Deaths
Geraldine Celeste Spears, 92, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida died June 16. Survivors include a son and daughter in law, Richard Gary and Karen Spears of West Windsor. Donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, Monroe Children’s Fund, 21 SE 1st Street, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.
Howard Henry Dalton, 89, of Freehold died June 18. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lived in West Windsor for 40 years.
An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, he was a graduate of Rutgers University. Dalton worked in agricultural advertising in New York City and in manufacturing at Hill Refrigeration in Trenton.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Laurie Dalton of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Scott and Constance Dalton of Hamilton; his sister, Barbara Dalton Aramanda of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; grandchildren, Mary Boecker and her husband, Matthew Boecker of Robbinsville; Edward Dalton of Hamilton; Mark Dalton of Jacksonville, Florida, and Christina Dalton of Hamilton; and great-grandchildren, Addison and Payton Boecker.
Donald S. Leeds, 86, of Jackson died June 22. An Army veteran, he served during World War II, was a professor at Wagner College, and was past president of Phi Beta Kappa. Survivors include a brother, Richard Leeds of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation, 5151 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 420, Washington, D.C. 20016.
Jack McCarthy Jr., 90, a lifelong Princeton resident, died June 22. A graduate of Princeton University, he earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He served in the Army during World War II.
A Princeton Borough attorney for 64 years, he was a former chairman of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, an agency established to expose organized crime and public corruption.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Katherine Holohan, a Plainsboro native; two sons, Jack and Kevin of Princeton, and five grandchildren. Donations may be made to the John F. McCarthy Jr. Class of 1943 Memorial Fund at Princeton University, Box 5357, Princeton 08543-5357, or to Mount Carmel Guild, 73 North Clinton Avenue, Trenton 08609.
Bruce M. Beard Jr., 88, a former West Windsor resident, died in Silver Spring, Maryland, on June 22. Born in Mississippi, he was an advertising executive in New York City during the 1950s and ’60s. He and his wife, Dorothy, published West Windsor-Plainsboro Chronicle from 1973 to 1986.
Survivors include his daughters and son-in-law, Jane and Jeffrey Davis of Silver Spring, Maryland; Anne of Tampa, Florida; six grandchildren; and one great grandson. Donations may be made to NPR, WAMU 88.5, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20016.
William (Bill) Kennedy, 69, of Plainsboro died June 23 at Princeton Medical Center at Plainsboro. He was a member of the Plainsboro Township Zoning Board of Adjustment since 2008. He was born in Schenectady, New York.
Kennedy attended Cornell University and graduated from Union College with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering in June 1969. He worked for Parsons Brinkerhoff from 1966 until his death.
He rose through the ranks to vice president and principal professional associate. A tunnel ventilation engineer with professional licenses in New York, Texas, and California, Kennedy worked in Australia, Canada, China, Dubai, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Madeira, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.
A major participant in the development of the subway environment simulation program, accepted as the standard tool for subway design for the last 40 years, Kennedy developed the aerodynamic model and also participated in the development of the fire model, the train performance model, and the computer program for simulating regenerative braking, chopper control, and coasting for electrified transit vehicles.
He also developed specialized applications of the SES program for the English Channel Tunnel, the Singapore Underground Road System, the Hong Kong subway, and others. An active member within the engineering industry. He held leadership roles in many professional organizations.
Survivors include his parents, Edward and Rae Kennedy; his wife, Patricia Kennedy; his daughters, Kathleen Kennedy and Sheila Miles; his grandchildren, Timothy Miles, James Miles, Edward Dykes, and Victoria Dykes; his son in-law James Dykes; and his cousin Paul Srodoski. Donations may be made to Columbia Engineering Fund, 530 Mudd Building MC 4718, 530 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.
Evelyn J. Matson, 78, of West Windsor died at her home on June 29. She was born in High Bridge.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Chris Altschul of Delaware; sons and daughter-in-law; Theodore Matson Jr. of Southampton, Victor Matson of Easthampton, and Eric and Angel Matson of South Carolina; a brother; Carl Burd of Long Valley; and seven grandchildren. Donations may be made to Califon United Methodist Church, Box 305, Califon 07830.
Julie Hein Greener, 46, of West Windsor died at home on June 30. She was raised in Spring Valley and Dix Hills, New York, and graduated from SUNY Binghamton. The family moved from Chappaqua to West Windsor in 2006.
Survivors include her husband Robert; children Josh, Jeremy, and Alana; parents Sandy and Howard Hein of Monroe; brother and sister-in-law, Barry and Janet; sister and brother-in-law, Mindy and Dan Bass; mother and father in-laws, Sheila and Howard Fine; and nieces and nephews Jesse, Ethan, Zachary, Sophie, Natalie and Adam. Donations may be made to www.gofundme.com/lwr10.
John Patrick O’Hara, 79, of West Windsor died July 1 at Acorn Glen Assisted Living Residence in Princeton. Born in Brooklyn, he was raised in Bay Shore, New York.
John served in the Air Force as an airman first class from 1951 to 1955. He graduated from both the State University of New York at Farmingdale, and Wagner College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He was a chemist with Mobil Oil Company and Exxon Mobil.
Survivors include his wife Ann; his son John Jr. of Hamilton; and his daughter Deirdre; a granddaughter Erin O’Hara; a brother Joseph of Sayville, New York; and a sister, Mary Catherine McManus of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Visiting hours are Friday, July 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton. Funeral services will begin on Saturday, July 7, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Princeton. Donations may be made to Cathedral High School, 350 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022.
