James Bottomley Jr., Cornelia ‘Nealy’ Gillette, Donald J. Rogers
James Bottomley Jr.
WEST WINDSOR James LePage Bottomley Jr. of the Princeton Junction section died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 75.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a resident of the Ardmore, Pa., area for many years before moving to West Windsor in 1965.
Mr. Bottomley was a retired captain in the U.S. Air Force. He also retired from Supermarkets General Inc.
He served on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education.
Son of the late James L. Bottomley Sr. and Elizabeth Reichel Boyd, he is survived by his wife, Anne (Rainville) Bottomley of Princeton Junction; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Christine and Rand Mirante of Princeton Junction, Anne Louise and Robert P. Smit of Lawrenceville and Patricia Anne Bottomley of Princeton Junction; son and daughter-in-law Douglas J. and Michelle Bottomley of Atlantic Beach, Fla.; and grandchildren Brandon and Barret Bottomley, Alexandra T. Mirante and Madeline G. and Philip J. Smit.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton. Interment will follow in Trinity-All Saints’ Cemetery, Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of the Library, c/o Kaija Greenberg, West Windsor Branch Library, 333 N. Post Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550.
Arrangements are by the Saul Colonial Home, Hamilton Square.
Cornelia "Nealy" Gillette
TRENTON Cornelia H. "Nealy" Gillette died Sunday at home. She was 73.
Born and educated in Princeton, she attended the First Baptist Church of Princeton.
She was a Trenton resident for 35 years and was a self-employed domestic who worked for several area families.
Predeceased by her husband, Peter Gillette, daughter of the late Joseph and Odessa Hicks, sister of the late Mary W. Coleman, she is survived by son and daughter-in-law Peter J. and Phyllis Gillette of Hillsborough; two daughters and a son-in-law, Leslie M. and Edward Green of Durham, N.C., and Stephanie O. Gillette of Plainfield; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers Ernest Hicks of Philadelphia and Robert Hicks of New York; sister Odessa "Dess" Carter of Princeton; one niece; one nephew; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today (March 16) at First Baptist Church, John Street and Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. The Rev. Judson Carter will officiate. Interment will be in Princeton Cemetery.
Donald J. Rogers
Donald J. Rogers of Constable, N.Y., died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 64.
He and his wife had been visiting their son, who lives in the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor.
Born in Malone, N.Y., he was a graduate of Franklin Academy in Malone.
Mr. Rogers was a heavy equipment operator with the Operating Engineers Local No. 545 of Syracuse, N.Y. He was recently retired.
Mr. Rogers was a communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Constable and was a past member of the Constable Fire and Rescue Squad.
Son of the late Leon and Irene Coffey Rogers, he is survived by his wife of 34 years, Alma Duheme Rogers; son and daughter-in-law Mark and Kristin of Princeton Junction; sons Brian of Chapel Hill, N.C., Brent of Malone and Matthew of El Centro, Calif.; brothers and sisters-in-law Harold and Dorothy of Syracuse, John and Rosemary of Newington, Conn. and Francis and Jan of Lebanon, Conn.; sister Mary Donohue of New York City; grandchildren Colin and Ashlyn Rogers of Princeton Junction; niece Terry Donohue; nephews Patrick Donohue and John Rogers Jr.; and several cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Constable. Burial will be in the parish cemetery in the spring.
Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Home in Malone.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community, 1450 Parkside Ave., suite 22, Ewing, NJ 08638 or to The National Alliance for Autism Research, 414 Wall St., Research Park, Princeton, N.J. 08540.