Gertrude Shick

December 18, 1926 - January 10, 2016

Gertrude Florence (Kalinoski) Shick passed away at her home in Bordentown, NJ, on January 10, 2016, at age 89. Gertrude was born on December 18, 1926, to Adam and Sophie Kalinoski, in Nanticoke, PA, where she graduated from Nanticoke High School and then Wilkes-Barre Business College. Following a career in insurance and real estate, she married Russell Shick in May 1957, and moved to Bordentown, NJ, where she spent the majority of her life raising her two children and volunteering at their schools and at her church. She loved spending time at the family beach home in Nags Head, NC for over twenty years, and enjoyed many happy times there with her family. Gertrude is predeceased by Russell Shick, her husband of over 40 years, and her parents, Sophie and Adam Kalinoski. She is survived by her brother, John (Joan) Kalinoski of Sugarloaf, PA; son, Tom Shick of Bordentown, NJ; daughter, Janet (Mark) Frampton of Jacksonville, FL; granddaughter Elizabeth Joyce (Anthony Shrubsall) of Jacksonville, FL, and her soon to-be-born great grandchild. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 15, 2016, at 11 AM at St. Mary’s Church in Bordentown, NJ. Interment will be held privately. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Huber Funeral Home, Bordentown, NJ.