Thelma K. Long, 80, of Princeton died June 25 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. A teacher for the West Windsor-Plainsboro School district, she retired in 1990.
Survivors include her husband, Frank; sons, Steve W. Long of Princeille, Hawaii, and Bill Long of Austin, Texas; daughter Lori Feiss of Helena, Montana; nine grandchildren; brother Jack Keil; and sisters Myreta Tippett and Carla Stephens.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 29, at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 407 Nassau Street, Princeton. Donations may be made to the Jefferson Elementary Art Program, 1023 East Broadway, Helena, MT 59601.
Lynne Powers Mazzarisi, 54, of Hillsborough died August 31, at her home. She was the human resource manager at Home Depot in West Windsor. Donations for ovarian cancer research may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3076 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville 08648.##M:[more]##
Rita C. Muroski, 81, died September 4 at Kingston Commons, Kingston. Survivors include a brother, Francis Muroski, of Plainsboro. Condolences may be sent to sympathy@betzjastremski.com.
Paul G. Nagy II, 68, a former Plainsboro resident, died September 6 at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he lived first under German occupation and then Soviet occupation until, and fled to the United States in 1956.
He was mistakenly drafted into the Army in 1959, but served on active duty for two years and was in the reserves for two more years. He became a United States citizen in 1962, married, and moved to Plainsboro. The family later moved to Colorado Springs, where he worked at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry as an artisan and then at the United States Air Force Academy.
Survivors include his wife Cathy; daughter and son-in-law, Katy and John Wood of Colorado Springs; and son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Leslie Nagy of Clovis, New Mexico.
John J. McCarthy, 71, of West Windsor died September 7 at his home. Born in Philadelphia, he lived in West Windsor since 1941.
A graduate of St. Paul School, Trenton Catholic High School, and Rutgers University. McCarthy was a social worker at Lincoln Hall, a Christians Brothers School, in Lincolndale, New York, and at Union Industrial Home in Trenton.
Survivors include brothers and sister-in-laws, Richard and Aileen McCarthy of Monroe, New York, James and Catherine McCarthy of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and William McCarthy of West Windsor; two sisters and brother-in-law, Joan and George Cave of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Carolyn Martin of Long Beach Island. Donations may be made to Princeton Hospice, 208 Bunn Drive, Princeton 08540.
Alma M. O’Hara Versfeld, 72, died September 8 at the Lawrenceville Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospice in Lawrenceville. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Leigh and Jeffery Petrone of West Windsor; and grandchildren, Christopher and Todd Petrone of West Windsor.
Donations may be made to the Bayard Jordan Tennis Scholarship Fund C/O the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street, Princeton 08542.
Charles Kellman, 83, of Orlando, died September 11. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn and Craig Sanders of Plainsboro; and grandchildren, Terry and Scott Sanders. Donations may be made to Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, 3160 Southgate Commerce Boulevard, Suite 50, Orlando, FL 32806 .
Alice M. Payne, 90, of Penns Neck, West Windsor, died September 10. She retired from McGraw-Hill in Hightstown and was an active participant of the West Windsor Senior Center.
Survivors include sons and daughter-in-laws, Samuel and Anna-Stina Payne of Kendall Park, and Victor and Rosolyn Payne Jr., of Auburn, Alabama; a daughter, Alice E. Payne of Penns Neck; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Princeton Baptist Church of Penns Neck, Route 1 and Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 .
Charles Louis Anthony Terribile, 61, a former West Windsor resident, died September 11 at his home in Virginia. A graduate of Penn State University and Rutgers School of Law, he retired as general counsel for the Collegiate Funding Service in Fredericksburg, VA.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Donna L. Terribile; three children and their spouses, Tracy Anne Argust of Fredericksburg, Virginia, C. Michael Terribile and his wife, Kelly, of West Chester, Pennsylvania., and Tricia Little and her husband, Jared, of Charlotte, North Carolina; seven grandchildren; one sister, Patricia Thomas of Lavallette, and a niece, Christine Nunziato of Yardville.
Donations may be made to the Human Immune Therapy Center (Melanoma Research), University of Virginia, Box 801457, Charlottesville, VA 22908. The guest book is at covenantfuneralservice.com.
Juanita G. Pierson, 87, of West Windsor died September 14 at University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Ashland, KY, she lived in West Windsor for the past 60 years. She retired from McGraw Hill after 20 years of employment.
Survivors include her son Gary L. Pierson; two daughters, Debra Perone and Patricia A. Pierson; two grandchildren, John Michael and Jill Ann; a great-granddaughter, Sophie Marie; and her sister, Marcella Jones. Donations may be made to American Cancer Society, 3076 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville 08648.
Roger G. Cook, 81, of Hightstown died September 17 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Survivors include stepchildren Stephen and Gina Altamore of West Windsor. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 21, at 11:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown, 320 North Main Street, Hightstown. Donations may be made to the Roger G. Cook Engineering Scholarship Award, 148 Monmouth Street, Hightstown 08520 or to the Mastocytosis Society, Box 511, Plainville, CT 06062.
Valentina Verdugo, 88, died September 12. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Karen Verdugo of West Windsor.
A memorial service will be Saturday, September 22, at 1 p.m., at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association-Greater NJ, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville 07834.
