Lucy Meritt, the Rev. William Tegarden, Marjorie C. Sherwood, Alice D. Williams, Kevin P. McQuarrie.
Lucy Meritt
Classical archaeologist
AUSTIN, Texas Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt died Sunday. She was 96.
Born in Camden, she was a longtime Princeton resident before moving to Texas.
Considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on classical archaeology, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study for nearly a quarter century and was editor of publications at the Princeton office of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens during the same period.
Her interest in classical archaeology and architecture was triggered at the age of 9 when she saw stereoptical views of Pompeii at the Memorial Museum in Philadelphia.
She received a bachelor’s degree in 1927, master’s degree in 1928 and doctorate in 1935, all from Bryn Mawr College.
She studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from 1929 to 1934. Her fieldwork and research on Greek archaeology led to her first book, "Profiles of Greek Mouldings," in 1936.
She taught archaeology and Greek at Mount Holyoke College from 1937 to 1950 and was chief counselor of students.
Continuing her archaeological research, she was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 1937 and 1950 and published several books on Greek, Roman and Etruscan mouldings, works which are considered definitive studies.
Moving to Princeton, she was appointed a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies’ School of Historical Studies, serving 1948-1949 and 1950-1973, continuing her work in classical archaeology.
In 1964, she married the late Benjamin Dean Meritt, also a distinguished classical scholar, who was a 34-year faculty member at the institute.
While at Princeton, Dr. Meritt founded the publications office of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, which is based in Princeton. She served as editor of publications from 1950 to 1972.
She returned to the family home in Austin, Texas, in 1972 where she was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Texas at Austin 1973-1974, 1975-1976 and 1990.
She received the gold medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 1976 and honorary doctorate degrees from Brown University and Hamilton College.
A member of numerous scholarly societies and organizations, she was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Austin Woman’s Club and the First United Methodist Church of Austin.
Daughter of the late William Napoleon Shoe and Mary Esther Dunning Shoe, wife of the late Benjamin D. Meritt, she is survived by stepsons James K. Meritt of Turnersville and Arthur D. Meritt and his wife, Pat, of Newark, Del.; grandchildren Deany Wood and her husband, Robert, of Potsdam, N.Y., Kirk Meritt of Keuka Park, N.Y., and Benjamin Meritt of Turnersville; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday in Austin, Texas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lucy Shoe Meritt Fund at Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899 or the Endowment Fund at First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1666, Austin, TX 78767.
Arrangements were by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, Austin, Texas.
The Rev. William Tegarden
Minister, market researcher
The Rev. William Hollis Tegarden of Princeton died Monday. He was 78.
Born in New Orleans, he grew up in Hopedale, Mass. He was a Princeton resident since 1958.
A Unitarian minister, he retired from the ministry to work in market research, joining the Gallup Organization in Princeton in 1958.
A student at Brown University, his studies were interrupted by World War II. He served as chaplain in the Naval ROTC and received his bachelor’s degree in 1946.
He graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1949 and served in several Unitarian churches in New England, including Marblehead, Mass. and Portland, Maine.
In 1997, he published "The Bible Nobody Knows," an introduction for laymen to modern biblical scholarship.
Son of the late Rev. J.B. Hollis Tegarden and Alma Whittle Tegarden, he is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lois Tegarden of Princeton; daughters Deborah Armington Tegarden Bass of Princeton and Pamela Adams Tegarden Allen of Jamestown, R.I.; son William Hollis Tegarden Jr. of Princeton; and grandchildren Cameron, Virginia and Victoria Allen, all of Jamestown, R.I.
A memorial service will be held in Providence, R.I. at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mercer County affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 88 Lakedale Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.
Marjorie C. Sherwood
Worked at Princeton University Press
HIGHTSTOWN Marjorie C. "Jerry" Sherwood died March 24 at Meadow Lakes retirement community. She was 82.
Born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as a daughter of an Army officer, she moved frequently, living in West Point, N.Y., Fort Benning, Ga., Santa Fe, N.M., and Honolulu.
She was a Princeton resident from 1947 to 1985, when she moved to Meadow Lakes. She had earlier lived in New York City.
She was on the staff of Princeton University Press from 1978 until her retirement in 1985 and was responsible for the poetry and literary-criticism publishing programs.
She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature from Bryn Mawr College. Following graduation, she briefly taught English in a private school and then worked in Manhattan for the Charles Scribner’s Sons publishing house.
Beginning in 1965, she was a freelance editor for several publishers and later worked at the journal "World Politics" before joining the Princeton University Press.
She spent summers at the New Jersey, Massachusetts and the Rhode Island shores and traveled widely in Europe.
Wife of the late Arthur Sherwood, mother of the late Thomas Sherwood, sister of the late Mary, Elizabeth and Thomas, she is survived by son Philip of Friday Harbor, Wash., and daughter Evelyn of Seattle.
Alice D. Williams
Former Princeton resident
PLAINSBORO Alice D. Williams died Thursday at The Pavilions at Forrestal. She was 79.
Born in Ramsey, she had been a Princeton resident 43 years.
Predeceased by three sisters and three brothers, she is survived by son and daughter-in-law Chip and Ann Williams of Logan, Utah.
The funeral will be 6 p.m. Monday at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton.
Burial will be at the convenience of the family.
Visitation will be 5 p.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852.
Kevin P. McQuarrie
Service is Saturday
A celebration of the life of Kevin Patrick McQuarrie, formerly of West Windsor, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Jasna Polana, Province Line Road, Princeton.
He died March 15 in Duarte, Calif.

