Obituaries
Obituaries for Peppler Funeral Home
Edna May Van Hise
Oct 12, 2016
Edna M. Van Hise, 89, of Lawrenceville, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016 surrounded by her family. Born in Lawrenceville, Edna attended Princeton High School and later moved to Allentown, where she resided for 58 years. She was a member of Allentown Presbyterian Church and was devoted to caring for her family. Edna was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and...
Christina Imhof
Oct 12, 2016
Christina Imhof (nee Murphy), 48, of Bordentown passed away Wednesday morning at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, Christine spent her childhood in New Egypt and lived there until 1997 when she moved to Bordentown where she resided until her death. Christina spent a brief time as a volunteer EMT for both New Egypt and Hope Hose Humane in...
William "Bill" C. Mack
Oct 12, 2016
William "Bill" C. Mack, 73, of Upper Freehold Twp., died on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at CentraState Hospital in Freehold. Born in New Brunswick, Bill was a US Navy Veteran serving during the Vietnam Era. A 1965 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he earned his Master's Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1977. Bill was the Criminal Division Manager,...
Barbara Meltzer
Oct 11, 2016
Barbara "Bobbi" Meltzer, 71, of Twin Rivers, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at her home. Born in Yonkers, Bobbi attended the University of Miami. She was an avid reader, enjoyed to crochet and loved spending time with her friends. Bobbi is survived by her husband, Marty Meltzer; her daughter and son-in-law, Ericka and Tom O'Rourke and her grandson and...
Joseph E. Gaughan
Oct 9, 2016
Joseph E. Gaughan, 82, of Chesterfield passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at his home. Born in Lost Creek #2, PA, he resided in Philadelphia, PA and Newtown, PA for several years before moving to Chesterfield in 1974. A U.S. Army veteran, Joseph retired as a Millwright from US Steel Company in Fairless Hills, PA. He had a strong work...
Lisa Michelle Balkum
Oct 5, 2016
Lisa Michelle Balkum, 58, passed away peacefully at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center in Union, SC, on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, after a lengthy battle with Leukemia. She was born in Dover, Delaware, to Frank and Bernadette Balkum in 1958, and was raised in Jacobstown, NJ. She was a graduate of St. Anthony Church High School in Trenton, NJ and retired...
Christine Roesel
Sep 30, 2016
Christine Roesel 97, of Lawrenceville, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at her home. Born in Hersbruck, Germany, she moved to the United States in 1949 with her late husband Otto. They resided in Sunnyside, New York for many years, before moving to Lawrenceville in 2004. Mrs. Roesel retired from Henri Bendel in New York where she worked for over...
Rita Mae Alt
Sep 30, 2016
Rita Mae Alt, 98, of Windsor, NJ, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Hamilton Continuing Care Center. Born in Syracuse, NY, she was a lifetime resident of Windsor. Rita was a former member and past president of the Windsor PTA and 60+ year member of the Windsor United Methodist Church. Rita loved her church and was extremely active in...
Roberta Larsen
Sep 27, 2016
Roberta M. Larsen, 87, died peacefully in her home in Columbus, NJ on September 27, 2016 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hopelawn, Woodbridge Township, NJ to Irma and Robert Gutwein in 1929, graduated from Woodbridge High School, and was employed by Merck & Co. in Rahway, NJ as an administrative assistant in Sales and Marketing until retiring...
Beatrice Furth
Sep 26, 2016
Beatrice Furth, 89, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at Arcadia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hamilton Township, with her family by her side. Born and raised in Bordentown, she was a resident of the area all of her life. She attended MacFarland High School and was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church of Bordentown. Beatrice was a...
Marguerite A. Huggler
Sep 21, 2016
Marguerite A. (Peggy) Huggler, 83, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. Born and raised in Old Forge, PA she had lived in Bordentown Township since 1955. She was a school teacher at St. Mary's School for 20 years and worked at the State of New Jersey Department of Education for...
Barbara Gratton
Sep 4, 2016
Barbara Gratton, 67, of Lawrenceville, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 at the Atrium Post Acute Care in Lawrenceville. Born in Clarksburg, NJ, Barbara resided in the Luther Arms Apartments for several years and was a longtime Trenton area resident. Barbara was very friendly and loved being with people. Daughter of the late Leon M. and Ruth Walton, she was...
Robert Cox
Sep 2, 2016
Robert Cox, 79, of Cream Ridge, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Hamilton Twp., Robert resided in Allentown for many years before moving to Cream Ridge 5 years ago. A US Coast Guard veteran, he retired from the City of Trenton, Dept. of Inspections as a Construction Inspector. He...
Maryann Maglione
Sep 2, 2016
Maryann Maglione, 68 of Allentown, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at Abington Health in Abington, PA. Born in Newark, she grew up in Bloomfield and resided in Old Bridge prior to moving to Allentown. Maryann was a former member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in South Amboy and was a dedicated employee of Intelligent Resource Group where she...
Virginia "Ginny" Marie Maricle
Sep 1, 2016
Virginia "Ginny" Maricle, 69, of Cranbury, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Princeton Medical Center at Plainsboro. Born in Bronx, New York, she was a longtime resident of the East Windsor and Cranbury area. Ginny worked for Johnson and Johnson for 50 years. She enjoyed reading and loved plants, flowers, her cats and shopping with her daughter. Daughter of...
Francis Xaiver Walsh, Jr.
Aug 25, 2016
Francis Xavier Walsh, Jr., 84, of Freehold, passed away, Thursday, August 25, 2016 at The Manor if Freehold. Frank was born in Brooklyn, New York and resided for 27 years in Waldwick, before moving to Freehold. A veteran of the US Air Force, Frank served during the Korean Conflict. Frank went on to Pace University in New York where he...
Doris Gossard
Aug 23, 2016
Doris M. Gossard, 84, of Allentown, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at her home, surrounded by her family. Born in Allentown she graduated from Princeton High School and attended Rider College before getting married and moving back to Allentown. Doris enjoyed reading and traveling. She loved her dogs and being with her family. Daughter of the late George and...
Stephen L. Merrill
Aug 18, 2016
Stephen Locke Merrill, 60, of Trenton, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. Born in Hingham, MA, he was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire; he moved to New Egypt where he resided for many years before moving to Trenton. Stephen was a supporter of the Arts in Trenton and was a...
Francis L. Elgrim
Aug 16, 2016
Francis L. Elgrim, 87, of Tamarac, FL, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Francis was born in Trenton and resided in Yardville and Allentown for many years before moving to Florida in 1968. A graduate of Hamilton High School, he served in the US Army before beginning a longtime career in construction. Francis was an exempt...
Alice C. Baum
Aug 14, 2016
Alice C. Baum, 81, of Columbus, passed away peacefully and on her own terms Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Compassionate Care Hospice in Hamilton. Born and raised in Trenton, she was a graduate of Trenton High school Class of 1953 and worked in the banking industry for many years, retiring from First Washington Bank in West Windsor. She was a...
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