Matthew Kraus, 18, of West Windsor died February 13 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton. He was a junior at Mercer Junior Senior High School.
Survivors include his parents, Michael and Lydia Kraus of West Windsor; his maternal grandmother, Olive Fraser of Florham Park; an uncle, Clifford Kraus of Miami; his aunts, Alma Fraser of Philadelphia, Constance Fraser of Morristown, and Sharon Kraus of New York; and a cousin, Jennifer Krause.
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Richard F. Heinrich, 75, of Henderson, Nevada, died January 4. He was born in Penns Neck. Heinrich served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and retired as a warehouseman with Household Chemical Company. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; son Bryant Smith of Oregon; daughters Sandra Morrison and Pamela Duran of California; brother Elmer of Pennington; sisters Hazel Leming of Mercerville and Clara Nakano of California; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Kenneth D. Hopper, 81, of New River, Arizona, died January 28. A former area resident, he was a lifetime member of Citizen’s Rifle and Revolver Club of West Windsor and the American Legion. Donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, Arizona, www.hov.org; or the Desert Hills Presbyterian Church, Carefree, Arizona, www.deserthills.org.
Margaret A. Grant, 88, of West Windsor died January 30 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Brooklyn, she lived at Bear Creek Assisted Living.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen Lee and Peter Lorentzen and Mary Elizabeth and Thomas Searl; her grandchildren, Karen McGowan, Roger Kurtz, Bonnie Kerns, Christa McCarrick, Lillian Padua, and Thomas Searl; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to Woodrow United Methodist Church, 1075 Woodrow Road, Staten Island, NY 10312.
Howard T. Young, 60, of Ewing died February 1 at Capital Health Systems at Mercer in Trenton. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Jay Thompson of West Windsor, Donations may be made to the Ewing Public Education Foundation, Box 7033, Ewing 08628.
Barbara A. Sajeski, 73, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, died on February 1 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was a former West Windsor resident.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Francis E. Sajeski; her daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and John P. Edwards Jr. of Holland, Pennsylvania, Susan and Theodore Pitts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and son and daughter-in-law Francis P. and Jill Sajeski of Alexandria, Pennsylvania; her sister, Frances M. Peters of New York; her son-in-law, Richard Bitler and his wife, Denise, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania; and her 10 grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Brain Injury Association of America, 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 611, McLean, VA 22102.
Helen D. Schwendt, 77, of Union Township, died February 1, in St. Joseph Medical Center. Survivors include a brother John J. Dzurkoc Jr. of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Immaculate Conception BVM Roman Catholic Church Building Fund, 905 Chestnut Street, Douglassville, PA 19518.
Eugene Mosco Sr., 76, of Monroe Township died February 2, at Somerset Medical Center. He was a former Plainsboro resident.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Eugene and Angela Mosco Jr. of Toms River; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa and Bill Bean of Linden and Gina and Tom Giacomarro of Belleville; five grandchildren, Sage and Cianni Mosco, Skylar and Shane Bean and Vincent Fucci; and his aunt, Gloria Pelligrino; his longtime companion, Sharon Yusko of Monroe, and her children, Jerry and Robin Yusko of Plainsboro and their son, James Patrick Yusko.
Michael J. Mercurio, 87, died February 4, at the Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center Hospice Unit. Survivors include son and daughter in law William and Mary Mercurio of West Windsor.
Ralph J. DeMarco, 79, of Plainsboro died February 4 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Newark, DeMarco was a lifelong area resident, retiring from the township of Plainsboro as a sub-code official.
Survivors include two sons, David R. DeMarco and R. Jason DeMarco; a sister, Kay Musci; a granddaughter, Christina DeMarco; and niece, Vina Remstein.
William C. Hollocher, 72, of Plainsboro died at home on February 4. He was retired from a long career in telecommunications at Merck & Company.
Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Pam Hollocher of Sudbury, Massachusetts; and daughters and sons-in-law, Heidi and Scott Lucas of West Point, Pennsylvania, Heather and Albert Cuneo of York, Pennsylvania, Hilary Hollocher of Philadelphia, Hope Hollocher and her husband Ben Heller of Mishawaka, Indiana, and Halina and Bill Campbell of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; and nine grandchildren; two nephews; and a niece.
Memorial service is Saturday, February 17, 11 a.m. at William R. May Funeral Home, Main Street and Elm Avenue, North Wales, Pennsylvania. Visiting hours begin at 10 a.m. Donations be made to American Heart Association, Montgomery County, Memorial Fulfillment Center, 777 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.
Michael J. Perna, 78, of Princeton died February 6 at University Medical Center at Princeton. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law William and Lorraine Perna of West Windsor. Donations may be made to Friends of Irish Football, Notre Dame High School, 601 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville 08648.
Betty J. Schwartz, 79, of Rantoul, Pennsylvania, died February 8 at the Carle Arbours of Savoy. Survivors include a son, Robert W. Yeagle of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the Rantoul Food Bank or Prairie Village of Rantoul.
Peter Christopher Hoffman, 37, of Plainsboro died February 9 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. He was born in Newark, Ohio. A graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia, he was a senior art director and multimedia director for Core-Create in Somerset.
Survivors include his parents, Paul and Pamela Hoffman of Ewing; a brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Alicia Hoffman of Morrisville, PA; two nieces, Helena and Sophia Hoffman; and two aunts, Eunice Fisher of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Judy Evans of Dallas, Texas. Donations may be made to the Youth Mission Fund of the First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, 100 Scotch Road, Ewing 08628; American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville 08691-4183; or the Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203-1606 (www.nature.org). Online guestbook at www.wilsonapple.com.
Kathleen Drumm Kathleen Drumm Boscardin, 90, of Plainsboro died February 10. She lived in Buckingham Place for the past three and a half years.
In a career that spanned five decades, Boscardin distinguished herself as a teacher, school administrator, mentor, leader, and community volunteer. A graduate of the Michigan State Normal College, she received a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Hartford. She volunteered with the Plainsboro Seniors.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, W. John and Margaret Boscardin of Monroe; her daughter, Kathleen Morrison of Carmel, California; three grandsons, W. John Boscardin, Jr. of Santa Monica, California, Andrew Boscardin of Seattle, Washington, and Ian Morrison of Carmel, California; a step granddaughter, Melissa Neumeyer of Plainsboro; a granddaughter-in-law, Christy Boscardin of Santa Monica, California; a great granddaughter, Julia Boscardin, also of Santa Monica, California, and two nephews, James and Mark Reid of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Viewing and services will be held on Saturday, February 17, from 2 to 5 p.m., at A.S Cole Funeral Home, Cranbury. Donations be made to the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation of Indianapolis.
