Obituaries from Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home
John Andrew Reid
Dec 1, 2016
John Andrew Reid, age 72 years, of Ringoes, NJ (East Amwell Township) died Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in San Francisco, CA., son of John Andrew and Marguerite Reid, he had formerly resided in Bucks County, PA. and had resided in the Ringoes area since 1979.
Andy owned...
Anna Chwat Kolvites
Dec 1, 2016
Anna Chwat Kolvites, age 95 years, of Fanwood, NJ, died Thursday, December 1, 2016, in Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.
Born in Locktown, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Ike W. and Tillie Chwat and had formerly resided in Delaware Township, NJ.
A homemaker, she was a 1938 graduate of Flemington High School.
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Grace Edith Olekna
Dec 1, 2016
Grace Edith Olekna age 96 years, died on Thursday, December 1, 2016 in Independence Manor, Flemington, NJ, succumbing to advanced age.
Grace was born August 19, 1920 in Brightwell, East Suffolk, England to Robert Sheringham and Mabel E. Dickerson.
Grace’s husband John died August 8, 1993. She is survived by her only child, David John...
Benjamin D. Dombal
Nov 30, 2016
Benjamin D. Dombal, age 98 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at his residence.
Born in Croton, NJ, April 1, 1918, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Dombal.
A World War II Army Veteran, he was owner and operator of B&E Well Drilling. A lifetime member...
Lois Jean Bailey
Nov 30, 2016
Lois Jean Bailey, age 91 years, of Flemington, NJ, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Jean was born in Hampton, NJ, daughter of the late Roy and Grace Shrope Rounsaville, and had formerly resided in Plainfield, NJ until moving to Flemington in 1962.
A homemaker, she was a...
Richard M. Gates
Nov 29, 2016
Family, relatives and friends are mourning the loss of Richard M. Gates, age 81 years, of Stockton, NJ. Richard died Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.
Born in Syracuse, NY, on January 4, 1935, Richard was the only child of the marriage of the late Charles Wayne Gates and Margaret Ludwig...
James J. Brady
Nov 29, 2016
James J. Brady, age 83 years, formerly of Glen Gardner, NJ,, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016, in Country Arch Care Center, Pittstown, NJ, where he had resided for three years.
Born in Kearny, NJ, son of the late James and Elizabeth Brady, he had resided for most of his life in Kearny, NJ before moving to Glen...
Barbara Lantz
Nov 23, 2016
Barbara Lantz, age 79 years, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at her home in Delaware Township NJ, after a brief illness.
Born March 8, 1937 in New York, NY, Barbara lived in Delaware Township for more than 30 years.
Barbara and her husband, Dennis Belgard, owned Zoli Management LLC, a modeling agency in New York...
Joseph Ziegler
Nov 23, 2016
Joseph Ziegler, age 103 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at his home.
Born Tuesday, December 24, 1912, in Duranst, Germany, son of the late Baptist and Anna Scheider Ziegler, he came to the United States in 1936 and resided in Brooklyn, NY. A butcher, he came to Hunterdon County with his family...
Richard Thomas Canfield
Nov 23, 2016
Richard Thomas Canfield, 82, of Ringoes, New Jersey died unexpectedly on November 23, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife Roberta Perrin Canfield and his devoted children and their spouses: Alison and Dominic Oliverio of Jamaica Plain, MA, Brian and Kellie Neet of Corvallis, OR, Jennifer and Tim Brokaw of Lincoln, VT, and Paul and Amy Casavant of...
Ruth A. Melbourn
Nov 22, 2016
Ruth A. Melbourn, age 96 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at her home.
Born in Ringoes, NJ, November 9, 1920, daughter of the late George and Harrietta Brewer Bateman, she had resided in Ringoes all her life.
Ruth was a 1938 graduate of Flemington High School and was employed by Somerset...
Alexandra M. Curtis
Nov 20, 2016
Alexandra "Elsie" M. Curtis, age 92 years, of Rosemont, NJ, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, in Sunrise Senior Living, Lower Makefield Township, PA.
Born in Newark, NJ, October 19, 1924, she had resided in Rosemont most of her life where she farmed with her late husband, Foster Curtis, who died in 1993. She and her late husband...
Phyllis S. Goodwin
Nov 20, 2016
Phyllis S. Goodwin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 27th of March 1919 and died in Sergeantsville, New Jersey on the 20th of November 2016.
Her parents Florence and Phillip Schmid had two other children Milne and Jack, all have predeceased Phyllis. Phyllis graduated from Alexis I. DuPont High School in 1938. In 1939 she worked...
Evelyn Marie Manfredi
Nov 20, 2016
Evelyn Marie Manfredi, age 86 years, died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Clinton Township, NJ.
Born August 15, 1930, in Bound Brook NJ, Evelyn was the daughter of the late William and Evelyn Martin. She resided in the Flemington area for more than 40 years.
A homemaker, Evelyn cherished the...
Jane Ann Bortz Olivo
Nov 19, 2016
Jane Ann Bortz Olivo, age 84, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Foothill Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hillsborough NJ. Jane lived in Bound Brook for many years and she has been a resident of Hillsborough since 1958.
Born June 19, 1932 in Forty Fort PA, Jane was the daughter of the late Jane and William...
John Daniel Wood
Nov 13, 2016
John Daniel “Dan” Wood of Flemington, NJ, died Sunday November 13, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Sheryl L. (nee Jemison) and devoted father to Stephanie, Michelle, and John and father-in-law to Christopher Polley. He was an adoring Papa to Katharine Polley. Dan was the dear son of Martin Daniel Wood Jr. (deceased) and Elizabeth Ann Axmear (nee...
Mable R. Lewis
Nov 9, 2016
FRENCHTOWN - Mable R. Lewis, age 89, died Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at her home in Frenchtown where she’s lived for more than 56 years.
Born November 19, 1926, in Wickatunk (Monmouth County) NJ, Mable was the daughter of the late Wilbur F. and Mabel R. (Smock) Sprague. As a child of the Great Depression, she moved...
Joseph Patrick Kenna
Nov 8, 2016
Joseph Patrick Kenna, age 61 years, of Flemington, NJ, died November 8, 2016 in Somerville, NJ.
Born in Queens, New York, May 24, 1955, he was the son of the late Joseph D. and Francis M. Kenna.
Joseph was a Registered Pharmacist working in retail pharmacy for A&P.
Surviving are his two sons...
James John Bassett, Jr.
Nov 4, 2016
James John Bassett, Jr., age 90 years a 46-year resident of Ringoes NJ, passed away at home on Thursday, November 4, 2016 of natural causes.
Born in Brooklyn NY on August 28, 1926, he was the son of the late James John Sr. and Esther (Kearney) Bassett. James grew up in the Mount Horeb section of Martinsville...
Walter Unorski
Nov 4, 2016
PITTSTOWN NJ - Walter Unorski, age 82 years, died Friday, November 4, 2016 at his home in Franklin Township, surrounded by his family. Born January 12, 1934, on the family farm in Pittstown, he was the son of the late Emil and Joann (Kemps) Unorski and was a resident of Pittstown his entire life.
Walter was a...
