Arthur W. McAnneny Sr., 88, died in Ocala, Florida, on January 17. A Marine veteran, he served during World War II. Survivors include a stepson and his wife, Carl and Linda Appel of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Maryknoll Missionaries in New York.
Julia B. Manuel, 90, a former West Windsor resident, died January 23 at Pavilions at Forrestal in Plainsboro. An active member of Princeton Friends Meeting, a volunteer at Mercer Street Friends, she was a member of West Windsor’s Twin “W” Rescue Squad.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Arthur J. Manuel; a daughter and son-in-law, Beatrice and Stephen Francis; son and daughter-in-law, John and Janice; son William; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Julia and Matthew Thomas; grandson and partner, John Francis and Timothy Stackhouse; and two great grandsons.
A memorial services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m., at the Princeton Friends Meeting House, 470 Quaker Road, Princeton. Donations may be made to Mercer Street Friends, 151 Mercer Street, Trenton 08611.
Alan Braude, 85, of West Windsor died January 25. Born in Philadelphia, he served in the Navy and was a manufacturers’ representative in the furniture industry.
Survivors include his former wife, Bobbie; brother, Jerry Freiberg; his children, Richard, Marcie, and Larry; daughters-in-law, Janine and Liz; and grandchildren, Sarah (Shawn), Rosemary, Paige, and Connor.
Kenneth Lee Seitz, 69, died January 26, in Beaver Dams, New York. A longtime resident of Plainsboro, he graduated from Princeton High School in 1963 and was a veteran of the Army National Guard.
The owner and operator of an excavating business, he was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 832B and Laborers Union No. 1358 in New York. Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Janine Seitz of Plainsboro.
Renee Dispensa, 95, died January 30 in San Francisco. Survivors include a granddaughter and her husband, Michele and Ron Weinberger of West Windsor.
Annette L. Ploger, 80, of Manchester died February 4. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Lorraine and Billy Perna; and grandchildren Anna and Anthony Perna, all of West Windsor.
Arlene D. Cooperman, 80, of West Windsor died February 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she raised her family in Willingboro.
Survivors include her daughter, Robin Winthrop; her sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Monique Cooperman and Barry and Marie Cooperman; her daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Chuck Woods; her 10 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Santo A. Zimbardo, 89, of West Windsor died February 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Jersey City, he was an Army veteran and served as military police during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Wages Zimbardo; a son, Anthony of North Haven, Connecticut; three daughters and son-in-law, Teresa and Frank Battaglia of Nellyford, Virginia, Anita and Paul Licata of East Brunswick, and Denise and Neil Decker of Midlothian, Virginia; two sisters, Ann Ballo of Broadway, Virginia, and Marie Federico of Lakewood; 10 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
Audrey Neithardt, 79, of Passaic died February 4. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Bonnie Lisbona of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broadacres Drive, First Floor, Bloomfield 07003.
Louise Casca Tellalian, 98, of Asbury Park died February 7. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Rosemary and James Guzzi of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church or Barnabas Health Hospice.
Victor K. Mount, 78, of West Windsor died February 10 at Princeton Medical Center at Plainsboro . Born in West Windsor, he was a lifelong resident. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was a member of the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Department for more than 25 years. Mount worked for Trenton Folding Box as a maintenance supervisor for 15 years and retired from Avery International.
Survivors include a son, Stanley Mount and his fiance, Lee Riley; a daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Kevin Lavertu; three grandchildren, Stanley, Jr., Cody, and Samantha; and two great-grandchildren, Logan and Jameson. Donations may be made to Hightstown VFW Post 5700, 140 Dutch Neck Road, Hightstown 08520.
Brittany S. Taylor, 24, of Ewing died February 10 in University Hospital, Newark. Born in New Brunswick, she was a former resident of Plainsboro. Survivors include her parents, Anita and Greg Taylor; six siblings, Gregory, Jr., C’Asia, Leah, Maya, Aaryann, and Daniel; and maternal grandmother, Evelyn Walker.
Valeria Mitzak, 96, of Phillipsburg died February 12. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Stewart Fernandez of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leed Road, Irondale, AL, 35210; or Paralyzed Veterans of America, 7 Mill Brook Road, Wilton, NH 03086.
Samuel H. Moffett, 98, of Plainsboro died February 9 at Windrows. A former professor of ecumenics and mission at Princeton Theological Seminary, he was a theological education, church educator, and missiological scholar who led the Korean church to an ecumentical horizon.
Moffett was born in Pyongyang, Korea (now North Korea) to missionaries. He graduated summa cum laude from Wheaton College with a classics major, received his BD from Princeton Seminary, and was awarded a PhD in religion from Yale University in 1945.
Moffett, who moved to China in 1947 to join the faculty of Yenching University in Peking, transferred to the faculty of Nanking Theological Seminary in Nanking in 1949. The communist Chinese government expelled Moffett in 1951 and he returned to Princeton Seminary as a visiting lecturer in 1953. He moved to Korea in 1955.
In 1959 he began a long teaching ministry with Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He served as dean of the graduate school, co-president of the school, and was the first director of the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission.
Survivors include his wife, Eileen; his youngest brother, Thomas F. Moffett of Louisville, Kentucky; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Joanne and Paul Hackett and Maridean and Bill Bennett; nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A memorial service will be held at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. Donations may be made to the Samuel H. and Eileen F. Moffett Scholarship Fund of the UP Foundation, Box 24441, Los Angeles, CA 90024; or to the Princeton Theological Seminary Library Korea Room.
