Richard J. Nicholson

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RICHARD J.
NICHOLSON
AGE: 77
MONROE TOWNSHIP
Richard J. Nicholson, died suddenly on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at the Monroe Village Assisted Living Center. He was 77 years old. Born in Brooklyn, he was raised in Basking Ridge and graduated from Bernard High School in 1948. He lived in Old Bridge for 44 years before moving to Monroe Village in 2004, where he was presently serving as president of the Residents Association. He received his BS from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1952, and later his MA from New York University in 1957. He had a 39 year professional career in investment banking, first with CitiBank, New York City from 1952 to 1966, and then with First National State Bank, which later became First Fidelity and is now Wachovia/Wells Fargo in Newark, from which he retired in 1991, as vice president. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. Mr. Nicholson was a former member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Old Bridge, and was presently a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church, Jamesburg. He had been a member of the American Legion Post #114 and the Knights of Columbus Council, both in Basking Ridge.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Barbara (Malisky) Nicholson; a son, Richard J. Jr. and his wife Karen of Albany, N.Y.; and a grandson, Francis Nicholson.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 at the M. David DeMarco Funeral Home, 205 Rhode Hall Road, Monroe Township. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 from the funeral home. A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at St. James R.C. Church, Jamesburg. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Leukemia Society or the American Cancer Society.