Mary Lou McFarland Humer, 61, of Monmouth Junction April 20, at University Medical Center at Princeton. Survivors include a daughter, Bree Heather Humer Powell of West Windsor. Donations may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hanover.##M:[more]##
John B. La Selle, 85, of West Windsor died May 24 in Florida. Born in Georgetown, New York, he was a West Windsor resident for 35 years.
A graduate of Rider College, he served in the Army during World War II. He was an elder and choir member at First Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck. He was a member of the West Windsor Keenagers and the Triordinal group at the Trenton YMCA.
Besides working for John A. Roebling, Ward Foods, and Lever Brothers, he was a real estate salesman and broker for many years. La Selle taught chair caning through the Hightstown Historical Society.
Survivors include sons, Paul La Selle of Robbinsville, and David La Selle and his wife Caryn of Illinois; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Dallas Fogg of Minnesota; a niece, Carolyn Splane of New York; a nephew, Howard Case of Florida; cousins in Maryland, South Carolina, and Florida; and his companion Marjorie Harwood.
Donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck, 154 South Mill Road, West Windsor 08550.
Thomas A. Mount Jr., 89, of Sylvatus, Virginia died June 5 at home. Born in Plainsboro, he lived in the area for 73 years before moving to Virginia.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, E. Johanne Mount of Sylvatus, VA; daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Gerry Hare of Whiting; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas A. and Linda Mount III of Florida, Patrick and Natasha Ervin of Robbinsville, Brian and Diane Mount of Fairless Hills, PA, Alan and April Mount of Dublin, Virginia; sons Charles Ervin Jr. of New Egypt, and Adam Mount of Sylvatus, Virginia; 12 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
John P. McCullough, 81, of Plainsboro died June 6 at his Windrows. Born in Dallas, he moved to the Princeton area from Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1963.
He graduated from Oklahoma University in 1945 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and received a master’s degree in chemical engineering and doctorate in chemistry from Oregon State University.
McCullough worked at the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and joined Mobil Oil Corporation. He retired in 1989 as general manager of environmental health and safety, Mobil Oil Corporation, and vice president, Mobil Research and Development Corporation.
He contributed 90 articles to scientific journals and books and served as chairman or member of boards of the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, World Environment Center, Institute of Health Policy Analysis at Georgetown University, Gordon Research Conference, and American Chemical Society Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. A director of Mobil Foundation and of Heico Corporation, he was a trustee of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and a Woodrow Wilson Foundation visiting fellow.
McCullough’s honors include the Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Huffman Award of the International Calorimetry Conference, and the American Chemical Society’s Award in Petroleum Chemistry and its Leo Friend Award.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Calvert McCullough; daughters Sherrill M. Davis of Haverford, Pennsylvania, Cathryn M. Delude of Andover, Massachusetts, and Patricia McCullough of New York City; and grandchildren Philip M. Delude, Patricia M. Delude, and Michael Gene Davis.
Donations may be made to support research at the Alzheimer’s Association.
Russell J. Alaimo, 63, of Monmouth Junction died June 7 at University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, he was a former resident of West Windsor. A graduate of Rutgers University, he was the proprietor of Neighborhood Values and a security analyst for Freedom Systems.
Survivors include his wife Sharon Mayer Alaimo; a son, Jonathan Alaimo of Boca Raton, Florida; two daughters, Meredith Alaimo of Atlanta, Georgia, and Alyssa Alaimo of Portsmith, New Hampshire; a brother William Alaimo of Waverly, Pennsylvania; and two sisters, Elizabeth Predeger of Anchorage, Alaska, and Anne Perrige of Vetnor.
Donations may be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Box 27106, New York City, NY 10087.
Rose Russo, 85, of Succasunna died June 9. Survivors include her grandson, Joseph M. Russo, of Plainsboro.
Opal A. Schrader, 100, of Danville, Pennsylvania died June 10 in the Emmanuel Center For Nursing and Rehabilitation, Danville. Born in Perth Amboy, she was a resident of West Windsor from 1952 until 2003.
Survivors include a sister, Cynthia Metcalf of Riverside, Pennsylvania; nieces Patricia Ikeler and Donna Snyder, both of Danville; nephew Burleigh Anderson of Landisburg, Pennsylvania.; and several grandnieces and grandnephews.
The funeral was held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, West Windsor. Donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Dominick Balestrieri, 88, of Princeton died June 11. He is survived by sisters and brothers-in-law, Carmela and Tony, and Salvatore and Maria, all of West Windsor.
Barbara Hanson Jetton, 80 of Matthews, North Carolina died June 12 at Plantation Estates. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Jetton of West Windsor; and grandchildren, Stefan and Caroline Boshkov of West Windsor.
Wilton J. Bennet died June 11 in Mystic Shores, Little Egg Harbor. Survivors include step-daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Stephen Buchner of Plainsboro. A Memorial Mass will be held Saturday, June 24, at 9:30 a.m.. at St. Theresa Church in Tuckerton.
Online condolences may be made at heritagefuneral.net.
Marian Housten, 63, of Hillsborough died on June 15, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Survivors include a daughter Cheryl Housten of Plainsboro. Condolences may be sent to www.fucilloandwarrenfuneralhome.com.
Francis X. Wheeler, 84 of Toms River died June 19. He was a former Plainsboro resident. Survivors include his wife of 54 years Irene, son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Tina Wheeler; daughter and son-in-law, Ilene and James Meyers; and grandchild Tracey Wheeler. Condolences may be sent to www.ryanfuneralhome.com.
Fiorina Ruggiero Lucchesi, 77, of Bordentown died June 20 in St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Ada and Matteo Salerno of West Windsor.
Calling hours are Friday, June 23, 6 to 9 p.m., at Buklad Yardville Memorial Chapel, 30 Yardville-Allentown Road, Yardville. The funeral will be Saturday, June 24, at 8:15 a.m. at the chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church, 626 South Olden Avenue, Trenton.
Memorial contributions may be made to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
