James Landers, 63, of Philadelphia died on November 27 at St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in New Jersey most of his life and worked for Johnson and Johnson in New Brunswick, for 27 years.##M:[more]##
Survivors include his daughter, Stephanie Landers, of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis research at www.alsa.org.
Lucille Marshall, 82, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of West Windsor, died December 1 at Hospice of Dayton. She was a former member of the Princeton Women’s Club. Survivors include her son, Lance Marshall III of Dayton, Ohio; sister, Peggy Ailes of Somers, New York; brother-in-law, Richard Jones of Stone Mountain, Georgia; grandchildren, Lance Marshall IV of Dayton, Ohio, and Kathryn Marshall of Phoenix, Arizona.
Robert Jelenic, 58, of New Hope, formerly of West Windsor, died December 3. Born in Canada, he graduated from Laurentian University. Jelenic coached his daughter’s softball team in West Windsor to the state semifinals and coached his son’s Little League and ice hockey teams in Princeton.
He was with the Toronto Sun Publishing Group for 12 years before becoming president of U.S. newspaper companies at Ingersoll Publications in 1988. Jelenic was chairman of the board of the Journal Register, which owns 22 daily newspapers and 346 non-daily publications, and operates 227 websites including the Trentonian, the Delaware County Daily Times, and the Phoenixville Phoenix. He retired in 2005.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Bethany of Philadelphia, and daughter and son-in-law, Laine and Jeremiah Nakfoor of Los Angeles; his sister, Marianne Jelenic of Sudbury, Ontario; and his grandson, Chase Jelenic of Philadelphia. Donations may be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia 19111.
Oliver Selfridge, 82, of Belmont, Massachusetts died December 3. He was a pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence. Survivors include his sister Jennifer Selfridge MacLeod of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Chappy Fund of the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation of Martha’s Vineyard, the Appalachian Mountain Club in Boston, or Middlesex School in Concord.
Milton “Barney” Sadovsky of Monroe died December 6. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Helen and David Steinberg of Plainsboro; his grandchildren, Jason Steinberg of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Reid Steinberg of Stamford, Connecticut, and Hugh Behm-Steinberg and his wife, Mary, of Berkeley; great-granddaughters, Sydney and Lilah Steinberg. Contributions may be made to Melmark, 2600 Wayland Road, Berwyn, PA 19312.
Richard Joseph Mikovsky, 83, died December 6. Born and raised in Trenton, he graduated from Trenton High School in 1942. He attended midshipmen’s school at Cornell and later served in the Naval Reserve and then in the Navy. After the war, he received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Lehigh University, and graduate degrees from Princeton, where he received his doctorate in chemistry in 1952.
A senior research chemist for more than 30 years at Mobil Central Research in Pennington, Mikovsky also was a volunteer in science and philosophy at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia; his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Linda of Princeton; his two daughters, Michaele and Maria, both of Lawrenceville; and his Pomeranian, Zoe. Donations may be made to the Animal Placement Agency of West Windsor (APAW), Box 162, West Windsor 08550.
Dorothy Holland, 91, of Bayville died December 10. Born in West Windsor, she was a longtime resident of Whiting and Plainsboro. Holland worked for Walker Gordon Farms in Plainsboro for 24 years and the Princeton Laundromat for 9 years.
The last surviving sibling of 11, she is survived by several nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 846 Main Street, Fords 08863, or the American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick 08902.
Gus Gellas, 92, of Plainsboro died December 11. Gellas was a co-owner of the Brothers Restaurant in Newark.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma; a daughter, Christine; and son, Stephen. Donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 111 South Independence Mall East, Suite 411, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Ronald W. Bailey, 59, of West Windsor died December 12. Arrangements were by Hamilton Brenna-Cellini Funeral Home.
George Brennan, 90, of Baltimore died December 13, iin Baltimore. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Lee and Linda Brennan of West Windsor.
Frank Daniels, 74, of West Windsor died December 13. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, he lived in West Windsor for 35 years.
The former CFO for Mathematica Policy Research in West Windsor, Daniels retired in 1991 as the CFO of Instinet in New York City. Daniels previously served as a sergeant with the Marines.
Survivors include his wife o Marie; two sons and daughters-in-law, Frank. and Anna Daniels of Union City, Tim and Tiffany Daniels of New Hope; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Nick Springer; and Karyn Daniels and Eric Carlson; and four grandchildren, Taylor, Frankie, Noah, and Hope; his brothers and sister-in-law, Billy Daniels and Ronald and Carole Daniels; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lorraine and Robert Lucas and Judy and James Golembeski.
Donations may be made to Princeton Health Care Systems Foundation, Coronary Care Unit, 253 Witherspoon Street, Princeton 08540, or Eden Institute, 1 Eden Way, Princeton 08540.
Peter Burzi, 24, of Manalapan died December 13. Born in Freehold, he lived in Manalapan all of his life. A graduate of NJIT, he was a computer analyst for Dulcian in Woodbridge. Survivors include a brother, Vincent, of West Windsor.
Kathleen Goodwin Seymour, 98, died December 14 in Florida. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Helen Seymour of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Trinity Episcopal Parish Endowment Fund, 215 St. George Street, St. Augustine, FL, or to the Caring Hands, Caring Community of Bayview, 161B Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084.
Melvin Braun, 96, of South Brunswick died December 15. Survivors include a son, Gil Braun of Plainsboro.
Andrew Sivo Jr., 77, of Trenton died December 16. Survivors include sister-in-law and her husband, Laura and John Rossi of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Cancer Institute of NJ or Hospice Compassionate Care.
