Ralitsa Slavenkova, 35, of West Windsor died February 25. Born in Bulgaria, she was a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. She was a policy analyst with Mathematica Policy Research. The family moved from East Windsor to West Windsor in 2008.
Survivors include her husband Atanas Tepavitcharov; children Martin Tepavitcharov, in third grade at Princeton Academy, and Reneta Tepavicharov, age three; and parents Reneta Indzhova and Boyan Slavenkov of Bulgaria.
Rosemary O’Brien, 84, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died February 27. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and John Farrell of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Mesilla Valley Hospice or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Albert P. Lombardo, 80, of West Windsor died March 3 at St. Francis Compassionate Care Hospice. Born in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, he was a longtime area resident. An Army veteran, he was an engineer with Bell Telephone.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Grace Lombardo; his son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Donna Lombardo; his daughter, Cindy Lombardo; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Debbie Lombardo and Angelo and Rachael Lombardo; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Martin Otto and Carol and Donald Otto; his grandson, Nicholas Lombardo; his granddaughters and their spouses, Jenna and Jason Davila and Dana and Joe Franzone; and two great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to St. Francis Compassionate Care, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton 08629; or Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202.
Elmer D. Herman, 79, a former Plainsboro resident, died March 3 at Metropolitan Hospital, Miami, Florida. He worked as a tool-and-die maker at Thomas & Betts in Elizabeth for 35 years. He served in the Army during peacetime.
Survivors include his wife, Cecelia Meehan Herman; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Debra Herman; and two granddaughters, Johanna and Corinna. Donations may be made to the National Stroke Association, 9707 East Easter Lane, Suite B, Centennial, CO 80112.
John S. Baymiller, 71, of Portland, Oregon, died March 3. Survivors include his sister, Judith Baymiller of Plainsboro.
Stanley Allen Coppock, 63, of Davis, California, died March 8. Survivors include his brother, David Coppock of West Windsor; a niece, Julia Coppock of New York; and a nephew, Andrew Coppock.
Robert Earl Boyce, 89, of Williamstown, New Hampshire, died March 9. During World War II, he served in the Pacific theater, building runways for B-29 bombers. He was a master electrician.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Adam and MaryAnne Boyce of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the United Federated Church of Williamstown, PO Box 438, Williamstown, VT 05679.
Bernard Z. Grafman, 83, of Plainsboro died March 12 at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.
Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, he was a radio disc jockey in Kentucky during his 20s, and was later a salesman for Consolidated Paper in Brooklyn, New York, until his retirement in 1991.
Survivors include his sister, Helen Koffler of Florida; two daughters and son-in-law, Pamela Zecca of Boonton, and Beth and Daniel Kenavan of West Windsor; and his grandchildren, Drew, Jaclyn, Taylor, and Brendan. Donations may be made to the National Psoriasis Foundation at www.psoriasis.org.
Therese D. “Terri” Martinez, 81, of Westmont died March 13. Survivors include a granddaughter and her husband, Jayme and Warren D’Souza of West Windsor; and great-grandchild Caiden D’Souza. Donations may be made to Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice, 5 Eves Drive, Suite 300, Marlton 08053.
Jennifer Lynn Pruden, 62, of Linden died March 16. She was the director of the Union County Rape Crisis Center for 20 years before retiring. Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Gerald Siegel of Plainsboro; and nephews and nieces, David Siegel, Jamie Siegel, and Matt Siegel.
