Elinore Todt, 84, died April 11 at Morristown Medical Center. Born in the Dutch Neck section of West Windsor, she was a graduate of Princeton High School and Montclair State University. She received two master’s degrees from Kean University in English and education administration.
She taught at Linden High School, where she also directed the school plays, and taught English in Bernards Township for 25 years.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, William; her daughters, Lisa Hruska, Betsy Schmitt, and Erica Kuhlmann; and five grandchildren. Donations may be made to St. Joseph’s Indian School at www.stjo.org.
Daniel DeCore, 92, of Hamilton died June 22. A Navy veteran, he worked for the Federal Veterans Administration, owned the Como Club Bar and Lafayette Lounge in Trenton, and worked on the Green Acres program.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Daniel L. and Julianne Kocan DeCore of West Windsor; a grandson and his wife, Dennis DeCore II and Megan DeCore of West Windsor; a granddaughter and her husband, Dana M. and Kyle Falconi of West Windsor.
Donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation, 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076; or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148.
Albert E. Appell, 85, of Sayreville died June 23. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Barry Appell and Patricia Sauer of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Hospital.
Eileen R. Vogt, 83, of Plainsboro died June 25. A funeral mass was held at Queenship of Mary R.C. Church in Plainsboro.
Born in East Orange, she worked for Bell Telephone Company and as an educational secretary in West Orange. She moved to Windrows in 2011.
Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Frank J. Vogt; her sister, Margaret Oates of Sea Girt; her brother-in-law, Francis Hayes of Manasquan; her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas F. Vogt and Gwen Guglielmi of Princeton; her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Glenn Guidone of Floral Park, New York; and six grandsons, Ryan, Tyler and Eric Vogt, and Justin, Evin, and Austin Guidone. Donations may be made to the Cancer Hope Network at www.cancerhopenetwork.org.
Mary Aleene Stotler, 88, of Corpus Christi, Texas, died June 25. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Daren and Margaret of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the American Lung Association.
Doris Geyer Parker, 101, of Sarasota, Florida, died June 29. She was a former resident of Plainsboro. Funeral arrangements were by Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home in Sarasota.
Doris Hoff Pessel, 81, of Lawrenceville died June 29. A graduate of Westminster Choir College, she was a music and piano teacher. She later founded Doris Pessel Real Estate in Pennington. Survivors include a son, William O. Pessel Jr. of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Westminster Scholarship Fund, Westminster Choir College, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton 08540.
Virginia Mae Rich of West Windsor died June 30. Born and raised in Keyport, she was a resident of West Windsor for 41 years.
She graduated from St. Peter Nursing School and received her registered nurse license the same year. She earned an associate degree in humanities and social science from Mercer Community College and attended the nursing program at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton working towards a bachelor of science in nursing.
She was a school nurse in Glen Gardner, and a nurse at Hunterdon Hills Nursing Home, Rossmoor Retirement Community, Henry Austin Clinic, and at several hospitals in New Jersey. She was last employed as director of nursing at Senior Care of Trenton in Ewing.
Rich was a Girl Scout leader in West Windsor and sang in the choir at St. David the King Church for 22 years. She performed at Kelsey Theater and was an avid square dancer.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Ernest J. Rich; her sons and daughter-in-laws, Ernest G. and Doretta Berry Rich, William A. Rich, Edward J. and Victoria Rich, and Jonathan F. and Stephany Alvarez Rich; and her daughters and sons-in-law, Mary P. Rich, Lucinda A. Rich and Gary Orswell, Jeanne M. Rich and Michael Lillis, Virginia M. Rich and Robert Diaz; and 14 grandchildren.
Services were held at St. David the King Church in West Windsor on July 5. Donations may be made to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018 (pdf.com); or Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777 (michaeljfox.org).
Dr. Mark Brian Schulman of the Princeton area died July 1. He was a graduate of Kean University and New York Chiropractic College. His chiropractic practice was at 164 Cranbury Road in West Windsor.
Survivors include his wife Elizabeth; daughter Nikita; his brother and sister-in-law, Norman and Roxanne Schulman, and their children Michael, Ronald, Jeffrey, Jonathan, Rebecca, and Sarah; his sister and brother-in-law Arlene and Seymour Haspel, and their children Sindy, Joy, Beth, and Marcie.
Services were held on Saturday, July 5, at Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Donations may be made to NJ Chiropractic Association, 3121 Route 22 East, Suite 302, Branchburg 08876; or Computers for Kids of America, 155 Passaic Avenue, Fairfield 07004
James R. Hartman, 80, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, died July 1. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Colleen Hartman of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd floor, Bethesda, MD 20814; or Divine Mercy Parish, 312 Davis Street, Scranton, PA 18505.
Mary A. Ingato, 86, of North Caldwell died July 6. Survivors include a son, Vinnie Ingato of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Notre Dame Church in North Caldwell for the benefit of its children’s programs.
