Domenico Ucci, 71, of Belgium died September 15 in Belgium. Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, Vincenzo and Fiorina Ucci of West Windsor. A memorial mass was celebrated at St. David the King Church in West Windsor. Burial was in Italy.
John R. Kelley, 87, of Boynton Beach, Florida, died September 17. Born in Paterson, he served in the Navy. His accomplishments included the implementation of the Missile Guidance System, the Distant Early Warning Line System (DEW Line) in Alaska, and the Job Corps training program with Sargent Shriver.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Andrea Kelley of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Faith United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund or Faith United Methodist Church Endowment Fund, 6340 West Boynton Beach Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33437; or the American Lung Association National Headquarters, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800, Washington D.C. 20004 (www.lung.org/donate).
Mary Casey, 88, of Plainsboro died at the Pavilions at Forrestal Skilled Care in September. Born in Bayonne, she had lived at the Pavilions for the past seven years. Survivors include four sons and daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Donations may be made to Princeton Hospice, 208 Bunn Drive, Princeton 08540.
Albert D. ‘Buck’ Tindall Jr., 91, of Denver, Colorado, died September 24. He was a former longtime resident of West Windsor.
He lived a full life in West Windsor. During World War II, he was employed at Kaiser Metal Products/Fleetwings in Bristol, Pennsylvania. He was an award winning salesperson at Hightstown Rug Company for many years. He moved to Florida in 1972 where he sold carpet before retiring to Denver in 1993.
Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Joan Talkin-Tindall; his daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Jack Procaccino of Hainesport; three sons and daughters-in law, David and Ethel Tindall of Colorado, Tommy and Cindy Tindall of Florida and Virginia, and Michael and Lucy Tindall of Plainsboro; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and cousins; two step-daughters and their husbands, Barbara and Art Stewart and Cathy and Kris Pearson; step-son and his wife, Robert and Becky Talkin; and six step-grandchildren.
Alice Kindmark Riordan, 96, died September 24. Survivors include a sister, Ruth Hammond of West Windsor.
Mary Bernadette Knierim, 75, died September 25. She moved to Bear Creek Assisted Living in West Windsor in 2008. Donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.com.
Priscilla K. Stitt, 83, of Plainsboro died September 26. The funeral will be at Cole Funeral Home, Cranbury, Saturday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m.
Evelyn Kaplowitz Leibowitz, 91, of Sunrise, Florida, died September 28. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Donald Leibowitz and Karen Brodsky of West Windsor. Services were held at Congregation Beth Chaim, West Windsor. Donations may be made to Hadassah or the City of Hope.
Frances Guzy, 83, a former West Windsor resident, died October 1, at Brandywine Senior Living in Pennington. Born in Elizabeth, she was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck.
Survivors include her two daughters and a son-in-law, Judy Guzy and Barbara and Les King; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Richard Guzy and Jeff and Laura Guzy, and five grandchildren. Donations may be made to Animal Placement Agency of the Windsors, Box 162, West Windsor 08550.
Dr. Barton Aron Kamen, 63, of West Windsor died September 27. A distinguished pediatric oncologist and cancer pharmacologist, he was scheduled to receive the Award of Hope for Leadership in Research and Patient Care at Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s “Night Of Illusions,” on Thursday, October 25.
Born in Brooklyn, he was raised in Rockville Center, New York. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and served his internship/residency and fellowship in pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology and pharmacology at Yale University.
His academic career included three years at Medical College of Wisconsin; 15 years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as professor of pediatrics and pharmacology; followed by eight years as director of pediatric hematology-oncology and associate director of Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
From 2007 to 2009, Kamen served as chief medical officer of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and was still a consultant to bio-pharmaceutical/cancer therapeutic companies, including Morphotek and Metronomx Group and a consultant to the NIH in Washington, DC.
Kamen was the recipient of the Scholar Award from the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, the Damon Runyon Walter Winchell Fellowship, the Burroughs Wellcome Clinical Pharmacology Award, and was one of the few pediatric oncologists to be named to an American Cancer Society clinical research professorship. He was also elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigation.
Kamen, who had written more than 300 manuscripts, was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and served on numerous editorial and advisory boards of other cancer journals. on the research and medical affairs committee of the American Cancer Society, as a commissioner of the New Jersey Commission for Cancer Research and was on the board and treasurer of the National Coalition for Cancer Research (NCCR). He was also a medical adviser for the Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, a consulting medical officer for the Physical Sciences Oncology Centers Program of the National Cancer Institute and medical adviser for the Angiogenesis Foundation.
His major laboratory interests for more than three decades centered around folate biochemistry and anti-folate pharmacology. He was currently developing treatment to prevent both resistance and toxicity, especially neurotoxicity from therapy. He was also in the forefront of developing Metronomic Therapy for cancer, working with a non-profit in Geneva developing this model.
Kamen, who loved being a physician and in pediatrics, had a special relationship with his patients and their families. He often earned their trust via magic tricks. He always said a magician is someone who is able to produce startling and amazing effects. “I like to think I give life to kids — and that’s no trick.”
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Ruth Saletsky; his daughter, Libby; his mother, Evelyn Kamen of Boca Raton, Florida; his brothers, Dean Kamen of Bedford, New Hampshire, and Mitchell Kamen of Coram, New York; and his sister, Terri Kamen Schulner of Wellington, Florida.
Funeral services were held at Congregation Beth Chaim. Donations may be made to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Embrace Kids Foundation, or FIRST.
