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OBITUARIES FROM THE YEAR 2000:
Ruth Terhune Hunt
Lifelong Princeton resident
Ruth Terhune Hunt of Princeton Township, died Tuesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 74.
Born in Rosedale, she was a lifelong Princeton area resident.
She was a 1942 graduate of Princeton High School and attended Trenton State College. She was a member of the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church and the Cornwall 30 Skating Club.
Daughter of the late R. Stanley and Grace Titus Terhune, she is survived by husband, Charles J. Hunt, Jr.; daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Christopher R. Latham of Marion, Mass.; sons and daughters-in-law, C. David and Judi W. Hunt of Lawrence and Stephen T. and Helen H. Hunt of Watertown, Mass.; sister, Elsie T. Davison of Pennington; brother and sister-in-law, Richard S. and Audrey G. Terhune of Pennington; and grandchildren, Jonathan and Matthew Hunt of Lawrence, Eric Hazelhurst of Watertown, Mass., and Leah A. Latham, R. Hunt Latham and C. Charles Latham, all of Marion, Mass.
Funeral will be 2:30 p.m. today at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 2688 Main St., Lawrence. The Rev. H. Dana Fearon will officiate.
Burial will be in the Princeton Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
Calling hours are 2 p.m. today until time of service.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cure for Lymphoma Foundation, 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016.
Arrangements are by Ivins & Taylor, Inc., Trenton.
William G. Moulton
Princeton linguistics scholar
EXETER, N.H. — William G. Moulton of Exeter, and Quonochontaug, R.I., died June 2 after a long illness. He was 86.
He lived many years in Princeton as both a student and professor. He taught at Princeton University from 1960 to 1979 and was chairman of Princeton’s Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics and received numerous university awards, including the McCosh Faculty Fellowship in 1963.
Born in Providence, R.I., he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton in 1935.
He began his teaching career at Yale, where he received his doctorate in 1941.
Dr. Moulton served as a captain in the Army during World War II, and wrote the Army language series “Spoken German” with his wife in order to teach German to American servicemen.
He taught at Cornell University from 1947 to 1960 and then returned to Princeton to teach until he retired in 1979.
Dr. Moulton was an internationally known linguistics scholar with a specialty in the structural basis of Germanic languages.
He was awarded honorary degrees from Middlebury College and the University of Munich, where he continued his teaching and research after his retirement.
He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Holland in 1953 and received two Guggenheim fellowships.
The author of many articles and several books on his specialty, he was active in the Linguistics Society of America and the Center for Applied Linguistics and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the prestigious Max Geilinger Prize in 1982, given by the Swiss to a foreigner for outstanding academic contributions to Swiss German.
Dr. Moulton spoke multiple languages fluently, even the challenging Swiss German. His linguistic gift was to make complicated work seem simple and bring a light touch to serious studies.
He loved the Rhode Island shore and came back to his family summer house every year of his life.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jenni Karding Moulton; daughters Elizabeth Moulton Farnham and Susan Karding Moulton; and grandchildren William van Dorn Farnham, Timothy Moulton Farnham, Lydia Woodland Franham and Benjamin Elliott Snyder.
A memorial service will be held Friday at Riverwoods in Exeter.
Geoffrey Morris
Recently moved to Princeton
Geoffrey Morris of Princeton, died Wednesday in Ewing Township. He was 48.
Born in Pittsburgh, he was a resident of Princeton the past six months.
He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University, where he earned a doctorate in neuro-pharmacology.
He was the Science Count Down Winner for Allegheny County as a senior in high school. He holds the breast stroke swimming record in the city of Pittsburgh.
Son of the late Samuel Morris, he is survived by his mother Claire Morris of Pittsburgh; brothers Paul and Dr. Allen; sisters Dr. Lynn Averill and Barbara Morris; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Sunday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Community Center, 5738 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Funeral arrangements were by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
Theodore Platt
Sister lives in Montgomery
ANNADALE, Staten Island, N.Y. — Theodore Platt died May 20 in Sisters of Charity Medical Center, St. Vincent’s Campus. He was 60.
An engineer and a former Navy machinist, he participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Born in Hightstown, Mr. Platt grew up in Hightstown and West Windsor and attended Princeton High School. He moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1963 and to Midland Beach, N.Y. in 1967. In 1982, he moved to Annadale.
He was an engineer who worked on heating and air conditioning systems at the Teleport in the late 1980s. Previously, he was an engineer at the former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, later Bayley Seton Hospital, from 1968 to 1983. During the 1970s, he worked part time at the former St. Vincent’s Medical Center. He also worked at the former Staten Island Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
He served in the Navy from 1959 until 1963, as a machinist mate second class. He served on the USS Forrestal in 1959, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1960 and 1961, and the USS Constellation from 1961 until 1963. He was in the first crew of the newly commissioned Constellation, an aircraft carrier sent to Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion.
He enjoyed fishing, woodworking, gardening and visiting Atlantic City. He was also a member of the Moose Lodge, Port Richmond, N.Y.
He is survived by his wife, Theresa Cotter Platt; parents, Theodore and Jennie Platt of Whiting; a daughter and son-in-law, Terran and Eddie Endresen of Matawan; brother and sister-in-law, Gregory and Jane Platt of Cream Ridge; sisters and brothers-in-law, Susan and Louis Pilato of Washington Township and Dale and John Leoni of Montgomery Township; and several nieces and nephews.
Ida Ruth Cohen
Princeton Junction resident
WEST WINDSOR — Ida Ruth Cohen of Princeton Junction, died Friday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was 95.
Born in Russia, she was a former resident of New York and Miami Beach. She lived in Princeton Junction the past seven years.
Daughter of the late Abraham and Rose Krasner, wife of the late Albert Cohen, she is survived by daughter, Rita Herbert of Princeton Junction; son, Michael Cohen of Long Island, N.Y.; grandchildren, Robin Scheiner, Andrew Herbert, and Debbie, Ronald and Marnie Cohen; and three great-grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday.
Funeral arrangements were by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Trenton, NJ 08628.
Angela R. Jaruszewski
Manager at Princeton University
HAMILTON — Angela Rose Jaruszewski of Hamilton Square, died Friday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was 58.
Born in Hollis, N.Y., she lived in Hamilton Square since 1963.
She was a manager in dining services the last 20 years at Princeton University.
A graduate of Holy Family College in Philadelphia, she was a teacher at St. Joachim and St. Gregory the Great schools for many years.
She was a CCD instructor, Pre-Cana staff member, Eucharistic minister and member of the liturgy committee at St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church.
She was a piano teacher in Hamilton.
Daughter of the late Carmela Guzzardo, she is survived by her husband of 37 years, James R. Jaruszewski; father Joseph Guzzardo of Lawrence, N.Y.; daughter and son-in-law Carlene Angela and Mark McCool of Doylestown, Pa.; son Joseph James Jaruszewski of Eastampton; sister and brother-in-law Rosemary and Anthony Schembri of Lawrence, N.Y.; mother-in-law Irene Jaruszewski of Hamilton; grandchildren Caryssa, Courtney and Mark James McCool of Doylestown; two nieces; and four nephews.
Funeral will be 10 a.m. today at Saul Colonial Home, 3795 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square. A funeral mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. at St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church, 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square.
Burial will follow in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Trenton.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church Building Fund, 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690.
Rebecca W. Taffin
University administrator
Rebecca Webman Taffin died Friday at the Merwick unit of The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 93.
A lifelong resident of New York, she was a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University.
She was academic administrator at Yeshiva University and assistant dean at the Pratt Institute in New York.
She is survived by cousins Edward Linky and Donald Linky of Princeton, Louis Linky of Red Bank, Ellen Linky Heiman of Philadelphia, Harold Webman of Riverdale, N.Y., Lenore Poltrak of Cranbury and Burnell Webman of Worcester, Mass.
Arrangements are by The Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Helen N. Cook
Academic librarian
LAWRENCE — Helen N. Cook of Lawrence, died Friday at home. She was 72.
Born in Princeton, she was a Lawrence resident 42 years.
A graduate of Princeton High School, she attended courses at Princeton University and in Heidelberg, Germany.
She retired for medical reasons from the Lawrence school system as a teacher’s aide and library specialist. She also worked 14 years at Princeton University as a senior periodical specialist.
She taught at Sister Georgene Learning Center in Lawrence and was a mentor with the Trenton Public Schools.
She was an avid square dancer, both in the United States and Germany. She was a member of the Church of St. Ann in Lawrence and a Lawrence Senior Citizens Club member.
Daughter of the late Charles and Mary Parsons Nicholson, she is survived by her husband of 47 years, Alan F. Cook; daughter and son-in-law Linda and Roger Burkert of Ringoes; son and daughter-in-law Sandy and Peggy Cook of New York; son Kevin Cook of Los Angeles; sister Elizabeth Allen of Ewing; grandchildren Richard, Christina, David and Rachel Burkert; several nieces and nephews; and close friend Lillian Heaphy of Princeton.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. today at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, Princeton. Burial will be at the convenience of the family at St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, New Jersey Office, 2550 Route 1 North, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.
VINCENT A. GRANDE
VINCENT A. GRANDE, 70, of East Brunswick, died June 2 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a fire official and commissioner for East Brunswick Township for 25 years prior to his retirement in 1992. Surviving are his wife, Lois Gelinas Grande; two sons, Wayne and William, both of East Brunswick; two daughters, Lynn of East Brunswick and Jill Mazzola, also of East Brunswick; a brother, William of the Brick Town section of Brick; a sister, Ann Hackett of Old Bridge; and five grandchildren. Services were arranged by Brunswick Memorial Funeral Home, East Brunswick, with a Mass at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick. Entombment was in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the East Brunswick Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7171, East Brunswick 08816.
CLIFFORD J. CLAYTON
CLIFFORD J. CLAYTON, 61, of Perth Amboy, died June 6 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. A daughter, Susan Marie Clayton, died in 1991. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen Ellison Clayton; three sons, George Clayton of Paterson, Daniel Clayton, at home, and U.S. Army Spc. Louis A. Molina, in Germany; three daughters, Yvonne Huff of the Brick Town section of Brick, Rhonda Pianka of Old Bridge and Noel Clayton of Highland Park; a brother, Glen Clayton of Virginia; two sisters, Beverly Beatty of Point Pleasant and Lucille Screen of Maryland; and four grandchildren. Services were arranged by Gundrum Service Home for Funerals, South Amboy, with a Mass at St. Stephen’s Church, Perth Amboy. Interment was in Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy.
