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Elizabeth Gray Erickson, 46
Elizabeth Gray Erickson of Princeton died unexpectedly on May 22, 2014. She was 46. A dancer with the School of the Princeton Ballet Society throughout her youth and a graduate of the Princton public schools, Liz attended Williams College where she majored in Japanese Studies and spent her junior year in Kyoto, Japan, graduating in 1989. During the summers of her college years, she had the opportunity to intern with the Bank of New York and after graduating from Williams worked in New York as an analyst in First Boston's investment banking group. She then worked for two years at Bloomberg L.P.'s Tokyo office. She returned to the U.S. to pursue her MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Upon her graduation in 1995, she married
Jonathan Erickson and moved back to New York to work for American Express. In 1997, she joined Save the Children as Associate Director of U.S. Programs and co-founded and managed Youth Noise, a web-based youth advocacy program. Save the Children was the first in a long list of youth and poverty focused commitments to which Liz devoted herself, a list which included leadership roles with Isles, a Trenton-based community development organization, the Princeton Area Community Foundation where she was a leader of the Fund for Women and Girls, Volunteer Connect, Family and Children's Services of Central New Jersey, the Center for Supportive Schools, and Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum in Ewing. Liz, the recipient of the YMCA's 2011 Tribute to Women award, had recently joined the board of McCarter Theatre. As devoted as she was to community and charity, Liz's greatest commitment was always to her children, Alexandra, William, and Edward Erickson. The daughter of Rachel and the late Charles Gray, Liz is survived by Jon, Alex, Will, and Ned
Paul James "PJ" Messineo, 91,
Paul James "PJ" Messineo, 91, died May 19th 2014 in Princeton NJ. He was born Nov 18th 1922 in NYC and moved to Skillman in 1925 where he lived on the family farm. In WWII he served as a flight officer and bombadier, after which he was employed by RCA at the David Sarnoff Laboratories in Princeton. He married
Dorothy Tilton in 1952 and raised a family while attending Rutgers University at night and earned a B.S. in Chemistry in 1957. He retired from RCA after 37 years and joined the Montgomery Twp. Rescue Squad, serving 23 years with over 3 thousand calls. After this, he volunteered at Princeton Medical Center and Rocky Hill's Mary Jacobs Library. He greatly enjoyed boating, fishing and gardening. He is survived by his daughter Joanne of Lyme NH
James F. Butler, 71,
James F. Butler, 71, of Monroe Township died Monday, May 26, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in New York City, he resided in Monmouth Junction from 1973 until 2014 before moving to Monroe 3 months ago. Jim retired in 1990 as Vice President/Director from Standard and Poor's Corporation, with over 15 years of service and was previously employed by Interactive Data Corporation for over 13 years. He was a faithful member of St. Cecilia's Church. Jim was an avid traveler but most of all loved spending time with his family. Son of the late Vincent and Norah (Mernin) Butler, brother of the late Thomas Butler, Jim is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara H. (Barclay) Butler, 4 sons and 3 daughters-in-law Christopher and Cathy Butler, James and Cindy Butler, Daniel Butler, Kevin and Lisa Butler, a daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth and Samuel Essex, 3 brothers George, Vincent Michael and John Butler, 2 sisters Joan Ann Butler, Ellen Keating, 10 grandchildren Reina, Ryan, Erin, Ben, Katie, Madison, Kenny, and Grace Butler, and Alex and Hailey Essex, and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held 9:00 am on Monday, June 2, 2014 from the M.J. Murphy Funeral Home 616 Ridge Road at New Road, Monmouth Junction. Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated 10:00 am at St. Cecilia's Church 10 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Burial
will follow in Holy Cross Burial
Park. Friends may call on Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. M.J. Murphy Funeral Home
Anna (Kozak) Kynik, 92
Anna (Kozak) Kynik age 92, living in Jefferson Hills, Pa of Manville, NJ passed away on May 25, 2014. Anna was taken from her home as a teenager during WWII and placed in forced labor for the Nazi movement. After being rescued by American soldiers she was sent to an English refugee camp where she met her future husband. They immigrated to the United States so their sons could be educated. Anna is the beloved wife and " Lady" of Stefan Kynik for 64 years. Loving mother of Jerry (Kitty) and Orest (Barbara) Kynik. Grandmother of Natalie (Matt) Rossa, Leslie Kynik, Nadia (Joseph) Burger and Stephen Kynik. Great-grandmother of Mia Rossa and Ayden Burger. Sister of Pareskevia Karlick
Margaret Louise Senna Daniels, 88,
Margaret Louise Senna Daniels, 88, died peacefully on May 24th, 2014 at the Acorn Glen Assisted Living Facility in Princeton, New Jersey. A resident of Belle Mead for nearly sixty years, Marge was born in her Grandparents' home in Bound Brook, NJ on June 2, 1925. She was the only child of the late Louise Alexandra Vielock who died in 1965 and the late Joseph Edward Senna who was tragically killed in 1927. Marge and her mother lived with relatives in Texas after her father's death, before returning to New Jersey where she graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1944. She continued her education at the Boroughs' School of Business in New York City, and was employed at the Johns Manville Corporation during the war. Marge married
Walter John Daniels of Raritan, NJ on October 26, 1947. They built a house in Belle Mead in 1953 in a rural and idyllic Montgomery Township
Robert T. Liggett, 77
Robert T. Liggett, 77, of Edison, passed away, May 8, 2014 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, on February 3, 1937. Robert was retired from Scott Printing, where he worked as a Printing Estimator. He graduated from Princeton High School, Class of 1955. He was an Eagle Scout and he served in the US Army. He was predeceased by his wife Dolores Liggett in 1996. He is survived by his son, Robert W. Liggett and his wife Carly Gottshall of Collegeville, PA.
Raymond Henry Peters, 94
Raymond Henry Peters, 94, of Griggstown passed away May 20 at the Pavilions at Forrestal Care Center, Princeton. A lifelong resident of Griggstown, he is survived by his wife of 71 years, Evelyn J. Peters
Lily Mildred Cutts Brown, 89
Lily Mildred Cutts Brown, 89, of Skillman died Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital of New Brunswick. Lily was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Ula (Wilkie) Cutts and the sister of the late Edward Cutts of Calgary, Alberta. She met her husband, William Everett (Bill) Brown, while attending the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin, with a major in home economics and a minor in psychology. She was an active sister of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and continued this connection through the years. Lily was a long-time resident of Princeton, where she raised her family as a loving mother and devoted wife. She had a longstanding interest and appreciation for art and art history. From 1970 to 1976 she was the U.S. Director of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), which supports scholarship, training, and the conservation of antiquities in Egypt. From 1983 to 1991 she and Bill lived in Tokyo, where she tutored Japanese students learning the English language and explored ikebana, the highly formal Japanese art of flower arrangement. She studied and became certified as a teacher in the Sogetsu school. During these years, she and Bill travelled throughout East Asia, and she had the opportunity to see and collect many lovely pieces. In 1980, she became a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum, and she continued this affiliation for many years. She was also active in the Princeton High School PTA, the College Women's Club, the Present Day Club, and the Dogwood Garden Club. Lily is survived by her beloved husband of 69 years, William E. Brown of Skillman, New Jersey
Gloria Jones Borden
Gloria Jones Borden, Professor Emerita of Temple University Gloria J. Borden of Princeton, NJ died on May 16th in Princeton, NJ. The cause was adeno carcinoma. Born in 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, she grew up in a small Welsh community, Jackson, Ohio, where her father ran a pig iron blast furnace, Globe Iron Co. Educated at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY and the, then, Connecticut College for Women in New London, Gloria developed a life-long interest in the spoken word. She majored in English literature, worked as a professional actress in the 1950s, as a speech pathologist in the 1960s, and spent the rest of her working life as Professor of Speech Science, first at City University of New York and then at Temple University in Philadelphia. As an actress, she was resident ingenue at Ivoryton, CT and St. Petersburg, FL, toured the country playing in Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" with Miriam Hopkins, acted in live television dramas in New York, and in 1955 originated the part of Miep in the Broadway production of "The Diary of Anne Frank". In the same year, she married
John Borden. She left the theatre when she became pregnant with the first of their four children. Upon completion of a Master's degree in Speech Pathology at Columbia's Teachers College, she worked during the 1960s with children and adults with speech and language problems at St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, in public schools in Montgomery Township and Princeton, NJ, and in private practice. During the same period, she and her husband, John Borden were raising a family in Princeton and had become active in the Princeton Quaker Meeting. Receiving a Ph.D. in Speech Science from City University of New York in 1972, Gloria spent the next two decades as a Research Associate at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven conducting research on the physiology and acoustics of normal and abnormal speech, and teaching experimental phonetics to undergraduate and graduate students at CUNY and Temple University. She published thirty research papers in journals such as Brain and Language, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, and Journal of Phonetics. During these years, she was an active member of the American Speech and Hearing Association, the Acoustical Society of America, and the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Her book, Speech Science Primer, first published in 1980, was the best selling text in the field through five editions and was translated into Japanese. At Temple, she was presented the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988. She was proudest of a popular interdisciplinary course "Nuclear Arms" that she organized and taught during the Cold War period of the 1980s along with professors from physics, philosophy, and political science. She also hosted a radio interview and call-in show on WRTI called "Options" which dealt with controversial subjects such as apartheid, the cold war, and AIDS. After her retirement from Temple and Haskins, she spent the next ten years helping Princeton Friends School, a Quaker elementary school, build a schoolhouse. She served for two terms as President of the Board of Trustees and chaired its first capital campaign. Her love of the spoken word was maintained by participation in an informal play reading group and in an unusual literature reading group, facetiously called "Deep Think", which has been meeting in Princeton for over fifty years to read aloud. She also was a member of House II, Community Without Walls. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, John, her daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and Douglas Bunnell, Julia and Nicols Kennedy, her sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Julia Borden and Samuel and Susan Borden, and twelve grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM, June 14th at Princeton Quaker Meeting. Memorial gifts may be sent to Princeton Friends School, 470 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. KIMBLE FUNERAL HOME
Franca Caponi Beumee, 67
Franca Caponi Beumee, 67, died Saturday May 17th, 2014 in her Princeton home surrounded by her family and friends. She was born to the late Elviro Caponi and Agnese Del Roscio in Rome, Italy. She graduated from Trenton Junior College and Montclair State University with a degree in Education. She then received a Masters Degree in Romance Languages from Princeton University and taught language as a career. Prior to retiring in 2012, she taught French, Italian, and Spanish at Montgomery High School. Franca is survived by her daughter, Heather Scheren Priori of Princeton, NJ, her son-in-law, Stephen L. Priori of Hamilton, NJ, her four sisters Anna Sbardella of Visalia, CA, Luciana Palma of Luco Dei Marsi, Italy, Lina Sergi of Hammonton, NJ, Nella Seward of Lancaster, PA and her two brothers, Tony Caponi of Elkton, MD and Reno Caponi of Hammonton, NJ. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 24th, 2pm, at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, 08540. KIMBLE FUNERAL HOME
Kevin Scott Swaim, 51
Kevin Scott Swaim, 51, of Pennington passed away peacefully Sunday, May 18, 2014 surrounded with the love of family and friends at Merwick Care Center, Princeton. Born in Camden, NJ, and a Pennington resident for the past 20 years, Kevin grew up in central Jersey, graduating from the Peddie School. He continued his education at Lynchburg College receiving his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1986. Kevin began his career more than 20 years ago at Dow Jones and Company where he rose to the position of Director of Sales Strategy. Son of the late Kay Ellen Krites
