Linda Nancy Culwick Gillespie, 55, died March 15 in Pinellas Park, Florida. Born in Plainfield, she was raised in Ewing and graduated from Ewing High School. She worked with Bristol Myers Squibb and transferred to Seminole, Florida. Survivors include a sister, Cindy Plumeri of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Boulevard, Clearwater, FL 33760.##M:[more]##
Jolanda Szekeres Bonsen, 36, died March 20 at Klinik Tettnang in Tettnang, Germany. A Trenton native, she was a graduate of Notre Dame High School and Douglass College. Survivors include her uncle, Don Ryan of West Windsor. Donations may be made to a trust fund established for her daughters. For information contact JDSFiddler@hotmail.com.
Dorothy Mae Strahle of Red Bank died April 13 in the Saint Barnabas Hospice at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Survivors include a son, John Strahle of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Fred B. Cohen Cancer Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark 07112.
Donald Coleman Perrine, 75, of East Windsor died April 14 at his home. A lifelong resident of Mercer County, Perrine was raised in West Windsor and was a graduate of Princeton High School, Class of 1947. A U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of American Legion Post 148. He farmed in West Windsor and later pursued a career in real estate which he maintained until his death.
He was a member of the West Windsor School Board and the West Windsor Planning Board. Founding chairman of the board of the West Windsor State Bank, he was a longtime member of the West Windsor Lions Club and the American Business Club.
Survivors include a daughter Patricia Perrine; a son and daughter-in-law William and Kimberly Perrine; three grandchildren, Kirsten, Jake, and Delanie; and several nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Meyer M. Duchin, 91, of Monroe Township, died April 18 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Marshall Cohen of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Horace A. Sutton, 90, died April 20 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He retired from American Biltrite Rubber Co. (Congoleum) in 1988 after over 50 years of service.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Werner and her husband Steve; two sons, David Sutton and his wife Dorinda, and Bruce Sutton and his wife Karen; a brother-in-law, Donald Krause; and three grandchildren. Donations may be made to the Fellowship Baptist Church, 826 Village Road West, West Windsor 08550.
Margarethe V. Fitzell, 85, of West Windsor died April 20 in her home. In 1947 she left Vienna, Austria, with her American husband to live in the Princeton area. After several years in Williamstown, MA, she lived in Penns Neck for the past 49 years.
Fitzell, employed at Princeton University for more than 30 years, retired at age 71. Survivors include her daughter Dorrit of West Windsor; and sons, Eduard of Lawrenceville, and John of Coopersburg, PA.
Peter J. Manzi of West Windsor died April 23 at University Medical Center at Princeton. A longtime resident of Garden City, New York, he lived in West Windsor for six years.
Survivors include his wife Anne Lombardi Manzi; two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Ralph Ornelas and Carol and Christopher Sharp; his two sisters, Amy Comforte and Mary Mancini; and his four grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3076 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville 08648.
Javier Gonzalez, 33, of Plainsboro died on April 23 at his Ravens Crest home. Survivors include his wife Laura Gonzalez. See page 38.
Anthony A. Bielicki, 82, of Old Bridge died April 24 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Mike Strada of West Windsor; and grandchildren, Lauren, Amanda, and Ashley Strada. Donations may be made to the Work Opportunity Center, 395 Warburton Place, Long Branch 07740.
Andrew L. Koehl Jr., 70, of Spotswood died April 25 at RWJ Hospital, New Brunswick. Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Koehl of Plainsboro.
Services are Saturday, April 29, 8 a.m. at the Rezem Funeral Home, 457 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at the Corpus Christi Church, South River. Burial will be at the Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Calling hours are Friday, April 28, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral Home.
