Dawne J. Murphy, 81, of West Windsor died August 23 at home. A resident for 33 years, she was a real estate broker in West Windsor.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Thomas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Laura and Christopher Siegler of West Windsor and Kerry and Brian Dolan of Berwyn, PA; three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Kathy of Valparaiso, IN, Mark and Karen of Moorestown, and Michael and Charlotte of Moorestown; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Twin W Rescue Squad, Box 38 Princeton Junction 08550 or Compassionate Care Hospice, 600 Highland Drive, Suite 624, Westampton 08060..##M:[more]##
William Whipple Jr., 98, of Plainsboro died August 23. Raised on a sugar plantation in Cinclare, Louisiana, he graduated from West Point in 1930, studied economics and philosophy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and did a year of graduate studies in engineering at Princeton University.
A member of the Army Corps of Engineers, he served for several years in the Omaha District, with responsibilities for navigation and flood control projects in the Missouri River Basin.
During World War II he served as a member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Allied Headquarters, where his logistical planning helped to shape the course of battle in Western Europe. After the war, while assigned to Gen. Lucius Clay’s headquarters in Berlin, he advocated that U.S. policy toward the devastated German nation should be restorative rather than punitive. Whipple considered his role in the development of the Marshall Plan his most important work.
In 1947, with the rank of colonel, he was sent to the Pacific Northwest where, he led the planning for water resources development of the Columbia River Basin. He later held a civil works assignment in the office of the chief of engineers in Washington, DC, and after being promoted to brigadier general, served as division engineer for the Southwestern Division. He retired from the Army in 1960 after 30 years of service.
Whipple was the chief engineer for the construction of the 1964-1965 World’s Fair under Robert Moses. He later served as director of the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute at Rutgers University and participated in a number of professional associations, including serving as president of the American Water Resources Association.
In 1982, he joined the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he played a key role in implementing a statewide water supply master plan and other key projects. His final employment was with the Greeley-Polhemus Group, an engineering consulting firm, in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
An authority on water resources, he wrote more than 100 books and articles on water supply, navigation, flood control, and power generation. His final book, “Comprehensive Water Planning Regulation” (Government Institutes, 1996), proposed a holistic approach to water resources planning aimed at breaking the gridlock between achieving general benefits from water resources projects and accommodating environmental concerns.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Dr. Alice Goodloe Whipple; daughters Anne Andersen and Claire Stech; sons William Whipple III and Philip Whipple; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was buried with full military honors in the Arlington National Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Princeton Windrows Saturday, September 8, at 11 a.m. Donations may be made to Trinity Church in Princeton or the Salvation Army.
Miklos Schwartz, 84, died August 24 in Hollywood, Florida. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Carol Schwartz of Plainsboro, Donations may be made to the Jewish Center, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, Greenwood House, or The U.S. Holocaust Memorial museum.
Mary Teresa Wyssling 81, of Rockaway, died August 26, at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Karen Sardinas-Wyssling of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to either Hope House or St. Cecelia Church.
John Richard Ranallo, 62, of Cornelius, North Carolina, died August 26 at his home. Survivors include son Kevin Ranallo of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Journey Church, 18637 Northline Drive # B, Cornelius, NC 28031 or to the Hope House Foundation, 15604 Northcross Drive, Huntersville, NC 28078.
Philip Byron MacDonald, 76, died August 27 in the Green Ridge Health Care Center after an extended illness. Survivors include a son, Philip B. MacDonald of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Hospice Community Care, 385 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, 18704.
Lawrence J. Barone Jr., 64, of Boynton Beach, Florida died August 28 at Southern Ocean County Hospital, Manahawkin. Survivors include a son, Steven, of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the American Lung Association of NJ, 1600 Route 22 East, Union 07083.
Dorothy Elizabeth Hamlin, 92, of Plainfield, died August 28 in the Woodlands Nursing Home, Plainfield. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Connie Hamlin of Plainsboro.
Harold Harry Ritter, 86, of Fort Pierce, Florida, died August 31 at his son’s residence in St. Louis, Missouri. Survivors include one daughter, Christine Ciccarelli of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to St. Johns Mercy Hospice, 1000 Des Peres Road, Suite 200B, St. Louis, Mo. 63131.
Lauretta C. Brown Rosenbower, 98, of Princeton died August 28 at Park Place Center, South Brunswick. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Anthony Musco of Plainsboro; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Donations may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Foundation.
Karen L. Wiernik, 58, of West Windsor died September 1 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in New York City, she was a graduate of Centenary College and was previously employed as a nursery school teacher and later a medical-dental receptionist.
Survivors include her husband Stan Wiernik; three sons, Jeffrey Wiernik of West Windsor, Daniel Wiernik of New Milford, and Aaron Wiernik of New York City; her mother Doris Barkan of Boca Raton, Florida; a brother, David Barkan of Lake Mary, Florida; and a sister, Sheila Cobb of Clifton Park, New York.
Donations may be made to the National Eating Disorders Association, 603 Stewart Street, Suite 803, Seattle, WA 98101.
Charles Tyler Bills, 78, of Monroe, died September 2, at the Francis E. Parker Nursing Home in Piscataway. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Cindy Bills of Plainsboro. Visitation will be Friday, September 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the M. David DeMarco Funeral Home, 205 Rhode Hall Road, Monroe. A memorial service is on Saturday, September 8, at 3 p.m., at the Rossmoor Community Church, Monroe. Donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association.
Michelina De Vito Lillis, 77, of East Windsor died September 3 at home. Survivors include a son, Stephen Lillis of Plainsboro. Visiting hours are Friday, September 7, from 5 to 8 p.m., at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main Street, Cranbury. A mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, September 8, at 9:30 a.m., at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, 251 Franklin Street, Hightstown.
