OBITUARIES
Frances Terhune Conover
Frances Terhune Conover, 77, died Sunday at home.
Born in Blawenburg, she was a lifelong resident.
Mrs. Conover was a secretary to the superintendent of the Montgomery Township School District. She was a lifelong member of the Blawenburg Reformed Church.
Predeceased by her parents, Stephen and Mary Ellen Hoagland Terhune, her husband Alvah "Bud" Conover and her brother Edward H. Terhune, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Mary Ellen and Marc Soldavin, Frenchtown; a son and daughter-in-law Allan and Lisa Conover of Ringoes; a grandson, Aaron Conover Soldavin, Frenchtown; two brothers, Douglas and William Terhune; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be today 11 a.m. at the Blawenburg Reformed Church, Blawenburg. Interment will follow in the Blawenburg Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to the Blawenburg Reformed Church, Route. 518, Blawenburg, 08504.
Arrangements are by Cromwell Memorial Home, Hopewell.
Thomas N. Tatrai
Thomas N. Tatrai, 43, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Princeton, he was a lifelong area resident.
He worked with Mobil Oil, New York Life and IQ Group. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rider College. Mr. Tatrai enjoyed photography, carpentry and living history.
Son of the late Stephen, he is survived by his mother, Maria M. Polenz Tatrai; his wife, Suellen Tatrai; and a son, Stephen B. of Hopewell Township.
Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle, with the Rev. John Sweet, interim pastor of Titusville Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will be private. There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Liver Foundation, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, N.Y., 10038.
Anne Kerney Day
Anne L. Kerney Day, 93, died Monday at Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown, Pa. Born in Trenton and a longtime resident, she lived in Wallace, Idaho, before moving to Pennington in 1985.
She graduated from Miss Fine’s School in Princeton and attended Trenton Normal School and Manhattanville College, New York. At the beginning of World War II, she helped found the Fort Dix chapter of the American Red Cross, serving in many capacities there, including chairwoman. She later was chairwoman of the Trenton chapter. During the 1950s, Mrs. Day served on the New Jersey Bureau of Child Welfare and volunteered during the Trenton flood of 1955. She was honored as Trenton Woman of the Year for her Red Cross activities and volunteer work. In 1928, she married Thomas Lincoln Kerney, longtime publisher of the Trenton Times. They were married until his death, in 1966 and had homes in Trenton, Stockton and Cape May. In 1971, she married Henry L. Day, a lifelong friend of Mr. Kerney and leader in silver mining in Wallace, where Mrs. Day was an active volunteer. After Mr. Day’s death in 1985, she returned to Pennington, where she was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church.
Daughter of the late Fred and Elizabeth Dwyer Long and sister of the late Elizabeth Long Barlow, she is survived by a stepdaughter, Barbara Kasel of Boca Raton, Fla.; six step-grandchildren; 18 nieces and nephews, including Betsy Barlow of Pennington, and Clare McGraw of Doylestown, Pa.; and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Friday at St. James Roman Catholic Church, 115 E. Delaware Ave. Burial will be in Pennington Cemetery. Calling hours will be 10 a.m. until Mass at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Princeton, 08540; or Chandler Hall Hospice, Buck Road and Barclay Street, Newtown, Pa.. 18940.
Arrangements are by M. William Murphy Funeral Home, Trenton.
William L. Kane
William L. Kane, 71, of Whiting and Little Torch Key, Fla., died Saturday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., he lived in the Trenton area before moving to Whiting in 1993.
Mr. Kane retired in 1988 after 42 years as a train director with Amtrak, Conrail, Penn-Central, and Pennsylvania Railroads. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, Whiting, St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, Big Pine Key, Fla., past grand knight of the Ewing Council 3756, Big Pine Key Council 10823, and Bishop Griffin Assembly Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. He was also an officer in N.J. Hobos camping Club, coach for Lions Club Ewing Township Little League Baseball, and served on the Patriotic Committee. He graduated from Trenton Catholic Boys High School, Trenton.
Son of the late Timothy and Mary Kane and brother of the late Francis T., he is survived by his wife, Marilyn Kane; three sons and two daughters-in-law, William J. of Denver, Colo., Matthew J. and Lisa Kane of New Egypt and Patrick and Stephanie Kane of Frenchtown; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Clare and Paul Warshefski of Hopewell; seven grandchildren, Heather, Christina, William, Mikaela and Liam Kane and Julie and Paul Warshefski; a great-grandchild; a brother, Robert; a sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Stewart Monk; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral Liturgy was Wednesday at All Saints Chapel of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, Whiting. Burial was in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, New Brunswick, 08902, or a charity of the donor’s choice.
Amanda Doan Stryker
Amanda Doan Stryker, 91, died Sunday at the Masonic Home, Burlington. Born in Yardley, Pa., she was a longtime Pennington area resident.
Mrs. Stryker was a registered nurse and graduated from Mercer Hospital School of Nursing. She was a member of Mercer Hospital Alumni Association, N.J. State Nursing Association District 3 and the American Nurses Association.
Daughter of the late Edward Hancock and Johanna Ridge Doan, sister of the late Mary Hackett, Edna Doan, Edith Applegate and George Doan, and wife of the late Edgar K. Stryker, she is survived by a sister, Helen Hillborn of Trenton; nieces and nephews; and other relatives.
Funeral was Wednesday at Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle, Hopewell Township, with the Rev. Donald Thiel, interim pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, officiating. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Hopewell.
Memorial contributions may be made to Masonic Home, Jacksonville Road, Burlington, 08016.
Lydia L. Harney
Lydia L. Harney, 93, died Saturday at Tandem HealthCare of Lawrenceville. Born in Trenton, she lived in Pennington more than 50 years.
She retired after 30 years as a psychiatric technician at the New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute in Skillman. She was a member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Pennington, and its Sewing Guild. She volunteered more than seven years at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrence.
Daughter of the late George and Rachel Wainwright Harney, she is survived by a friend, Esther Stackhouse of Pennington; two nieces, Jane Walton of Laceyville, Pa., and Shirley Chianese of Levittown, Pa.; cousins; and other friends.
Requiem Eucharist was celebrated Tuesday at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Joanne Epply-Schmidt officiating. Entombment was in Ewing Church Mausoleum.
Arrangements were by Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle, Hopewell Township.
Eunice Frank Keane
Eunice Frank Keane, 88, died Sept. 28 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she lived in Buffalo and Minneapolis before moving to Hamilton in 1963.
Mrs. Keane taught English in Buffalo schools. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church and D’Youville College Alumni Association. She was a CCD teacher in Minneapolis. Mrs. Keane graduated from D’Youville College, Buffalo.
Wife of the late Thomas E. Keane, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Jr. and Kathleen Keane of White Bear Lake, Minn.; six daughters and five sons-in-law, Barbara and Fred Gunther of Columbia, Md., Carol and Gary Penrose of Hopewell, Mary and Chester Briggs of Penn Yan, N.Y., Patricia Polowy of Buffalo, Clare and R.T. Robinson of Hamilton and Michele and Edward Bacsik of Cambridge, Wis.; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Madeleine Griffith of Endwell, N.Y.; two sisters-in-law, Alice Frank and Adelaide Daigler of Buffalo; and nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral was Monday at Saul Colonial Home, Hamilton Square. Funeral Mass was celebrated Monday at St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church.
Private graveside service was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo.