Richard James Waters, 74, of Poolesville, Maryland, died February 26 at Georgetown University Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Waters of West Windsor.##M:[more]##
Clarissa Dovie Merritt Jackson, 91, of Plainfield died March 13 at home. Survivors include a son, Edward “Pete” of Plainsboro.
Michael V. O’Hare, 73, died March 15 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Survivors include brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Eileen O’Hare of Plainsboro. Online condolences may be made to www.walkersfuneralservice.com
Sandra W. Brown, 67, of Hightstown, died March 19 at home. A graduate of Dickinson College, she was a former teacher at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School. She later co-owned and operated the Cranbury Press from 1969 until the mid 1970s, and then ran Cranbury Publications until the late 1990s. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Campbell and Kay Brown.
Norman Hughes Voorhees, 96, died March 19 at Blue Hill Hospital in Maine. Survivors include his grandson, Jeff V. Sheard and wife, Lynn, of Plainsboro; and great-grandson, Glenn T. Sheard, also of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the Harlingen Reformed Church, 34 Dutchtown Road, Belle Mead, NJ. 08502, or the Island Nursing Home and Care Center, 587 North Deer Isle Road, Deer Isle, ME 08827.
Rose Mary Liguori Dahood, 60, of Memphis, Tennessee, formerly of West Windsor, died March 20 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown, Tennessee. A graduate of Chatham College, she received a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Survivors include her parents, Josephine and Alfonso Liguori; four brothers and one sister; her husband, Michael Dahood, and her two children, Adrian Dahood and Eliot Dahood.
Donations may be made to Collierville Animal Shelter, 603 East South Street, Collierville, TN 38017. Condolences may be sent to www.thekimblefuneralhome.com.
Laura Ruth Konigsberg, 67, of West Windsor, died March 22 in Bear Creek Assisted Living. Born in Brooklyn, she retired as the head of Children’s Services at the New Brunswick Free Public Library after 10 years of service.
Survivors include her children, Seth Konigsberg, Robert Konigsberg, and Janice Konigsberg; her brother, Arthur Schnur; and her grandchildren, Rebecca, Sam, Shawn, Ian, Sarah, and Michael.
Donations may be made to Friends of thee New Brunswick Free Public Library, 60 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 or www.nbfpl.org or to the JNF-Jewish National Fund, Memorial Trees in Israel Donations, 78 Randall Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570 or www.jnftrees.com.
William R. (Bill) Christensen, 82, a 41-year resident of West Windsor, died March 22 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he graduated from St. Francis College in Milwaukee. An Army veteran, he served in Okinawa during the Korean Conflict, achieving the rank of Sgt. 1st Class. Christensen retired from Carter-Wallace in Cranbury after 27 years of service.
He served as a Eucharistic minister for St. Paul Church, Princeton, for 33 years, as a lay minister to the sick at the University Medical Center at Princeton, and volunteered with Princeton Health Care Ministry. He was very active in West Windsor Little League when his sons were young, coaching several teams.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Emily Blanchette; four sons and daughters-in-law, Gregory and Mary Ann of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania; Randall and Dana of Huntington, Massachusetts; Darrin and Joyce of Ewing; and Gary and Kathleen of Cary, North Carolina; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Laura Ruzick of Cincinnati, Ohio; Marcia and Marc Mucelli of Princeton, and Rita and Roland Piccioni of Glassboro. Also, 10 grandchildren, Danielle and Brian Ruzick; Patrick, Michael, and Meagan Christensen; Paul and Christen Piccioni; Lauren and Marcus Christensen; and Ryan Christensen; a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Jim Swadburg of Mesa, Arizona; sisters-in-law Dorothy Reardanz and Elda Blanchette of Kankakee and Shirley Blanchette of Sheldon, Illinois; and brothers-in-law, Leon Blanchette, Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Paul Blanchette, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Donations may be made to Princeton Health Care Ministry, Box 1517, Princeton 08542; or St. Paul School, 218 Nassau Street, Princeton 08542.
Fred Pannone Sr, 88, of Hamilton died March 23 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Elaine Pannone of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville 08691.
Joan Ann Rogers, 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania died March 21. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Jan VanDuser of West Windsor.
William Latham “Bill” Clymer, 67, of Beavercreek, Ohio, died March 23. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Ashley and Todd Bashore of Plainsboro. Donations may be sent to the St. Pauls Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, 33 West Dixon Avenue, Oakwood, OH 45419; or Rotary International Foundation, One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201. Condolences may be sent to www.routsong.com.
Elise M. Meehan, 87, of West Windsor died March 24 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Elizabeth, she was a longtime West Windsor resident. A graduate of Battin High School in Elizabeth, she retired from ETS.
Survivors include her daughter, Jacqueline Bowman; three grandsons, Charles H. Bowman Jr. and his spouse, Jeanine of Virginia, Scott W. Bowman and his spouse, Susan of New Jersey, and Daniel J. Bowman and his spouse, Wendy, of Pennsylvania, and five great-grandchildren, Gavin, Caitlin, Briannon, Skylar, and Gracie.
Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691-4183.
Suzanne Walling Seeman, 71, a West Windsor resident for 10 years, died March 26 at home. Born in Monmouth County, she graduated from Keyport High School in 1955.
Seeman founded International Logos, a large supplier of licensed merchandise to fraternal organizations. Recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, Seeman was a member of the Denison Society in Mystic, Connecticut, original homestead of Captain George Denison, one of Connecticut’s first families.
Survivors include her daughter, Alexis Lucas of San Francisco, California; two sons and daughters-in-law, Lee and Maria Lucas of Montville, and Blaine and Wendy Lucas of Brentwood, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Paige Bailey Lucas, Shelby Peyton Lucas, Tanner Campbell Lucas, and Krysten Alexis Lucas. Online condolences may be made at www.sidun.com.
Chester Andrew Steen, 93, above, of Walla Walla, Washington died March 24. A graduate of Washington State University with a degree in dairy husbandry, he was one of the Borden Boys at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and was later vice president of operations at Walker Gordon Farm in Plainsboro. He also served as the first full-time clerk of Plainsboro Township, retiring in 1983.
He served as a member and president of the Plainsboro Board of Education for more than 20 years. Steen was also president of the board of managers of Cook College, the agricultural college at Rutgers University; the Mercer County Agricultural Society; the Plainsboro Lion’s Club; and the Middlesex County Grand Jury. He was a lay leader in the Plainsboro Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Joan C. and Ardel Olson of Spokane, Washington; and Nancy H. and Jeff Shelton of Peoria, Illinois; son and daughter-in-law, Robert E. and Anne Steen of St. Louis, Missouri; and daughter-in-law, Barbara Steen of Nevilleville, Pennsylvania; 10 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and a sister, Betty Lou Elkington of Lind, Washington. He is also survived by his stepdaughters and son-in-law, Carma Carlson of Olympia, Washington, and Martha and Dick Dybdahl of Puyallup, Washington; six step grandchildren; and nine step great grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, May 2, at 11:30 a.m., at the Blue Mountain Community Church, 928 Sturm Avenue, Walla Walla, Washington. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Inland Northwest Chapter, 910 West 5th Avenue, Suite 256, Spokane, WA 99204.
