Jane K. Rodney, Dr. John Slade, William L. Spaeth, Frances Pizzarelli, Gloria J. Daniels, Francis Dougherty
Jane K. Rodney
Led cancer center
LAWRENCE Jane Kurtz Rodney died Wednesday at home. She was 61.
Born in Detroit, Mrs. Rodney was a resident of Lawrence for the past 25 years.
For the last 12 years she was the co-director of the Breast Cancer Resource Center in Princeton, an educational and community awareness, breast health and breast cancer program.
Under her leadership more than 18,000 women utilize the program yearly.
She was also the chairperson of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation New Jersey Race for the Cure since its inception in 1993.
From 1981 to 1989 she was the president of J. Rogers Associates, a national search firm specializing in the placement of optical physicists and electronic engineers.
She was a graduate of the University of Michigan.
Mrs. Rodney was a member of Har Sinai Temple and Greenacres Country Club.
She was a member of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, the New Jersey Department of Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Initiative, the Institutional Review Board at The Medical Center at Princeton, and served as a board member of New Jersey Breast Cancer Coalition, the Mercer Unit American Cancer Society and N.J. Cancer Care. She also served on the Mercer County Cancer Task Force.
In 1993 she was the recipient of the silver award from the Board of Sponsors for the "Most Outstanding Local Program Increasing Public Awareness of the Importance of Breast Cancer in the Nation."
In 1995 she received an award from the New Jersey State Assembly for her outstanding work on behalf of the health of New Jersey’s women and a New Jersey Senate Proclamation honoring her work on behalf of the women of New Jersey. Her other awards include the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship "Everyday Hero," and she was the sole honoree of The Cancer Institute of NJ Award of Hope.
Daughter of the late Dr. Irving and Henrietta Kurtz, she is survived by her husband, Burton Rodney; sons and daughters-in-law Dr. Jeffrey and Michelle Rodney of Pennington and James and Susan Rodney of West Windsor; daughter and son-in-law Dana and Scott Unger of Pennington; sister Carol Feinberg of New York City; and grandchildren Andrew, Samantha, Alexandria, Emma and Sophia Rodney.
The funeral is 2 p.m. today at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence, with Rabbi Daniel Grossman officiating.
Burial will be at Ewing Cemetery.
The period of mourning will be observed at the Rodney residence, Lawrence.
Memorial contributions may be made to Breast Cancer Resource Center, 914 Commons Way, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
Dr. John Slade
Tobacco control advocate
MONTGOMERY Dr. John Slade, an expert on the treatment of alcohol, tobacco and drug addiction and a pioneer advocate for tobacco control, died Tuesday. He was 52. He had suffered a stroke in July.
He was director of the Program for Addictions at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health.
He was a vocal advocate for global changes in smoking laws and was a member of the team that conducted the first scholarly analysis of previously secret documents of the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. that formed the basis for the film "The Insider."
His analysis led to a series of articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1995 as well as the book, "The Cigarette Papers."
His research to prove that cigarettes are nicotine delivery devices helped make it possible for the Food and Drug Administration to claim regulatory authority over tobacco products under then-FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler.
Born in Atlanta, he was a 1969 graduate of Oberlin College and the medical school of Emery University in 1974. His postgraduate work in internal medicine included work at the New Jersey Department of Health, and at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and St. Peters’ Medical Centers in New Brunswick. There he developed a growing interest in addiction medicine and the health aspects of tobacco addiction.
He was appointed professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the UMDNJ in 1998.
He played a major role in helping New Jersey develop its tobacco prevention and treatment program. He was selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to direct two national programs in substance abuse leadership.
He has been listed since 1994 in "The Best Doctors of America."
He co-edited the first major clinical textbook on nicotine addiction, founded the Committee on Nicotine Dependence of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and since 1988 directed a program in New Jersey to help treatment and addiction programs address tobacco and nicotine addiction that has become a national model.
He contributed to Surgeon General’s reports on smoking and other key national reports. His awards included the Emery University Moore Award for outstanding contributions to community health; the Koop Award of the New Jersey Group Against Smoking Pollution; the Award of the New Jersey Public Health Association; two leadership awards from the American Society of Addiction Medicine; and the Goethe Trophy from the German Medical Association for outstanding contributions in global tobacco control.
He was on the vestry of All-Saints’ Episcopal Church in Princeton and served as vice president of the Council of Deacons of Grace Lutheran Church in Trenton.
He is survived by his wife, Frances Fowler Slade; parents Dr. John de R. and Dr. Helen Benedict Slade; brothers and sisters-in-law Stephen and Daniela Slade of Atlanta and Michael Slade and Amelia Pryor of San Francisco; and five nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton Township.
Memorial contributions may be made to Princeton Pro Musica, P.O. Box 1313, Princeton, NJ 08542 or All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.
William L. Spaeth
Retired school principal
MONTGOMERY William L. Spaeth died Sunday at The Medical Center at Princeton following a long illness. He was 78.
Born in Union City, he was a longtime New Jersey educator and the retired principal of Hillsborough High School.
Mr. Spaeth was a junior high school science teacher before becoming principal in Park Ridge and later becoming the first principal of Hillsborough High School, retiring in 1985 after 28 years as a school administrator.
He served in the Sixth Armored Division in World War II and was taken as a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge. He spent 3½ months in semi-starvation in a German prison camp and was later awarded the Medal for Prisoner of War and the Purple Heart.
He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Champlain College in 1952 and his master’s in administration from Seton Hall University in 1957.
He is survived by his wife, Rose Marie Genova Spaeth of Montgomery; daughters Kathy Neville of Old Greenwich, Conn., and Diane Goergen of Penfield, N.Y.; son Alan of Bordentown; sister Anna Mae Reimann of New Milford; eight grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be at 8 a.m. Saturday at Conroy Funeral Home, 21 E. Second St., Bound Brook, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Burial will follow at Princeton Cemetery.
Visiting hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the William L. Spaeth Memorial Scholarship Fund, attention Steve Lebedin, Hillsborough High School, Raider Boulevard, Hillsborough, NJ 08844.
Frances Pizzarelli
Princeton resident
Frances Pizzarelli of Princeton died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 77.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was a Princeton resident since 1985.
She is survived by a daughter, Joanne Gordon; brother and sister-in-law Dr. Joseph and Constance Miceli; grandchildren Gregory, Nicole and Elizabeth Gordon of Princeton; and four nieces and a nephew.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton.
Gloria J. Daniels
Science teacher
EAST WINDSOR Gloria J. Daniels died Monday.
Born in Baltimore, she was a 26-year East Windsor resident.
She was a science technology teacher for the talented and gifted program at McKinley Community School, New Brunswick.
She was a member of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, Princeton.
She was a past member of the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, serving as youth activity director and with the Vacation Bible School Institute.
She was a founding member and past president of the Central Jersey Network of Black Women as well as Advocates for Quality Education. She was a member of the East Windsor Township Juvenile Conference Committee.
She received the Governor’s Teaching Recognition Award in 2000 and the Better Beginning Shining Star Award for Community Service in 1994.
She is survived by her mother, Helen Crawford of East Windsor; father Thomas M. Martin of Tampa, Fla.; husband Walter T. Daniels Jr. of East Windsor; daughter Niambi Daniels of Plainfield; sister Cynthia Washington of East Windsor; brother Taylor Washington of Pittsburgh, N.J.; sister-in-law FanNell Gonzalez of Alexandria, Va.; a nephew, uncle, aunt and many cousins.
The funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 21 Rev. Wm. L. Powell Drive, Hightstown.
Viewing and calling hours will be 11 a.m. until time of service.
Burial will be in Ceder Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to United Negro College Fund or American Cancer Society, care of The Daniels Family, 314 Evanston Drive, East Windsor, NJ 08520.
Arrangements are by Hughes Funeral Home, Trenton.
Francis Dougherty
Research technician
MACUNGIE, Pa. Francis C. Dougherty died Monday at the hospice unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa. He was 82.
He was a research technician at David Sarnoff Research Center, West Windsor, for many years and had earlier been a research technician for New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton, Pa.
He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Emmaus, Pa.
A former Hillsborough resident, he had been a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Hillsborough.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Betty Heiney Dougherty; daughter Ann E. Dougherty of Plainsboro; brother Thomas Dougherty of Reno, Nev.; sisters Marilyn Dougherty of Catasauqua, Pa., Annamae Mauer of Slatington, Pa., and Marie Groller of Coplay, Pa.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Feb. 9 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 5th and Chestnut streets, Emmaus, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church or Lehigh Valley Hospice, Allentown, Pa.
Arrangements are by Bachman, Kulik and Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus, Pa.