OBITUARIES

Mar 25, 2020

Peggy Ann (O’Neill) Kiernan, 60, passed away on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Born and raised in Hightstown NJ, she resided in Robbinsville for the past 20 years. She is survived by her loving husband Jay Kiernan, her son Jimmy O'Neill and his wife Crista, and granddaughters Ciara and Cailynn, the joys of her life....

Mar 23, 2020

Bruna Roman, 98, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020. Born in Poffabro, Italy, she came to the United States as a young child, and was a lifelong resident of Pennington, NJ. A graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School, Bruna worked at General Motors building planes during the war. She went on to work at and retire from Cointreau,...

Mar 21, 2020

Alfred Nicholas Kandell, Sr., 89, passed away March 21, 2020. Al was an Air Force veteran during the Korean Conflict. He was the owner/operator of Tigers Garage of Princeton for 10 years and retired from Coleman Oldsmobile of Trenton. Mr. Kandell was a member of both the Lions Club and Knights of Columbus both of Princeton and St. Raphael Church...

Mar 17, 2020

John J. Smith of Pennington, 86, died at Capitol Health of Hopewell on March 17. He was born in Hoboken, NJ and graduated from Princeton University in 1955 with an honors degree in economics. He was a member of the varsity fencing team and was elected captain in his senior year. Following commissioned service in the US Army Artillery, he...

Mar 13, 2020

Stella Stewart of Lawrenceville, NJ (and of Pennington, NJ for 50 years) died peacefully on March 13, 2020 at 96. She is survived by her identical twin Grace Clarke with whom she lived in a skilled nursing facility and is survived by and predeceased by many other loving family members listed below. Stella and Grace were born in 1923 to...

Mar 8, 2020

Feb 29, 2020

Melvin J. Tomlinson Jr, “Hip” 92, died of natural causes on February 29, 2020. He was born in Titusville, N.J. He had been a resident of the area all of his life. Loving husband of the late Annabelle M. Conard Tomlinson and son of the late Magdalena and Melvin J. Tomlinson, Sr., he is survived by two children, Melvin J....

Feb 2, 2020

Ronald James Campbell (Ron) August 23, 1939 to February 2, 2020 Ron was born on August 23, 1939 in Washington, DC. He grew up in Waterford, VA on a dairy farm. The youngest of 4 children, he is survived by his wife Vicky Campbell, children, Mavis, Colin and Derek (Katie), six grandchildren, Campbell (23), Rees (21), Lena (18), Derek (16),...

Jan 19, 2020

Todd C. Lewis of Ewing, died unexpectedly on Sunday at the age of 47. He was born in Princeton and had been a resident of Lawrence and Ewing all of his life. He graduated from Lawrence High school in 1990. Todd was most proud to be a dad and loved to spend time with his children. He was a passionate...

Jan 8, 2020

Ruth Ann Delate, long-time Naples, Florida, resident, formerly of Wilmington, Delaware, died January 8, 2020, at the age of 94. Ruth was born in Magnolia, Minnesota, the daughter of Martin and Teresa McCardell. Ruth was a Registered Nurse and obtained her nursing training at the St. Mary’s Hospital/ Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was an active member of Corpus...

Dec 19, 2019

MaryAnn Simko Rothwell, 75, died peacefully at her home in Washington Crossing on December 19 after an extended battle with cancer. She was the wife of former Pennington Quality Market Founder and President Larry Rothwell, who died in 2018. Mrs. Rothwell was born in Trenton December 2, 1944 and later moved to Roebling NJ. She graduated from Notre Dame High...

Dec 8, 2019

Moira Waldron Kearney, 90, passed away on December 8, 2019 while visiting with family in Florida. A long time resident of Pennington, NJ, she was born in Trenton, NJ and was a graduate of Cathedral High School and Barbizon School of Modeling. She loved reading and spending time with family on LBI. She was witty and full of life, even...

Dec 8, 2019

John T. “Jack” Benyon Sr., 90, of Whiting passed away Sunday at The Pines at Whiting. Born in Trenton, he lived in Ewing most of his life before moving to Whiting 7 years ago. Mr. Benyon was an Iron Worker with the Iron Workers Union Local 277. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he attended the Massanutten Military Academy...

Dec 6, 2019

Nov 29, 2019

Peter L Cerenzo Jr, 90, of Pennington passed away November 29, 2019. Mr. Cerenzo was born in Trenton, NJ. He was a lifelong area resident. He graduated from Trenton Central High School, received an AS from Mercer County Community College, and attended Rutgers University. He served two years in the US Army in Germany. He spent his first career at...

Nov 28, 2019

The Honorable Bruce R. Campbell son of A. Burdett and Faustina (Ferrante) died November 28 at the age of 83 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. His life-long dream was to become a pilot and he attended what would become the Air Force Academy, but a medical condition prevented that from happening. Still, he served as a courier during the Korean...

Nov 26, 2019

Eunice Weart Sharipen, 95, died on Tuesday. She was born in Hopewell and had been a resident of the Hopewell, Pennington, Skillman area all of her life. She was a member of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Daughter of the late William and Ollie Buxton Weart and sister of the late Jane Weart Agin, she is survived by her husband of...

Nov 23, 2019

Olga Rose Gurak, née Varga, passed away peacefully at her home in Hopewell Township, NJ, on November 23, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Rose was one of seven children born to immigrant parents Josef and Florence Varga (née Bogodan). She was predeceased by her husband Kasimer and her siblings Joe, Julius, Bobby, Margie, and Goldie. She is survived by...

Nov 21, 2019

Marian Geipel Cervone, 86 passed peacefully at her home on Thursday, November 21. Marian was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Martin and Elise Geipel, longtime residents of Pennington. She graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School in 1950, and then attended Syracuse University where she earned her BFA in 1954. Marian became an honorary member of Princeton University’s class...

Nov 18, 2019

Latham Burberry Gray, Jr., of Fort Myers, Florida died in New Jersey on November 18, 2019; just 4 days shy of his 91st birthday and surrounded by family. He is preceded in death by his parents, Latham Burberry and Margaret Dickinson Gray, his sister, Barbara D. Gray, and a grandson, James V. Haggerty, III. He was the loving husband of...