Grace C. DeVito
Grace Cupples DeVito, 85, of Princeton, died November 20 at the University Medical Center of Princeton. Born in Princeton, she was also a longtime resident of Princeton. Daughter of the late Andrew and Rebecca Cupples, and wife of the late John DeVito, she is survived by a brother, Andrew "Bucky" Cupples of Princeton. The funeral service and burial will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Kingston Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 222, Kingston 08528. Arrangements are under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home.

Giuseppe Toto
Giuseppe Toto, 79, of Lawrenceville, died November 8 at the University Medical Center of Princeton. Born in Pettoranello Di Molise, Italy, he had resided in the United States since 1960. He was a retired groundskeeper with Princeton University, and a custodian with Educational Testing Service. He served with the military police in Italy during World War II. He was a member of the Church of St. Ann in Lawrenceville and the Roma Eterna Society in Princeton. Brother of the late Cristina Rossi, he is survived by his wife of 55 years, Evelina; four daughters, Bambina Duva, Angelina Mastroianni, Flora Toto, and Patrizia Armenti; a son, Castrensio; ten grandchildren; a sister, Giacinta Lubrano; and several brothers. The funeral was November 12 at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, Lawrenceville. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Church of St. Ann in Lawrenceville. Entombment was in St. Mary¹s Mausoleum in Hamilton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia Society, 216 Hadden Avenue, Westmont. Arrangements were by Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, Lawrenceville.

Fred F. Veit
Fred F. Veit, 95, of Princeton, died November 19 at home after a long illness. Born in Easton, Pa., he was a graduate of New York University with a degree in civil engineering. He was a noted track star in high school and at NYU, gaining national recognition. He later competed as a runner for the New York Athletic Club. An officer in the Army Air Corps ROTC in college, he served during World War II as a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific. In the 1950s, he went to Morocco, and later to Spain, as a construction engineer on the American airbases under construction there. He spent most of his career working for the City of New York as an engineer, supervising construction of subway and vehicular tunnels, including the Queens Midtown Tunnel constructed in 1940, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel constructed in 1950, and numerous subway tunnels, including the 63rd Street Tunnel under Roosevelt Island in the East River. He later worked for the New York Transit Authority, from which he retired in 1978. He is survived by his wife, Ann; a brother, Carl of Easton; and a sister, Louise Miller, also of Easton. Arrangements are under the direction of the Alloway Funeral Home, Merchantville.

Graham Rohrer
Graham Rohrer, 90, of Rockland, Maine, died November 25th at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine. A retired public relations and advertising executive, he had been a 50-year resident of Princeton before moving to Rockland 11 years ago. He was a graduate of Haverford College. He worked as director of public relations and advertising for Georgia Pacific Corporation before joining Needham Harper Worldwide, a large international advertising agency, where he served as management representative for ITT, Xerox, Bermuda, and other national and international clients. From 1956 to 1965, he was president of the Princeton Borough Board of Education. It was during this period that the old Quarry Street and Nassau Street elementary schools were sold and replaced by the new John Witherspoon School on Walnut Lane. He was also a longtime member of the Institutional Revue Board of the Carrier Foundation, a member of the Alumni Advisory Council of Haverford College, a member of the Nassau Club, and a deacon and elder of Nassau Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Jane; three sons, Douglas of Gaithersburg, Md., Scott of Austin, Tex., and Mark of Fort Collins, Colo.; a daughter, Joanne Saxton of Palo Alto Calif.; and five grand children. Burial will be private in Princeton Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 2 at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor¹s choice. Arrangements are the under the direction of Kimble Funeral Home.

Elaine Simko
Elaine "Lainie" Simko, 53, of Princeton, died November 29 at home, surrounded by her family. She had battled breast cancer for more than eight years. Born in Somerville, she was a graduate of Boston University. For several years she was a manager in the marketing department of the American Stock Exchange. There she coordinated the Exchange's marketing programs between listed companies, analysts, and portfolio managers. She also managed the AMEX Club program in New York and Houston. She was active in numerous area charities including those supporting Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, and the Princeton University Art Museum. She was also an active member of the Junior League in Manhattan and Houston, where she lived before moving to Princeton. She was a member of The Bedens Brook Club, The Nassau Club, and the Trenton Country Club. Daughter of Jean France and the late Wesley N. France, she is survived by her husband of 21 years, Michael Simko; three daughters, Kathleen, Caroline, and Julia, all of Princeton; a brother, Wesley France; and a sister, Leslie France. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 6, at Stuart Country Day School. A private graveside service will be held at Princeton Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Stuart Country Day School, 1200 The Great Road, Princeton 08540; or to St. Francis Medical Center, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton 08629-1986. Arrangements are by the M. William Murphy Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Max F. Zullig
Max Frank Zullig, 92, of Hoover Ala., died November 28. A longtime Princeton resident, where he was a parishioner of St. Paul's Catholic Church, he retired from Alpine Aromatics in 1992 and moved to Birmingham, Ala., to be near his daughter and her family. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he emigrated to the United States when he was four years old. He attended public and private schools in New Jersey, then received his college education as an organic chemist at Newark College of Engineering, becoming a registered professional engineer in the State of New Jersey. As a chemist, he worked primarily in the area of fine specialty organics. During World War II, he was the first in the United States to synthesize the painkiller Demerol. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and the Knights of Columbus. He had a special fondness for travel, having journeyed all over the United States and five continents, often taking members of his family with him. While in Birmingham, he was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. Predeceased by his wife of 43 years, Mary, and a brother, Irwin, he is survived by a daughter, Lois Ellen Laura Greene of Mountain Brook, Ala.; a brother, Charles of Naples, Fla.; and four grandchildren. Friends may call on Wednesday, December 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue. A Christian Wake service will be held during this time. Interment will follow in Princeton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, P.0. Box 1000, Dept. 300, Memphis, Tenn. 38148-0552.

Helena B. Nowicki
Helena B. Nowicki, 90, of Princeton Junction, died November 27 at Princeton HealthCare System. Born in Poland, she came to the United States in 1923 and was a longtime resident of Princeton Junction. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, and gardening. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Hightstown. Predeceased by her daughter, Catherine J. Nowicki, she is survived by two sisters, Laura Schaeffer of New Jersey and Genevieve Pillis of Queens, N.Y.; and her companion of 42 years, Phyllis Sabella. A Mass of Christian Burial took place December 2 at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery in East Brunswick.

Anne L. DeCicco
Anne L. DeCicco, 53, of Plainsboro, died November 26 at home, following a long battle with cancer. For the past seven years she was president of the Travel Goods Association, a Princeton-based national trade group representing the luggage and leather goods industry. In that capacity she was credited with forging alliances and building consensus on a variety of policy and regulatory issues. She was also publisher of the industry's trade publication, Travel Goods Showcase. In the early 1990s she was president and CEO of New Jersey Health, a non-profit healthcare organization in Somerville that integrated hospital and physician services. Prior to that, she was a corporate vice president for the New Jersey Hospital Association in West Windsor. During her 14-year tenure at NJHA she oversaw the association's strategic planning and developed its marketing, public outreach, and continuing education functions. She also served on a number of advisory and professional boards, most notably as a trustee and officer of the Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. The recipient of numerous professional awards, she was recognized by the American Society of Association Executives in 1999 with its highest honor, the ASAE Key Award. She was the first American and first woman to hold both American and European certifications in association management. She is survived by her four children, Geoff DeCicco, Melanie Tindall, Benjamin Hydo and Wynne Hydo; her mother, Nancy Lommel of Whitehouse Station; and three sisters, Laura Millen of Readington, Cris Thompson of Hull, Mass., and Sue Tavaglione of St. Petersburg, Fla. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 6 at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 Main Street, Cranbury. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, 31 Evans Terminal Road, Hillside 07205. Arrangements are by the Kimble Funeral Home.

Jerome W. Clinton
Jerome W. Clinton, 66, of Princeton, died of cancer November 7. He was a professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies and a scholar of Iranian culture and society at Princeton University. A native of San Jose, Calif., he earned his A.B. from Stanford University, an M.A. in English and American literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Persian and Arabic literature from the University of Michigan. He served in the Peace Corps in Iran from 1962 to 1964 and taught in schools in Tehran and Amman, Jordan, from 1964 to 1970. He returned to the United States in 1970 to teach at the University of Minnesota. In 1972, he was named director of the Tehran Center of the American Institute of Iranian Studies. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1974 and was granted emeritus status in 2002. Prof. Clinton taught Persian language and literature, as well as courses in Near Eastern literature, translation, classical Islamic civilization and the cultural history of Iran. His most widely acclaimed work was the study and translation of the Iranian national epic, the Shahnama (The Book of Kings). He was the author of The Divan of Manuchihri Damghani: A Critical Study, co-author of Modern Persian: Spoken and Written. He also translated The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam and In the Dragon's Claws from the Shahnama, winning the Lois Roth Persian Translation Prize in 2002 from the American Institute of Iranian Studies for Dragon Claws. He was the recipient of two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the J. Paul Getty Grant Program for translation of Persian works and curriculum development. He was awarded the Princeton 250th Anniversary Curriculum Development Grant. "He was a treasured colleague, whose humanity and profound integrity was respected by all who knew him," said Andras Hamori, chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. In an obituary that appeared in the online publication, The Iranian, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, professor of Persian language and literature at the University of Washington, wrote: "Jerry, a man of impeccable integrity and great decency, was a meticulous and impressively forward-looking scholar of Persian literature whose professional interests spanned literary theory and criticism, translation and translation theory and, in recent years, the esthetics of word-image relations." He is survived by his wife, Asha; three children, Julia, Matthew and Gabriella; and two grandchildren. A memorial service was held on November 30 in New Lebanon, N.Y. Memorial contributions may be made to Therapists with Wings, 84 Best Street, Portland, Maine 04103; or Sufi Order Center at The Abode, 5 Abode Road, New Lebanon, N.Y. 12125.

Emilio Tamasi
Emilio Tamasi, 89. of Princeton, died December 2 at home. Born in Pettoranello, Italy, he had resided in the Princeton area since 1955. He retired in 1977 after 24 years with Princeton =ACUniversity. He was a member of St. Paul's Church. Husband of the late Modestina Ciccone Tamasi, he is survived by a son, Jesse of Hamilton Square; two brothers; Achille of Pettoranello and Antonio of Canada; a sister, Bammbina Tamasi of Pettoranello; three grandchildren; and one great-grandson. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Paul's Church on December 5 following the funeral at The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Paul's Cemetery.

Alfred Sommer
Alfred Sommer, 94, of South Hadley, Mass., died December 8 in Longmeadow, Mass. He was a Princeton resident from 1953 to 1974, before moving to Waltham, Mass. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Berlin in 1934. Forced out of Germany by the Nazis, he found work in England in the emerging field of television, first at Baird TV, then at EMI. Throughout his career he was recognized for his contributions to the field of photoemissive materials. His inventions were considered of importance in the fields of high energy physics, medicine, biology, astronomy, night vision, and television. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1953, where he continued his career at the David Sarnoff Research Labs in Princeton. Following his retirement in 1974, he served for 15 years as a consultant to Thermo Electron Corp. in WaItham. In 1990 he retired to western Massachusetts. He was a dedicated pianist and lover of classical music, as well as an enthusiastic traveler and walker. Predeceased three years ago by his wife, Rosemary, he is survived by three daughters, Jane Sommer of Northampton, Mass., Julia Sommer of San Francisco, Calif., and Helen Lennon of Hatfield, Mass. The funeral will be private. Arrangements are by the Pease Funeral Home of Northampton, Mass.

Patricia C. Pell
Patricia Chancellor Pell, 68, of Princeton, died December 1 at University Medical Center at Princeton following a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Wilmington, Del., she was a graduate of Wilmington Friends School. She attended Vassar College with the Class of 1956. She was a volunteer at the Princeton studio of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, where she served as assistant studio director for 22 years. Following her retirement, she became involved in practicing Pilates and Yoga. An avid reader, she was taking a course in Islam at the Evergreen Forum at the time of her death. She was a member of Trinity Church and its Social Justice Committee. She also belonged to the Fort Ticonderoga Association of Ticonderoga, N.Y. She is survived by her husband, Stuyvesant B. Pell; two daughters, Alison C. Pell of Snohomish, Wash., and Sarah Pell-Stires of Ewing Township; a sister, Nancy Lamson-Scribner of Florida; a brother, Ira Doom of Moneta, Va.; and three grandsons. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 13, at 5 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Interment was private in Old St. Anne's Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Jersey Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 69 Mapleton Road, Princeton 08540; or to Fort Ticonderoga Association Inc., P.O. Box 390, Ticonderoga, N.Y. 12883; or to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Ward S. Hagan
Ward S. Hagan, 83, of Princeton, died December 4 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. The cause was heart failure. A graduate of Princeton University with the class of 1948, he was a former chairman of Warner Lambert in Morristown. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army Aircorps at Pearl Harbor. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two daughters, Susannah of London and Tracey of San Diego; a brother, Robert; and two grandchildren. The funeral service was private. Arrangements were under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home.

Elizabeth Hill Bardwell
Elizabeth Hill Bardwell, 83, of Newtown, Pa., died December 7 at Friends Nursing Home at Chandler Hall in Newtown. She had been a Princeton resident from 1960 to 1997, when she moved to Chandler Hall. Born in Chicago, Ill., she moved in her teens to Colonial Heights, Yonkers, N.Y., where she attended Roosevelt High School and was elected vice president of her senior class. She went on to St. Lawrence University, in Canton, N.Y., where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. In 1943, she married Lt. Charles Bardwell at the Naval Air Station in San Diego, Calif. After the war his Naval career took them to Newport, R.I., Norfolk, Va., San Juan, P.R., and Yardley, Pa. They moved to Princeton in 1960 after his retirement from the Navy. She studied for a teaching certificate at San Diego State and Trenton State College. An active golfer at Springdale Golf Club, she was also a member of the Present Day Club, the KKG Alumnae Club, and All Saints' Church. She particularly enjoyed playing bridge and socializing with friends. Predeceased by a daughter, Susan, she is survived by her husband, Charles; a daughter, Ann Cooley of Hilton Head, S.C.; and one grandson. A funeral service will be held Thursday, December 11, at 1 p.m. at All Saints' Church, All Saints' Road. Interment will follow at Trinity-All Saints' Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Denville 07834. Arrangements are under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home.

George J. Adriance
George J. Adriance, 81, of Princeton, died December 5 at The Windrows at Forrestal in Plainsboro. Born in Rochester, N.Y., he was a graduate of Williams College, Class of 1944. He attended Harvard Law School for two years. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the 104th Infantry Division where he received the Bronze Star. From 1948 to 1956 he was a loan officer for lrving Trust Company, New York City. From 1957 to 1966 he was with Princeton Bank and Trust. From 1966 to 1997 he was an investment adviser with Clark, Dodge and Company, which later became Tucker Anthony & R. L. Day in Princeton. An active community member, he served as a member of the Princeton Planning Board and was elected to the Princeton Township Committee. He was also a member of the Friends of Princeton Public Library, Kiwanis, and Rotary Club of Princeton, and served as a warden and usher at Trinity Church. Predeceased by his wife, Anne Delano Adriance, he is survived by two sons, Jim of Washington, D.C. and Matthew of Oldwick, N.J.; five step-sons, Rick, Jeff, Geody, Bill, and Ted Delano; two sisters, Sarah Scoville of Culver City, Calif. and Louise Gardner of Hanover, N.H.; four grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 12, at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Memorial contributions may be made to The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton 08542. Arrangements are under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home.

Helen G. D. Jackson
Helen Guild Duthie Jackson, 86, of Prince Edward Island, Canada, died December 6 at South Shore Villa in Crapaud, P.E.I. Born in Princeton, and a Princeton High School graduate, she was a Princeton resident until 1941, when she married her high school sweetheart, Edward Jackson, and moved to Hicksville, Long Island. She remained in Hicksville for more than 60 years, frequently returning to Princeton to visit family and friends. She took pride in telling friends that she was from Princeton. She loved flowers and could often be found tending her garden. She also traveled extensively. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward; two sisters, Ida Campbell and Isabel Murray; and two brothers, Charles and William. She is survived by two daughters, Susan Jackson-Hewitt of Carmel, Calif., and Phyllis Diercks of P.E.I.; a brother, John Duthie of Toms River; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial Mass in celebration of her life will be held in Princeton in the spring of 2004. A nursing scholarship in her memory will be founded at South Shore Villa, Prince Edward Island. Those wishing information about the memorial Mass or the scholarship fund may write to Susan Jackson-Hewitt, P.O. Box 223223, Carmel, Calif. 93922.

Elnora Hallett
Elnora Hallett, 95, of Princeton, died December 12 at the Princeton home of her daughter. Born in Shadyside, Ohio, she lived there until she moved to Princeton in 1992. In the 1920s and 1930s she was a piano teacher in her hometown. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church of Shadyside, where she was a member for 85 years. While in Princeton she enjoyed attending the Friday Club at the YWCA. Predeceased in 1989 by her husband, Dwight Hallett, she is survived by her daughter, Carol Robbins of Princeton; a brother, Brice McMillen of Leesburg, Fla.; and three grandchildren. The funeral service was December 16 at Baukmecht-Altmeyer Funeral Home in Shadyside. Burial was in the Powhatan Point Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice at Princeton Home Care Service.

Patricia E. L. Cox
Patricia E. Long Cox, 51, of Lawrenceville, died December 12 at home. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident of Lawrenceville. She was a graduate of Notre Dame High School and Rider University, with a B.A. in education. She had recently retired after 20 years as a case worker for the Mercer County Board of Social Services. She was a member of the Ladies Order of Hibernians, Monsignor Crane Division, No. 6, of Hamilton, and a member of the Adel Quinn Society of Hamilton. Daughter of the late William and Elizabeth C. Long, she is survived by her husband, Joseph R. Cox; a brother, William J. Long of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and a sister, Margaret Simmons of Titusville. The Funeral was December 16 at The Mather Hodge Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Paul's Church, celebrated by her nephew, Fr. Mark Hunt. Burial was in St. Paul¹s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Mercer County Chapter, 3076 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville 08648; or the American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick 08902-4301.

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