Corella A. Bonner, Andrew V. Cahill, Margaret J. Balestrieri, Chauncey L. Boggs, Guido C. Petrillo.
Corella A. Bonner
Foundation co-founder
Corella Allen Bonner of Princeton Borough died Sunday of complications from a stroke while in Jackson, Wyo., where she was vacationing. She was 93.
Born on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, she grew up in Kentucky, West Virginia and Detroit and was a former resident of New York City. She moved to Princeton Borough in 1955.
She and her husband founded the Bonner Foundation in 1981. The foundation provides hundreds of religious congregations, locally and nationally, with financial and technical support to help provide food and emergency assistant to individuals and families.
In 1990 the Bonner Foundation inaugurated the Bonner Scholars Program. The program has grown to support more than 1,500 students annually, allowing them to attend college and engage in community service activities while in school. Guided by its motto, "Access to Education, Opportunity to Serve," the program has become a national model for service-based scholarships. Participants contribute more than a million hours of service each year.
The importance of education was an early lesson for Mrs. Bonner, who moved with her mother to Detroit at the age of 14. Despite her young age, she took responsibility for the family and was hired as a cafeteria cashier, ensuring that her younger siblings attained an education and allowing her to attend Wayne State University at night.
She later entered the hotel business, moving to New York City and working at the Statler Hotel.
She met her husband in New York and they were married in 1942. Mrs. Bonner retired from the hotel business to raise her children and take part in community activities.
Mrs. Bonner founded an informal baseball league for her children, provided food for nearby families and assisted at the New Jersey Neuropsychiatric Institute in Montgomery Township.
She was one of the founding members of the Crisis Ministry program in Princeton and Trenton and helped shape the vision and launch of the Bonner Foundation program.
Wife of the late Bertram F. Bonner Sr., grandmother of the late Elizabeth Bonner, she is survived by son Bertram F. Bonner Jr. of Bonita Springs, Fla.; daughter and son-in-law Carol A. and Raymond Clark of Wellington, Fla.; sister Clayton Rogers of Manchester, Vt.; and grandson Bradford R. Bonner of New York City and his mother, Helen Bonner.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton, with Dr. Donald Meisel, former Nassau Presbyterian Church pastor, and staff of the church officiating.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08542.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Andrew V. Cahill
Retired IBM executive
Andrew V. Cahill of Princeton Township died Friday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 72.
Born in Medford, Mass., he was a Princeton resident since 1966.
Mr. Cahill retired in 1987 after 33 years as a sales executive with IBM, primarily in Manhattan.
He attended Malden, Mass., public schools and was a graduate of Merrimac College, Andover, Mass.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
He was a member and past president of Springdale Golf Club and a former member of the Nassau Club.
Brother of the late Cornelius, he is survived by his wife, Patricia M. Cahill; sons Peter J. Cahill of Montgomery, Andrew V. Cahill Jr. of San Diego and Christopher E. Cahill of Hopewell; daughters Mary Pat Rose of Windlesham, England, and Carolyn A. Cahill of New York City; and grandchildren Brian, Michael, Christine, Jack, Dana, Kelsey, Kaitlin, Alison, Nicholas and Catherine.
The funeral will be 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave. Princeton.
Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery. Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, New Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301.
Margaret J. Balestrieri
Retired from family firm
LORDS VALLEY, Pa. Margaret Jane Balestrieri died July 8 at home. She was 70.
Born in Lewistown, Pa., she had been a resident of the Princeton area most of her life.
She was employed by Eighteenth Century Boutique before working with the family business, Louis Balestrieri and Son Construction Co., from 1985 to 2001, when she retired.
She was a graduate of Princeton High School.
An avid reader, she enjoyed gardening and activities with her grandchildren.
Daughter of the late Margaret Jane Norris, sister of the late Nina Kline, she is survived by her husband, Louis B. Balestrieri; son Richard of Hamilton; daughters Margaret Moyer of Seven Valleys, Pa., and Luann Ausen of Hopewell; and grandchildren Robert, Nicholas, Jessica and Megan.
A celebration of her life will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Hospice, 1007 Oak St., Pittstown, PA 18640.
Chauncey L. Boggs
Retired from hospital
Chauncey Lee Boggs of Princeton died July 3. He was 66.
Born and educated in Accomack County, Va., he was a Trenton resident for approximately 30 years, later moving to Princeton.
He worked at Trenton State Hospital before retiring.
Son of the late Thurmond James Boggs and the former Helen Mae Nock-Boggs-Hope, brother of the late Dorthea Stafford, he is survived by daughters and son-in-law Connie J. Wright of Browns Mills and Joyce and Paul Jones of Trenton; sisters and brothers-in-law Mary Bell and Simon Ward of New Castle, Del., Shirley and John Rogers of Trenton and Hortense and Marvin Foxworth of Harrington, Del.; brothers and sister-in-law William P. Boggs of Greenwood, Del., and Roosevelt and Lettie Boggs of Hurlock, Md.; uncle Robert Nock and wife Virginia of Onancock, Va.; aunt Mildred Green of Philadelphia; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins; and longtime companion Hedy Bittner and her son and three grandchildren.
The funeral was Saturday.
Arrangements were by J.W. Travis Funeral Home, Trenton.
Guido C. Petrillo
Retired from Bristol-Myers Squibb
FRANKLIN Guido Charles Petrillo, a longtime resident of Kingston, died Saturday at home. He was 90.
He was supervisor at Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Brunswick, retiring after 35 years.
After retirement, he worked with Leedall Products in Milltown, as a personnel manager.
He was actively involved in state and local activities, including serving as a special Franklin Township police officer in the early 1930s, commissioner of Franklin Township’s sewerage authority, and chairman and director of Franklin State Bank and past president, trustee and life member of the Kingston Fire Company.
He was also the past president of Kingston Town Improvement Association and past member of the Industrial Development Committee of Franklin Township.
He was a member, president, district governor and governor of the Lions Club 16-D.
Husband of the late Elizabeth Petrillo, he is survived by his sister, Josephine Duncan of Brick, nieces Joanne Goldenberg of Newfoundland and Renee Krug of Robbinsville.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton. Burial will follow at Kingston Cemetery, Kingston. Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Kingston Volunteer Fire Co., Kingston NJ 08528 or Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.