Anthony Sisonick

Anthony Sisonick
Anthony Butch Sisonick, 62, of Palmer Township, formerly of Pohatcong Township, N.J., died Tuesday, July 25, 2006 in the VNA Hospice of St. Lukes in Bethlehem. Born July 20, 1944 in Phillipsburg, he was the son of the late Anthony Sisonick Sr. and Dora Louise (Summit) Sisonick Edinger. He was a loving and devoted husband to Deborah (Fornal) Sisonick for more than 20 years. He was employed by various local packaging companies including Riegel Paper Corp., Milford, N.J., Rexham Corp., Hargro Corp., and Tekniplex Corp., all in Flemington, N.J. Butch was a 1963 graduate of Phillipsburg High School and a graduate of the New Jersey Fire School. He served in the New Jersey Army National Guard. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, as well as a Penn State fan. He was a member of St. Jane de Chantel Catholic Church, Palmer Township, where he was a 4th Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; a life member, past president, past chief and exempt member of the Huntington Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Pohatcong Township; member of the Past Chiefs Association and PACE Paperworkers Union No. 2-1308. Survivors: In addition to his wife, Deborah; two sons, Anthony III, and his wife, Deanna, of Palmer Township and Nicholas and his wife, Kelly, of Allentown; his stepchildren, Keith Plumstead and his wife, Kristine, of Flemington and Holly Erdman, and her husband, Matt, of Bethlehem, Pa. and Clint Plumstead and his wife, Aline, of Miami Beach, Fla.; a sister, Brenda Nolting and her family of Davenport, Iowa; his father-in-law, John Fornal of Lower Nazareth Township, Pa.; brother-in-law, J. Curtis Fornal and his family, of Carlsbad, Calif.; five beautiful granddaughters, Alexis, Marah, Peyton, Elanna and Kendal. A daughter, Jonelle Sisonick, and his mother-in-law, Alice Fornal, died earlier. Services: A Mass of Christian Burial, will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the church, 4049 Hartley Avenue, Easton, Pa. 18045. Call from 6-9 p.m. Friday in the Doyle-Devlin Funeral Home Inc., 695 Corliss Avenue, Phillipsburg, N.J. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Phillipsburg. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Huntington Volunteer Fire Company, 1 Maple Avenue, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 or the church.