Lucia A. Cahill

Lucia A. Cahill, 88, of Princeton Junction, NJ, passed away on December 14, 2023.

Born in Princeton, NJ, Lucia has been a lifelong resident of the area. Lucia worked in Medical Records for 47 years at Princeton Hospital before retirement. She was on the Cancer Board of New Jersey and had a seemingly insatiable curiosity for all things medical and always surprised the doctors and nurses she met with her questions and knowledge.

Away from her career, Lucia was a dedicated wife and mother. She loved her family first and foremost and then good food — especially her daughter’s eggplant parmesan, pasta fagioli, grilled scallops, and a good steak. Her next love would be the New York Yankees. Even back before cable television she would sit for hours with a radio to her ear listening to the away games. One of her happiest moments was when the YES network launched.

She traveled extensively with her husband throughout the Caribbean, Italy (with stops in Ischia to see relatives), Ireland, the Outer Banks in North Carolina, and wine country in California. She was always the life of the party with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other and was even known to jump up on a table to get the dancing started. She loved meeting new people and always had a smile on her face and a hearty laugh for all.

Most recently she was a frequent visitor to Bay Head, New Jersey, to see her daughter and enjoyed sitting in a rocking chair on the porch sipping on some white wine and petting one of her “grand cats.” In her later years she was not traveling as much but loved to hear where her daughter had just returned from and what new outfits she bought. If there was a Yankee game on, she never missed an opportunity to tease her son-in-law on how much better of a team they were vs. the Boston Red Sox. She loved the beach and had the Jersey Shore sand between her toes for most of her life — even meeting her husband at the Osprey Bar in Manasquan, NJ.

Lucia is survived by her devoted husband of 60 years, James T. Cahill and her beloved daughter, Lauren Cahill and her husband Karl Dimlich; her siblings Carmela Drummond (late George Drummond), Mary Bartolino (late Alex (Butzy) Bartolino), Ann Fortson (late O.D. Fortson); John Armonia, her late sister Denise Wiltshire and her husband Thomas Wiltshire; her cousin Cathi Consoli; brother-in-law Joseph Cahill (late Kathy Cahill); and her eight nieces and nephews, Jeff Bartolino, Kenny Bartolino, Stacy Keyton, Alfie Harris, Allyn Bonilla, Kathleen Cahill, Patrick Cahill and the late Peter Cahill.

Visitation will be held on January 3 from 4-7 p.m. and January 4 from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on January 4 at 10 a.m. in St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Princeton.

Interment will be held privately for her immediate family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to West Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. #1.