Elsie Gentzel, age 81, of Raritan Township, NJ, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at the Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township. She was born on May 27, 1924, in Newark, NJ the daughter of the late Joseph and Elsie (Lipfert) Martin and lived in Springfield, NJ and New Providence, NJ before moving to Raritan Township in 1965. Mrs. Gentzel was a homemaker and volunteered for many years at the Hunterdon Medical Center. Her husband, Alfred Gentzel, Sr. died in 1992. Surviving are two sons, Alfred Gentzel, Jr. of Bridgewater, NJ and Frederick F. Gentzel of Raritan Township, NJ; and four grandchildren. Her funeral will begin on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 9:00 am from the Robert L. Ford Funeral Home, #38 Highway 31, Flemington, NJ to celebrate a Funeral Liturgy at 10:00 am in Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Three Bridges, NJ. Interment will follow in Hollywood Memorial Park in Union, NJ. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 7 until 9 pm.