Lucia (Lucy) M. Brearley, 93, of Lawrenceville, died March 1 at home.
Born in Princeton, she moved to Lawrenceville in 1985.
A member of St. Paul's Church, she was an active member of its Altar Rosary Society and the adult choir. She was also a co-founder of St. Paul's Golden Agers.
After moving to Lawrenceville she was also active in programs for senior citizens and served on the board of Transportation for Senior Citizens.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbra Brearley and Carol Snook; a sister, Gloria San Lorenzo; and two brothers, Lawrence and Vincent Ferrara.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated March 6 at St. Paul's Church. Burial followed in the parish cemetery.
Edward Cornelius Coleman, 75, of Montgomery Township, died February 27 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.
Born in Providence, R.I., he was educated at LaSalle Academy, Providence College, and the University of Arkansas.
He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
He began his career with Seamless Rubber Company in Connecticut, then became the administrator of Yale University Medical School. He moved to New Jersey in 1970 to finish his career as an executive with E. R. Squibb and Sons.
He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Marisa DiMeglio. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Priscilla Coleman; three daughters, Susan Coleman of Johnson City, Tenn., Nancy Stafford, also of Johnson City, and Judith DiMeglio of Skillman; a brother, George Coleman of East Greenwich, R.I.; and six grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated March 3 at St. Paul's Church. Burial, with military honors, followed in Princeton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Hanni-Lore Levi Ellis, 82, died in Newton, Pa. February 20 after a long illness.
She moved to Princeton with her husband immediately after her marriage in June, 1954.
Born in Uberlingen, on the German side of Lake Constance, to the late Victor Levi and Julia Weil Levi, she was educated in the schools of her town but forced to drop out of the local gymnasium at the age of 14. While her father was in Dachau in late 1938, her mother arranged for Hanni and her sister to be taken through Switzerland and France to England. The sisters were enrolled in Bahn's Court, a private coeducational boarding school in Kent, established by Anna Essenger, an educator like her compatriot Kurt Hahn who established Gordonstoun.
Waiting for an exit visa for the paternal grandfather, the family reached England from Holland on August 31, 1939, a day before the Nazis invaded Poland. The Levis reached the United States in May, 1940 and settled in Louisville, Ky. After attending Louisville Girls High School for one year, Hanni completed her studies at the University of Louisville in two and a half years, with a degree in chemistry.
After becoming a U.S. citizen, she wanted to return to Germany, feeling that Hitler had deprived her of her country, and poisoned her native language. Enlisting in the U.S. Army, she returned to Germany in 1946, serving first as an interpreter at the doctors trials. Finding the evidence difficult to take at age 22, she was transferred to an army unit in West Berlin where she remained until the summer of 1948.
After returning to the United States she held a number of positions, first in a laboratory of a paint company in Queens. In late 1948 she secured a position as an abstractor for E.R. Squibb and Sons in Brooklyn, remaining with the firm until 1964. During that time she earned a master's degree in library science at Columbia and was head of the Squibb library at the company's headquarters in Manhattan.
As a woman in science the "glass ceiling" at that time prohibited advancement, so she left Squibb to established her own firm, Ellis Pharmaceutical Consulting in the basement of her Princeton home, first representing a number of German pharmaceutical firms who were establishing bases in the U.S. In 1977 she purchased the building at 915 State Road, Princeton. With clients all over the world, she established successful relations with the Food and Drug Administration. In the early 1980s she traveled three times to mainland China to help the Chinese chemical industry meet United States FDA standards for the importation of raw chemicals. She closed her business in 1996.
She was honored in 1995 for her work in association with research projects at Rockefeller University.
She was known for her wit and sardonic sense of humor. A talented linguist, she liked to tell the story of her two aunts visiting the senior Kissingers for tea in New York, and chiding them about Henry, saying "You ought to hear our niece Hanni who speaks English without a trace of a German accent."
She loved to cook for family and friends. She was also an avid chamber music and opera aficionado, supporting a number of musical organizations, including Marlboro Music, the Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Festival of New Jersey, of which her husband was the founding chairman. She endowed a fund in her husband's name for the purchase of music books and scores for the library of The Lawrenceville School.
She is survived by her husband John A. (Jack) Ellis; a daughter, Alison of Somerville, Mass.; and a sister, Margot L. Kipfer of Louisville.
A musical memorial service is planned for the summer.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, N.J. 07834.
Stamatis (Sam) Golfinopoulos of Princeton died March 3 at home, surrounded by his family and close friends.
He was born in 1928 in Pyrgos, Greece, the son of Theodore and Maria Golfinopoulos. As a young man he worked as a pharmacist and then for one year served in the Greek Merchant Marine before taking up residence in 1954 in Worcester, Mass. Soon after arriving in Mercer County, in 1955, he formed his own painting contracting company, S&J Painting, which is still in operation today. In the early 1970s he entered the field of commercial real estate, becoming one of the primary forces behind the development of the Route 1 corridor in Mercer County.
He was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Trenton and later Hamilton Township for nearly 50 years, contributing to its governance and expansion over the years as a parish board member and chairman of the building committee. A participant in various philanthropic activities, he served as treasurer of the Elytis Chair Fund at Rutgers University. He was also a member of the Order of AHEPA, Trenton chapter No. 72 for many years, the Nassau Club of Princeton, and the Masons, Valley of Central Jersey. In 2001, he was honored for his contributions to Hellenic culture and learning by the Hellenic Link organization of New Jersey.
He was known for his love of knowledge and learning, backgammon, and winemaking. His home-made wine, bottled under the Uncle Sam's label, was prized by all who sampled it. He greatly enjoyed spending time near the ocean on Long Beach Island, where he owned a home for more than 30 years.
Predeceased by a sister, Eugenia Golfinopoulos, he is survived by his wife of 51 years, Kassiani; a son, Theodore of Skillman; a daughter, Maria S. Yuelys of Rockleigh, N.J.; a sister, Theodora of Athens, Greece; and four grandchildren.
The funeral service will be today, Wednesday, March 7 at 11 a.m. at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Hamilton Township. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton.
Arrangements are under the direction of the M. William Murphy Funeral Home, Hamilton.
Memorial contributions may be made either to the St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton 08619; or to Elyris Chair Fund, c/o Dr. T. Kolbaba, 112 Loree Hall, Douglas Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick 08901.
Carol Klath Schmiedeskamp, 76, of Mason City, Iowa, formerly of Princeton, died February 23 at Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa.
She was born in Evanston, Ill. to Carl O. Klath and Harriet T. (Tubbesing) Klath. The family moved to Mason City in 1936, where she attended public schools, graduating from Mason City High School in 1948. She received her bachelor's degree from Rockford College in 1952, during which time she also studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Following graduation she worked at Harris Trust Company in Chicago for several years.
While married to Carl Schmiedeskamp she lived in Norwood, Mass. and Mount Prospect, Ill. In 1969 she moved to Princeton, where she worked as an administrator in the Sociology Department at Princeton University. She returned to Mason City in 1980 and over the years was involved in a variety of activities, including Mason City Women's Club, Chapter IY of PEO, Republican Women's Club, MCHS Class of '48, and Willowgreen Townhouse Association.
She was a volunteer for several organizations including Stockman House, MacNider Art Museum, Adult Literacy, Reading Buddies at Hoover School for RSVP, and Opportunity Village. She was also active with the First United Methodist Church of Mason City, serving in various leadership capacities with the Finance Committee, the Ruth Circle, and United Methodist Women. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening, attending lectures, concerts, and theater performances, and traveling with friends.
She is survived by a son, Bill Schmiedeskamp of Morristown; and a brother, Norman Klath of Princeton.
A memorial service was held March 5 at First United Methodist Church, Mason City.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Mason City, 119 South Georgia Avenue, Mason City; or to the MacNider Art Museum, 303 2nd Street S.E., Mason City, Iowa 50401.
Esther M. (Sally) Stovall, 98, of Durango, Colo., formerly of Princeton, died February 14 of natural causes at home.
She was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. to Mary E. and Charles N. Zylman, a direct descendent of Robert Wixam, who immigrated in 1630 to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor of science in journalism.
Before moving to Durango in 1997, she lived in Boston, New York, Hockessin (Del.), Washington, D.C., and Princeton. In Washington, she was editor for the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, publishers of a monthly magazine and textbooks for the education of the deaf.
She was a member of two professional organizations, the American News Women's Club and Professional Women in Communications. In Princeton she helped found a program called Written Expressions and was published in a collection of poetry, A Clutch of Clover, 1993.
She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel C. Stovall Jr. She is survived by a son, Stephen Stovall; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. A memorial service will be held at the Durango Friends Meetinghouse, 803 County Road 233, on April 7 at 10 a.m., followed by a short reception.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Durango Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 3052, Durango, Colo. 81302 for their library fund.
Mary V. Swinnerton, 92, of Lawrence Township, died March 1 at home.
Born in Johnstown, Pa., she came to Trenton in 1921 and moved to Lawrenceville in 1929. In her retirement, from 1983 to 2003, she managed Richard's Farm Market on the family farm on Quakerbridge Road.
She retired from her lifelong career as a bookkeeper in 1983 with over 16 years of service with H.P. Claytons of Princeton. She had been previously employed by the Frank E. South Cadillac-Oldsmobile dealership in Princeton for 17 years.
A charter member of Good Fellowship of Y.W.C.A. during World War II, she was also a member of Girls Friendly Society and the Women's Professional Club of Princeton.
The daughter of the late Samuel and Josephine Scudderi Vaccaro, she was predeceased also by her husband, Stanley H. Swinnerton, and her siblings James, Carmella, Tillie, and Ann Vaccaro. She is survived by four brothers, Guy Vaccaro of Burlington, Anthony Vaccaro of Columbus, Joseph Vaccaro of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and John Vaccaro of Lawrenceville; and a sister, Frances Grochala of Columbus.
A Mass of Christian burial was held March 6 at St. Paul's Church. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent in honor of Mrs. Swinnerton's great niece to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2004 Sproul Road, Suite 208, Broomall, Pa. 19008; or to St. Paul's Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton 08540.
M. Lloyd Van Doren, 89, of Freehold, formerly of Montgomery Township, died March 2 in the Centra State Medical Center, Freehold.
Born in New Brunswick, he lived in Montgomery Township for 80 years before moving to Freehold in 1998.
He was a graduate of Rutgers University College of Agriculture where he was a member of the Alpha Zeta fraternity.
He was a United States Army-Air Force World War II veteran.
He owned and operated the Van Doren family farm in Montgomery Township from 1945 to 1984. In 1957, he began working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while maintaining the farm. He retired in 1973.
He was a member of the New Jersey Agriculture Society, charter member and past president of Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company, former member and chairman of Montgomery Township recreation commission, and a trustee and officer of the Griggstown Cemetery Association. A member of the Griggstown Sportsman Club, he also served as elder and deacon of the Griggstown Reformed Church.
Son of the late Martin Luther and Della Tingley Van Doren, he was predeceased also by a daughter, Donna Jean Hutcheson, and a sister, Gertrude Glynn. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Evelyn M. Peters Van Doren; a son, Thomas of Sanger, Tex.; a sister, Jean Tappen of Metuchen; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be today, March 7 at 11 a.m. at the Griggstown Reformed Church, 1065 Canal Road, Griggstown. Burial will follow in the Griggstown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Griggstown Reformed Church Memorial Fund, 1065 Canal Road, Princeton 08540.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home.