (Montague) Lane of Flemington NJ. Jim was raised in Readington Township and...

Oct 18, 2017

James Arthur Harris, age 59 years, of Phillipsburg, NJ, died on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in St. Luke’s-Warren Hospital.

Born in Plainfield, NJ, April 3, 1958, he was the son of the late George and Lois Jean Rounsaville Harris.

Jim was a member of the Flemington United Methodist Church, and former member of the Raritan...

Oct 17, 2017

John L. Miller, age 76 years, of West Amwell Township, NJ, died Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ, June 16, 1941, son of the late Alton and Mary Marshall Miller, he was a lifelong Hunterdon County, NJ resident.

A truck driver for Lehigh Valley Dairy...

Oct 14, 2017

Theodore H. Stieglitz, age 76 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Saturday, October 14, 2017 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Union, NJ, July 17, 1941, son of the late Theodore Stieglitz, he had resided in Raritan Township for the past thirty years.

Theodore was a machinist for many years at...

Oct 12, 2017

Nancy A. Cary, age 81 years, of Pennington, NJ, died Thursday, October 12, 2017, at Capital Health, Hopewell Township, NJ.

Born in the Bronx, NY, July 22, 1936, daughter of the late Nicholas and Esther Frantin, Nancy had formerly resided in Flemington, NJ, Langhorne, Pa., in Florida and had resided In Pennington for eight years.

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Oct 12, 2017

Helen O. Fackleman, age 84 years, of Delaware Township (Stockton), NJ, died Thursday, October 12, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family.

Born in Stockton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Eva Gula Zdepski and had resided in the Stockton area most of her life.

Formerly employed by General Motors,...