Elizabeth G.C. Menzies, Charles W. Jones, Patricia J. Arden, Christine Wilson, Anna Elferink, Michael A. Pane, Virginia A. Stives.
Elizabeth G.C. Menzies
Photographer and author
Elizabeth Grant Cranbrook Menzies of Princeton Township died Sunday at Acorn Glen assisted living residence. She was 87.
Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong resident.
She was a photographer, author, historian and advocate for environmental preservation.
She was educated at Miss Fine’s School in Princeton and after graduation became a freelance photographer, specializing in portraits of children. But she was also interested in other forms of art and experimented with painting and printmaking, and later with silversmithing.
She traveled extensively, from childhood trips on the motor-cruiser that her father, who emigrated from Scotland, maintained in Scotland to car travel in Europe in connection with her research on architectural history and with her work for the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University.
Her striking covers and other pictures appeared in the Princeton Alumni Weekly over many years. Her photographic portrait of Albert Einstein received a New Jersey Tercentenary medal. Exhibitions of her camera work included a one-woman show at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Some of her woodcuts and photographs have become part of the permanent holdings of the Graphic Arts Collection of the Princeton University Library.
Besides various articles, she published four books about the region: "Before the Waters: The Upper Delaware Valley"; "Princeton Architecture: A Pictorial History of Town and Campus" (with Constance M. Greiff and Mary W. Gibbons); "Millstone Valley"; and "Passage Between Rivers: A Portfolio of Photographs with a History of the Delaware and Raritan Canal."
Julian Boyd, Princeton University history professor, called "Millstone Valley" the "product of the intellect of a scholar, the heart of a concerned citizen and the hand of an artist."
She was the only child of Professor and Mrs. Alan W.O. Menzies. There are no immediate survivors.
Services were private.
Arrangements were by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Charles W. Jones
Retired from PSE&G
PLAINSBORO Charles W. Jones died Wednesday at home. He was 89.
Born in Princeton, he was a longtime Plainsboro resident.
He retired in 1974 from Public Service Electric & Gas Co. after 35 years.
He is survived by his wife, Emily Jones; sons Charles Jones of Hawaii, Thomas Jones of Hamilton, Kevin Jones and Robert Jones, both of Plainsboro, and Jeff Jones of Florida; sister Lillian Petty of Princeton; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main St., Cranbury.
Burial will follow at Brainerd Cemetery, Cranbury.
Visiting hours are 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Patricia J. Arden
Pianist, teacher
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Patricia Joy Arden died Saturday of complications from progressive supranuclear palsy. She was 72.
A professional pianist, she performed and taught at the University of Michigan, Princeton University and the Eastman School of Music and played more than 50 solo and ensemble programs.
She was coordinator of the piano program at Princeton University from 1973 to 1986, during the period when her husband was chairman of the university’s electrical engineering and computer science department.
She performed many solo and ensemble concerts under the auspices of the Friends of Music at Princeton.
She graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan School of Music in 1952 and received a master of music degree the following year.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce, and children Wayne and Michelle.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Patricia Joy Arden Fund at The University of Michigan Music School. The fund will provide scholarship support for piano students. For further information call (734) 647-2035.
Christine Wilson
Longtime Princeton resident
Christine Wilson of Princeton Borough died Saturday at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus, Trenton. She was 84.
Born and educated in Laurens, S.C., she was a Princeton resident over 50 years and was formerly a self-employed domestic.
She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Princeton and served with the Nurses Unit and Senior Citizens Ministry.
Daughter of the late Cullen and Ellen Todd, wife of the late Lemie Wilson, sister of 13 brothers and sisters who predeceased her, she is survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
The funeral was Thursday.
Arrangements were by Anderson Funeral Service, Trenton.
Anna Elferink
Daughter lives in Princeton
SCOTCH PLAINS Anna Elferink died Monday. She was 103.
Born in Haarlem, Holland, she came to Rochester, N.Y. in 1910 where she lived until moving to New Jersey in 1998.
She was a homemaker and an active volunteer. She was a Cub Scout leader, played the piano for the Red Cross at a veterans hospital and worked and at a senior citizens organization office weekly for over 20 years until reaching the age of 95.
She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Elizabeth and David Cayer of Plainfield, Barbara and Fred Greenstein of Princeton, and Dorothy and Robert Maples of Williamsport, Pa.; son and daughter-in-law George Elferink and Shirley Strother of Bronxville, N.Y. and Plainfield; sister Rika Ives of Rochester, N.Y.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 10 nieces and nephews.
Michael A. Pane
Attorney, municipal law expert
NEW BRUNSWICK Michael A. Pane, a leading expert in New Jersey local government law, died Sunday at The Medical Center at Princeton of complications from diabetes. He was 60.
Mr. Pane devoted his professional life to the practice of local government law. After establishing his own firm in Hightstown in 1978, he represented numerous local government bodies and lectured extensively on the topic.
Mr. Pane authored the New Jersey lawyers’ basic reference, the three-volume New Jersey Local Government Law. He served as the editor of the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys’ Quarterly Law Review and published many articles. His writings on New Jersey local government law have been cited by New Jersey state and federal courts in at least 15 published decisions.
Mr. Pane taught and guest lectured at the state’s universities, most recently as an adjunct professor of local government law at Rutgers Law School.
He received numerous awards and distinctions, including the New Jersey Planning Officials’ Achievement in Planning Award, the Fred Stickel Award from the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys, the New Jersey State League of Municipalities’ President’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Frank J. Osborne Memorial Award for Meritorious Achievement in Public Health from the New Jersey Health Officers Association. He was an honorary life member of the New Jersey Association of Municipal Clerks.
Born in New Brunswick, he grew up in Highland Park. He graduated with honors from Princeton University before earning his law degree from Harvard Law School.
Son of the late Remigio Ugo and Philomena Pascale Pane, he is survived by his wife, Frances Heckert Pane of East Windsor; son Michael Pane of Fair Haven; daughter Natalia Pane of Washington, D.C.; and sister Elissa Pane of Toronto.
A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at Peddie Chapel in Hightstown.
Visiting hours are 1:30 p.m. until time of service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Michael A. Pane Memorial Fund, NJ League of Municipalities, 407 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08618.
Arrangements are by Glackin/Saul Funeral home, Hightstown.
Virginia A. Stives
Science teacher
HAMILTON Virginia A. Stives died Jan. 10 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was 54.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she resided in Hamilton Square for the past 31 years.
Mrs. Stives was a graduate of Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre and received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Miseracordia College, Dallas, Pa.
She was employed as a science teacher at St. Gregory the Great School in Hamilton Township for the past 24 years.
She was a member of St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church.
Daughter of the late Dorothy L. and James Brazell, stepdaughter of the late Albert Clocker, she is survived by her husband, Richard D. Stives Sr. of Hamilton Square; son Richard D. Stives Jr. of Hamilton Square; brother and sister-in-law James and Karen Brazell of Virginia; and two nieces.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church, 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690.
Arrangements were by Saul Colonial Home, Hamilton.

