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Immanuel Ike Kohn
(Died March 4, 2013)
U.S. Veteran
Immanuel (Ike) Kohn, lawyer and former Chairman of the Executive Committee at the New York law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, died at home in Princeton, New Jersey on Monday, March 4, 2013 of lung cancer. He was 86 years old. Born in Palestine, he spent his early childhood in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Central Europe. His father, Hans Kohn, was a newspaper correspondent, historian and writer who moved his family permanently to the United States in 1934, when Ike was seven years old.
He attended nursery school in Vienna, kindergarten in Cairo, first and second grades in Jerusalem and third grade at Smith College Day School. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1944, served as an Ensign in the US Maritime Service from 1944 to 1946, and earned his BA Summa Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1949. He was awarded a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, which took him to Western Europe and the Middle East from the autumn of 1949 through the spring of 1950. He received his LL.B Cum Laude from Yale University in 1953, and went to work for Cahill Gordon, where after doing some litigation, he specialized in corporate law, primarily representing investment banks and insurance companies. He became a partner in 1962. In 1972, at the age of 46, he was invited to join Cahill’s Executive Committee, and in 1990 he became its Chairman, a role in which he served until his retirement in 2006.
He was a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1997 to 2006, and after that he served as Trustee Emeritus. He belonged to the Metropolitan Opera Club, the Harvard Club of New York City, the Bedens Brook Club, the Nassau Club and the Princeton Old Guard. Prior to retirement he belonged to various New York City clubs including the Downtown Association, Recess Club, Lunch Club and Sky Club.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Vera Sharpe Kohn, four children, Gail Kohn, Peter Kohn and wife Margaret, Sheila Kohn, Robert Kohn and wife Susan Hendrickson, and six grandchildren, Megan Alrutz, Emily Alrutz, Michael Kohn, Jason Kohn, Sarah Kohn, and Katherine Kohn.
Burial
services will be private. The family requests that any gifts in his honor be sent to the Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.
Alice G. Schannel
(January 14, 1936 - March 8, 2013)
Alice Gering Schannel, 77, of Princeton, passed away on March 8th, at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was a wonderful mother, cook and accomplished pianist. She made every holiday special and instilled in her children an abiding love of animals, music, Avon by the Sea, and the New York Yankees. She loved horses and thoroughbred racing and was granted special visitations with Triple Crown winner Secretariat.
Born in Hamilton, she graduated from Trenton High School with honors. She worked for both RCA and Burroughs Corporation, where she would meet her future husband. After raising her family, she joined our father at the Mercer County Board of Social Services, becoming a supervisor as well as President of the local AFSCME. After retirement, she moved to Newtown PA and eventually back to Princeton where our father was born and raised.
She was predeceased by her husband Donald A. Schannel Sr., daughter Wendy Sue, parents Katherine and Rudolph Gering and brother, Dr. Rudolph Gering. She is survived by daughters Donna Schannel of Princeton NJ, Kathryn Fenton and husband Scott of Colts Neck NJ; Victoria Sweeney and husband Joseph of Sicklerville NJ, Cynthia Bruzgo of Bethlehem PA, her son Donald Schannel Jr. and partner Paul Leighton of Trenton, her brother Ronald Gering and wife Connie of New Hope PA and sister-in-law, Joan Gering of Ewing NJ. She is also survived by grandchildren Ryan Fenton and wife Nicole, Kyle Fenton, Alexander, Sarah and Abigail Sweeney, and Kelsey and Joseph Bruzgo. In addition, she is survived by nephews Lawrence, Matthew and Benjamin Gering and nieces Marla Gering, Teri Rhodes, Missie Parrey, and Kelie Schannel.
A viewing will be held at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton NJ, on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from 5 to 8pm.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at St. Paul RC Church, 214 Nassau Street Princeton NJ, on Thursday at 10:45AM. Private burial will follow in St. Paul Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation, 11 Independence Way, Newark DE, 19713 or S.A.V.E. Animal Shelter, 900 Herrontown Rd., Princeton NJ 08540.
John Gulick
(March 23, 1926 - March 13, 2013)
U.S. Veteran
John Gulick, 86, died at his home on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 with his wife by his side. Mr. Gulick was born in Princeton, NJ on March 23, 1926 and is the 10th generation to reside in Princeton.
Hendrick Van Gulick came from Holland in 1653, landed at Gravesend, now Brooklyn, NY and settled in Kingston, NJ. The homestead overlooking Lake Carnegie is still occupied by family members. His family sold Andrew Carnegie the land for Carnegie Lake.
Mr. Gulick attended the Princeton Day School and graduated from the Pennington Preparatory School in 1944. He lettered in 15 sports, the most any student has ever achieved and in 2000 was inducted into the Pennington Athletic Hall of Fame. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served two years before being honorably discharged.
John graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX in 1950. He played defense on the football team from 1946 to 1950. SMU was ranked the number one team in the nation during this time. He was also recruited by the Dallas Texans professional hockey team, playing defense for two years under the name Jack Zulick.
After graduating college, he returned to Princeton, and once again, was a familiar figure in town. For sixteen years Mr. Gulick was Assistant Head Coach of Princeton “Pee Wee” Hockey and most weekends would find him on the ice rink at Baker Rink teaching the youngest boys how to skate and coaching others in the technique of playing hockey. He also was the Head Coach of the Hopewell Central High School Hockey Team for the 1985-86 season and took them to the State play-offs in their first year. He played defense on the Princeton Hockey Club Team from 1956 to 1973.
Mr. Gulick loved the water and for many years signed on with friends to sail the challenging Bermuda and Halifax races. In later years, he enjoyed taking his own boat deep sea fishing off the New Jersey coast while summering in Mantoloking, NJ. He was a member of the Mantoloking Yacht Club.
Golf was also a great pleasure and challenge for Mr. Gulick. He played most of his golf at Bedens Brook Club in Skillman, NJ, where he had three hole in ones. He was a former member of Hopewell Valley, Springdale, Plainfield and Hilton Head Plantation Golf Clubs. He was also a long standing member of the Nassau Club in Princeton.
Mr. Gulick joined the Seagrams Company in 1955 and in 1961 he partnered in buying The Wine and Game Shop in Princeton. In 1970 he became National Director of Brands for Renfield Importers. He retired from business in 1983.
During the next 20 years, he and his wife traveled extensively visiting over 125 countries, often returning to the places they most enjoyed. John was a member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey and an active participant. He was very knowledgeable in Revolutionary War history and had seven ancestors fight in the war; Captain John Gulick among them.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Elaine Millar Loizeaux Gulick, his sister Katherine Gulick Gardner, her husband Alfred of La Quinta, CA, stepchildren Harold Chamberlain Green and his wife Alice of Glyndon, MD and Cynthia Green Wappel and her husband John of Flemington, NJ. Also three children from his former marriage, Katherine Hoffman of Charlottesville, VA, Ann McCurdy of Albuquerque, NM and John Storey Gulick of New York City, NY as well as many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, in his memory, to SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 or to the Dr. Francis Harvey Green Fund at the Pennington School, 112 West Delaware Avenue., Pennington, NJ 08534.
A private interment will be held at the convenience of the family in Kingston Cemetery, Kingston, NJ. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 10:30am in Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 followed by a reception at Bedens Brook Club, Skillman, NJ.
William Bill Coniglio
(Died March 13, 2013)
William A. Coniglio, known as “Bill” to his friends, of North Brunswick, NJ, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the age of 73, due to complications secondary to renal cancer.
Bill was born in Trenton, NJ to Theresa Ann (Romeo) and Joseph Coniglio. He was educated at Trenton Catholic Boys School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Rutgers University and the University of Alabama with his Master’s Degree.
He retired after 35 years of employment with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC and has been the proprietor of How Lane Garden Center (formerly Kerns Nursery) in North Brunswick, since 1973.
He is best remembered for his intellectualism, social and political determinations and his love for solving challenging problems. His hobbies included fishing and beekeeping.
Bill is survived by his wife, Cynthia Werts, three daughters; Denise Coniglio, Diane Coniglio Bohner and Elizabeth Haney, four grandchildren; John and Tess Haney and Isabelle and Mikey Bohner and a sister, Marilyn Jones.
A time of visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 from 1-4PM at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542 with a prayer service and Remembrances of His Life immediately following.
Cremation services will be private.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the NJ Beekeepers Association, 152 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520 earmarked for an educational scholarship to be established in his name.
Eleanor B. Dohrn-Sollenberger
(Died March 8, 2013)
Eleanor Bjorklund Dohrn-Sollenberger, 94, of Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, NJ, formerly of Princeton, NJ, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at her residence.
Born in Oelwein, Iowa to Anton and Ethel Mary Dean Bjorklund, she lived in Princeton from 1964 until moving to Meadow Lakes in 2000.
Eleanor retired from RCA after assignments in five divisions: RCA International in NJ and NYC, RCA David Sarnoff Research Laboratories in Princeton, NJ, RCA Medical Electronics in Trenton, NJ, RCA Graphics in Dayton, NJ and RCA Astro Electronics in Hightstown, NJ.
She is survived by a daughter Anne Howie of Carol Stream IL, grandson Daniel H. Howie of Albuquerque, NM, granddaughter Heather Howie Vassilus of Athens, Greece and a sister Elaine Ground of Kirkwood, MO.
After a private cremation, her urn was placed, in the family plot, in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ after a private graveside service on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
Donations in her honor may be made to Meadow Lakes Forum, Inc., 300 Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, NJ 08528. Please note Education Award Fund in memo line.
Mary Saunders
(Died March 29, 2013)
Mary H. Saunders, 98, formerly of Upper Darby, Pa, passed Friday, March 29, 2013 at Tenacre in Princeton, NJ.
Pre-deceased by her brothers, Charles, Ralph and Jack Saunders and her sister, Florence Saunders, she was a loving aunt to Carol Chamberlain, Pat Petchel, Marie Bistline and Bob Saunders.
Mary was a long time employee of the Burroughs Corporation, Paoli, PA and a devoted member of The First Church of Christ Scientist.
Graveside services will be held on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 2:30P.M. at Whitemarsh Memorial Park 1169 Limekiln Pike (corner of Horsham Road) in Ambler (Prospectville), Pa.
Carolyn Evans Stuart
(Died April 1, 2013)
Caroline Evans Stuart, 93, died April 1, 2013 at her home at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community in Hightstown, NJ. Her passing was peaceful, with family by her side.
Born March 18, 1920 to Herbert and Adella Evans, Caroline had two brothers: Franklin and Herbert Evans Jr. She graduated Ohio University in 1942 (BS in Education), and completed her Masters Degree at Columbia University in 1948.
In 1970, she married
the love of her life James B. Stuart. She became a beloved stepmother to his children, and grandmother to their children.
In retirement, Caroline established the “Education Award Fund, ” which provides tuition assistance to Meadow Lakes employees who are also college students.
Caroline is survived by her nephews: Peter Evans, David Evans, and Lance Evans, her stepchildren Robert Stuart, Diane Westman, Laird Stuart, and Bruce Stuart, as well as 8 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.
A memorial will be held April 13 at 11am at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community in Hightstown, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, Caroline requested contributions be made to: Meadow Lakes Education Award Fund, 300 Etra Road, East Windsor, NJ 08520
