Susanna J. Stephens

Susanna J. Stephens

AGE: 79 • Holland Twp.

Susanna J. Stephen, 79, of Holland Township, died on Thursday, November 3, 2011. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 25, 1932, a daughter of the late Warham Whitney Janes and George Sargent. She had lived in Bedminster, Mendham and Chester before moving to Holland Township in 1977. She was a graduate of Wheaton College in Massachusetts receiving a liberal arts degree. Mrs. Stephens was a Realtor having been employed by the William Radtke Agency in Chester for 10 years. She later worked as a retail sales associate for The Gift Shop in Far Hills for 15 years retiring in 2009. She was a member and former treasurer of the Hunterdon Historical Society. She was a volunteer for the Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills annual rummage sale in Far Hills.

She was predeceased by her brother, Sargent Janes in 1993 and by her husband, Robert W. Stephens, on the same day, November 3, 2011. Mrs. Stephens is survived by 2 sons, Donald F. Bergenty of Delray Beach, FL and Peter V. Bergenty of Bridgewater: a daughter, Lisa Bergenty Bongardt of Arlington, VA; 4 stepsons, William R. Stephens of Bedminster, R. Thomas Stephen of Frenchtown, Frederick J. Stephens of Far Hills and John W. Stephens of Hampden, ME, a stepdaughter, Maureen Ann Stephens of Providence, RI; a sister, Nancy Patton of Waltham, MA; a stepbrother, Dow Leubuscher of State College, PA; 2 stepsisters, Betsy Weaber of West Chester, PA and Joan Angell of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; 17 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, 1 East Oak Street, Basking Ridge on Saturday, November 12 at 11:00am. Private interment will take place at the Bedminster Reformed Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Far Hills - Bedminster Fire Department, P.O. Box 431, Far Hills, NJ 07931 or the Hunterdon Animal Shelter, 576 Stamets Road, Milford, NJ 08848.