Nick Fedorko, Jr.

Nick Fedorko, Jr. died January 17, 2015 in his home at Acorn Glen Assisted Living in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 92. Nick was born June 10, 1922 in Oil City, PA, a mining village near Portage, PA., to Nick and Mary (Kachurchak) Fedorko. He was a resident of Hunterdon County, NJ for sixty-five years before moving to Princeton in the fall of 2012. Nick graduated from Portage Township High School in 1940. He then worked for a short time as a coal miner next to his father in the Sonman Shaft Coal Company mine near Portage. Soon after, he left for work in Cleveland, Ohio. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the US Army, serving as a Corporal in the Battery C 480th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion that landed on Omaha Beach in 1944, one month after D-Day. After the war he went to New Jersey to marry the love of his life, Mary Madaychik. Nick attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He served as a member of the Delaware Valley Regional School Board in Hunterdon County, NJ from 1964 to 1973, as a Kingwood Township Committeeman, and as an enthusiastic coach of the Kingwood Braves Little League team. As a parts manager for International Harvester dealers Dorf Equipment and Supply Company and Van Zandt Sales and Service, both in Flemington, NJ, he could readily identify a farm equipment part, as well as recite its multiple-digit part number, for farmers who came in needing a replacement. He enjoyed investing, reading, and helping friends and neighbors whenever the need arose. A strong believer in higher education, he supported his children and grandchildren in their educational endeavors and told any young person he met to be sure to get a college education. Nick is predeceased by his brothers John, Michael, Charles, Frank, Steven, and Lawrence Fedorko and his sisters Ann Fedorko, Katherine Kachurchak, Helen Mihalek, Susan Fedorko, and Florence Leap. He is survived by his sister Mary Christani of Chardon, Ohio and brother Edward Fedorko of Portage, PA; his wife of 68 years, Mary; his daughter Kathy Fedorko and her husband Peter Macholdt of Hopewell, NJ; son Nick Fedorko, III and wife Sandra Zimmer Fedorko, of Moatsville, WV; grandsons Evan Fedorko and his wife Rebecca Fedorko of Morgantown, WV and Matt Fedorko and his wife Rachel Terman of Tyrone, PA; granddaughter Sarah Fedorko Macholdt, of Philadelphia, PA; great-grandsons Cormac and Elias Fedorko; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Flemington Baptist Church, 170 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822 under the direction of the Robert L. Ford Funeral Home, 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, NJ. Interment will follow in Frenchtown Cemetery, Frenchtown, NJ. Calling hours will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service in the Church. Please visit www.fordfuneralhome.com for further information or to leave a message of condolence for the family. Memorial contributions in Nick s memory may be made to the Flemington Baptist Church at the address above.