David Burton Todd, 86, of West Windsor died February 1 at his home. Born in Chester, Pa., he was raised in Freedom, Maine. He received his bachelor and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, and his Ph.D from Princeton University. He served in the Navy in World War II and retired from the Naval Reserve as a Commander in 1972.
Todd’s career as a chemical engineer spanned 60 years. He received 22 U.S. patents, and wrote more than 100 technical articles and a book, “Plastics Compounding: Equipment and Processing.”
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Sweeney Todd; his sister, Mary Todd Pfeifer; his daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Charles Klein; three sons and daughters-in-law; Brian and Denise Todd, Raymond Todd and Kelley Lehman, and Clifford and Tina Todd; five grandchildren; three step-daughters: Janet Sweeney McCallum, Kathleen Miano, and Ellen Allsteadt, and five step-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Donations may be made to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton 08540, or to the Hospice Program of Princeton HomeCare Services, 208 Bunn Drive, Princeton 08540.
Vincent A. Toscano, 75, of Princeton Junction died February 2. He was born in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of St. Francis College, he earned a master’s degree in chemistry from Brooklyn College and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. An adjunct professor at Boston College, Toscano founded Paulaur Corporation in 1980.
He was inducted into the St. Francis Preparatory Academic Hall of Fame, honoring him as an individual who had made significant lifetime achievements and service to the community. Toscano funded the Paulette and Vincent Toscano Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to academically gifted students in need.
Survivors include his wife of more than 50 years, Paulette; his three sons, Lawrence, Andrew, and Michael; daughters-in-law, Lisa, Michele, and Heather; a brother, John Toscano, and grandchildren, Kyle, Mary, Olivia, Lauren, Joseph, Leah, and Audrey.
Donations may be made to St. David the King Church, 1 New Village Road West, Princeton Junction 08550, or St. Francis Preparatory, 6100 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365.
Dorothy A. Cashmore, 99, of Beach Haven Park, died February 4. Survivors include her daughter, Judy Cashmore of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Southern Ocean Center Genesis Health Care or the Southern Ocean County Medical Center in Manahawkin.
Valeria B. Girandola, 75, of Upper Freehold died February 5. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Lyle and Kathleen of Princeton Junction. Donations may be made to Arms Wide Open, Childhood Cancer Foundation, Box 258, Marlboro 07746.
Eleanor M. Santimauro, 90, of Vernon Hills, Ill., died February 5. She was a founding member of Queenship of Mary Church in Plainsboro.
Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law, Michael and Sherry Santimauro, and Edward and Kathleen Santimauro; sister, Dorothy McClue; brother and sister-in-law, John and Patty Hyland; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Donations may be made to American Cancer Society, 3076 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville 08648.
Robert G. Keeling, 73, of Phoenixville, Pa., died February 6. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Jack Davis of Princeton Junction. Donations may be made to St. Basil The Great Church, 2300 Kimberton Road, Kimberton, PA 19442, or to the Chester SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380.
Tibor “Ted” J. Somers, 75, of Princeton Junction died February 6 at his home. Born in Hungary, he and moved to Princeton Junction 36 years ago. He was a self-employed chemical engineer.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Gerda Somers; his children, Ted and Gail Somers Jr. of Jamesburg, and their children, Brian, Eric, and Dana; James and Andrea Somers of Hamilton, and their daughter, Erika; and Anita (Somers) and Steve Torma of Pennsylvania and their children, Derek, Devon, and Deanna; and his dog, Bamse.
The funeral service will be on Friday, February 17, at 11 a.m, at the M. William Murphy Funeral Home, 1863 Hamilton Avenue, Hamilton, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
Dorothy Timins, 95, of Hamilton died February 7 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton. Born and raised in Rahway, she ran a fabric store with her husband, Hy. She moved to West Windsor in 1984 and was a regular at the West Windsor Senior Center.
Survivors include her son, Arthur Timins of West Orange, son and daughter-in-law, Martin and Ruth Timins of West Windsor, and their daughters Nicole and Jennifer; five additional grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Donations may be made to Heifer International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72202.
Douglas Fuller, 67, of Plainsboro died February 10 at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg, S.C., he attended Trenton public schools. He served in the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam veteran. He worked at Lawrence Lincoln Mercury and was affiliated with the former Blue Max Lounge.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Fuller; a daughter, Kim Fuller; a son, Anthony Douglas Fuller; three brothers and sister-in-laws, Wiley and Alice Fuller, Abraham Fuller, James Lee and Honey Fuller, all of Trenton. He also leaves daughters, Paula Brown of Trenton, Margretta Jiles of Virginia, Sable and Sapphire Spellman of Georgia; and sons, Douglas “Malik” Fuller and Jermaine Johnson, both of Virginia; and many grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday, February 17, at 10 a.m., at Samaritan Baptist Church, 531 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Trenton. Interment will be in Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown.
Gregory H. Henriques, 88, of West Windsor died February 12 at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro. Born in Jersey City, he served in the Marines during World War II. and worked at Western Electric for 39 years.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Dorothy; his daughter and three sons and their spouses, Maureen Henriques Hase and Paul Hase of West Windsor, Dennis and Bonnie Henriques of Howell, Robert and Beth Henriques of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Gary and Christine Henriques of Winter Springs, Florida; his four grandchildren, Jamie, Katie, Matthew, and Christopher; and his sister, Vera Killian of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Donations may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Central Jersey Chapter, 740 Broad Street, Shrewsbury 07702, or the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10016-5337.
Carolyn Everett Beacht, 98, of Hillsborough died February 13. She was born and raised in Dutch Neck. She was the superintendent’s secretary at the Hillsborough Board of Education and a founding member of HTVFC #2 Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law,Thomas and Susan Beacht of Stewartsville; her daughter and son-in-law,, Joan B. and Glenn Coven of Virginia; seven grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. A funeral service will be Friday, February 17, at 10 a.m. in the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Donations may be made to the WorldVisionFoundation at www.worldvision.org/SponsorAChild.
Mary Constance Jones Riehl, 79, of Freehold died February 13 at CentraState Medical Center. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Heather of West Windsor. Visitation is Friday, February 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold. The funeral is Saturday, February 18, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Robert Bellarmine R.C. Church, 61 Georgia Road, Freehold. Donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Edward Steele, 75, of West Windsor died February 13 in Rhode Island. Steele served on West Windsor’s Planning Board, Zoning Board, and the Shade Tree Commission.
Born in Indianapolis, he was raised in Binghamton, NY. He graduated from Purdue University in 1959. He served for 30 years in the Army Reserves.
Steele, a chemical engineer, moved to West Windsor in 1972 when he was transferred to run a plant in Cranbury.
Steele donated “Bookworm II,” a statue of a young girl reading a book, to the West Windsor Library in memory of his wife, Susan, who died in 2008.
Survivors include his daughter and her wife, Ann Steele and Sarah Kight of London; his sister and brother-in-law, Susie and Jim Stewart in Cincinatti, Ohio; and his mother, Margaret Steele, also of Cincinatti.
A memorial mass will be held Friday, February 24, at 11 a.m. at St. David the King Catholic Church, 1 New Village Road West, West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187.
