OBITUARIES

Jun 29, 2014

Lawrenceville. Doris Hoff Pessel, 81, of Lawrenceville and formerly of Pennington and Titusville, died at Merwick Care Center in Plainsboro on June 29, with her sons and sister by her side. She was born in Trenton and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Princeton First...

Jun 22, 2014

Obituary - Yngvar (Sig) Haslestad Yngvar (Sig) Haslestad, Holland, PA, passed into God's arms June 22nd, surrounded by the love of his family. Born August 28, 1922 in Lyngor, Norway, he immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of eight. The family settled in Elizabeth, New Jersey. His love of film took him to work in...

Jun 21, 2014

Hopewell Township. Mardella J. (Fisher) Johnson, 89, September 18, 1924 - June 21, 2014 Born in Stockton, Mardella was the daughter of Everett B. Fisher and Julia H. (Allen) Fisher and was the middle of five brothers. She was preceded in death by her 2 older brothers Everett B. Fisher, Jr. (Glenna) and Douglas C. Fisher (June). Wife of James...

Jun 19, 2014

Hopewell Township Elaine H. Hart, 89, passed away on Thursday in Capital Health at Hopewell. Born in Trenton, she had resided in Hopewell Township all her life She graduated from Central High School of Hopewell Township. She was an avid reader and loved gardening and crocheting. She was a former member of the Pennington Methodist Church. Wife of the late...

Jun 1, 2014

Trenton Wesley W. Roberts, 86, died on Sunday in Capital Health at Fuld. Born in Amherst County, Virginia, he had been a resident of Pennington for 52 years before moving to Trenton in 2003 He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict in Korea and was a demolition expert . He Was a master carpenter and cabinet maker...

Jun 1, 2014

Lawrenceville. Thomas Mooney, Jr., passed away at his home in Lawrenceville on Sunday, June 1, 2014. Born in Trenton, he was a resident of Pennington for well over 40 years, with 12 years spent in Lawrenceville in the home where his two children were born and raised. He graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School in 1972 as a member...

May 18, 2014

Pennington. Russell William Higginbottom, 102, died on May 18, 2014 at St. Joseph's Care Center, Lawrenceville with his daughter by his side. Born and raised in Millbury, Mass, he graduated from Clark University in 1933 with a degree in Chemistry and continued his education to become an electrical engineer. Following his marriage to Barbara Dedicke in 1941, they lived in...

May 10, 2014

Gordon T. Bamford Gordon Thomas Bamford, of Pennington, died May 10 in St. Francis Compassionate Care Hospice in Trenton. He was 96. Born in Trenton, he was raised there, and in Morrisville, PA. He was a graduate of Morrisville High School. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in forestry in 1940 and received a masters degree...

Apr 27, 2014

Pennington. H. Arthur Smith, 79, passed in Hamilton Grove Rehabilitation Center on Sunday. Born in Trenton, he had been a resident of Pennington for 77 years. He attended Pennington Prep School Class of 1955. Attended Rutgers University and graduated with a degree in Journalism and ROTC in 1959. He served at Fort Benjamin HarrisoN as a 1st Lieutenant in the...

Apr 26, 2014

Pennington. Ellen Patterson Risinger, 87, died at her home on Saturday. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she had been a resident of Pennington for the past 43 years. Prior to her marriage, she had been an Administrative Assistant FAU for the United Nations in Rome, Italy. She was a member of the Pennington United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, where...

Apr 11, 2014

Joseph Reading Comly, III, 81 died peacefully at his home in Pennington, NJ, on April 11th. Joe was born in Morrisville, PA, and spent most of his personal and professional life in the Trenton area. Son of the late Joseph and Susanne Comly, he was a graduate of Lawrenceville School and Lehigh University, where he was a champion wrestler. After...

Apr 10, 2014

Pennington. Eugene G. Seems, 89, died in St. Francis Medical Center on Thursday. Born in Torrington, Conn., he had been a resident of Pennington for 56 years. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut, achieved a law degree from Boston College, and became a member of the American Bar Association. He became Director of patents and licensing for...

Apr 3, 2014

Flemington. Mary Alice Suydam Yoders , 91, passed away on Thursday in Hunterdon Care Center. Born in Ewingville, she was a life long resident of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. She was a lifetime member of numerous Military Auxillary Organizations, and she and her husband, Carl attended all Chapter and Division reunions and outings. She was also a member of many...

Mar 29, 2014

Service: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Blackwell Memorial home, 21 N. Main St., Pennington, NJ

Mar 24, 2014

Ewing. Elizabeth M. Harris, 89, died at Capital Health at Hopewell on Monday. Born in Throop, PA. she had been a resident of Ewing since 1964, prior to that she had resided in Pennington. She had moved to Pennington from Scranton in the 1950's Before her retirement in 1984 she had worked as a telephone operator for N.J. Bell Telephone,...

Mar 10, 2014

Pennington. Dolly Boyd, of Pennington died at her home on Monday after a long illness. Born in Camden in 1917, she had been a resident of Pennington for over 60 years. After high school, she worked for Samuel Langston Paper Machine Co. in Philadelphia until war and marriage took her into military offices in Washington, DC, and Memphis, TN. Moving...

Mar 4, 2014

Feb 26, 2014

Titusville, NJ. Theresa P. King, 81, passed away on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, New York. She had been a resident of West Hempstead, Long Island before moving to Titusville, NJ 3 years ago. Before her retirement, she had been a secretary at Adelphi University in Long Island, NY She is survived by her husband of 58 years,...

Feb 18, 2014

Greenville, SC. Kenneth Titus Blackwell, 93, of Greenville, SC husband of Alice Hart Blackwell for 71 years, died February 18, 2014. He is survived by two sons, Ronald K. Blackwell (Barbara) of Roaring Branch, PA and Dr. Richard H. Blackwell(Karen) of Simpsonville, SC four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to Celebrate the Life of Ken Blackwell...

Feb 15, 2014

Margaret Elizabeth Booth, 91, of Holland, PA, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, at her home. Margaret was born April 9, 1922 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, the elder child of Alice Liscomb and Chester Smith. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Albert F. Booth; her sister, Joan Smith Bain; and her dear aunt, Margaret Liscomb Gayder. She is...