Bess Jones Garrott of Virginia died July 24. Survivors include a daughter, Caroline Walradt of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the Westminster Resident Supporting Fund, Westminster at Lake Ridge, 12191 Clipper Drive, Lake Ridge, VA 22192.
Richard Kracht, 72, of Edison died August 11, at JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Municipal Court Judge for the Township of Plainsboro in 1995, he was a member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, and the Middlesex County Bar Association.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Isabel Kracht; two sons, Richard J. Kracht and Ronald A. Kracht, both of Edison; and a brother and sister-in-law, Jerome and Ruth Kracht of Clifton. Donations may be made to the Haven Hospice, c/o the JFK Medical Center Foundation, 80 James Street, Edison 08818-9972.
Margaret “Peggy” O’Grady Esposito, 52, of Cape Coral, Florida, died August 13. Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Thompson, and her family, all of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to The Ronald McDonald House, www.rmhc.org or Candlelighters of SW Florida, 9981 South Health Park Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33908.
Bruce R. Perone Sr., 75, of Skillman died August 15, at home. Born and raised in Princeton, he graduated from Trenton Junior College with a degree in commercial art. He owned Windsor Paint and Paper in West Windsor until 1995.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Leni Longo Perone; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Bruce and Angela Perone Jr. of Belle Mead and Brian Perone of New York City; two daughters and sons-in-law, Brooke and Francesco Musolino of Chester, and Kim and Bill Zaminski of Long Island, New York; and four grandchildren. Donations may be made to Princeton Hospice, 208 Bunn Drive, Princeton 08540.
Aloizy P. “Al” Krasiewski, 86, of Ewing Township died August 16 at the Capital Health at Fuld, Trenton. Survivors include his stepson and wife, John A. and Ruth Wisniewski of West Windsor.
Samuel G. Schwartz, 89, died at the Tamarac Rehabilitation and Health Center on August 16. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Eugene and Naomi Schwartz of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the VITAS Hospice Charitable Fund, https:J/vitascharityfund.ixwebhosting.com/index.hlm, or the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, www.jwv.org.
Margaret M. Zoog, 97, of Pennington died on August 17 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton. Survivors include son and daughter-in law, Rick and Irene Zoog of Plainsboro; and daughter and son-in-law, Meg and Jim McLaughlin of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Emily Jones, 92, of Plainsboro died August 19 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. She was a lifetime resident of Plainsboro. Survivors include five sons, Charles, Thomas, Kevin, Robert, and Jeff Jones; and nine grandchildren.
Walter H. “Wally” Brown, 88, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, died August 21. He lived in West Windsor for more than 30 years while working as a carpenter, 20 of those years as construction superintendent at Western Electric Research Center. Brown was a volunteer fireman with the Princeton Junction Fire Department for 30 years.
A World War II veteran, he was aboard the USS Texas during the D-Day invasion, and active in Iwo Jima and other Pacific battles. He lived in Cape Cod, Leesburg, Florida, and Hyannis since leaving West Windsor in 1976.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Alethia (Peg) Brown; a daughter, Susan Mancuso of Hingham; a son, Timothy Brown of Marstons Mills; four grandchildren; a brother, Richard Brown of West Yarmouth, and his sisters, Doris Pratt of Halifax, Marjorie Whitman of Centerville, Jean Berry of Yarmouthport, and Betty Jenkins of West Yarmouth.
Donations may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod, 765 Attucks Lane, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Elsie Judge-Pollock, 96, of Okeechobee, Florida died August 22, at Raulerson Hospital. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law Frederica and Anthony Mango of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to Hospice of Okeechobee, Box 1548 Okeechobee, FL 34973.
Adele D. Danley, 83, of West Windsor died August 23, in the Hamilton Continuing Care Center, Hamilton. Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong West Windsor resident.
Danley was a waitress at the Annex Restaurant in Princeton for more than 40 years. A longtime Girl Scout volunteer, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck, the West Windsor Keenagers, and the Church Corner Brightners.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Frank Danley Jr.; a son, Frank Kurt Danley; three daughters and son-in-laws, Terrie L. and William Mansmann, Penny J. and Daniel Gravatt, Holly M. and Michael Dansbury; five grandchildren, James E. Hulick, Ginger Wells, Dennis Mansmann, Todd Mansmann, and Donald Kurt Danley; and five great-grandchildren.
Donations may be to Alzheimer’s Association, 196 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor 08550.
