Fleurette Faus, Patricia L. Tuck, Janet Penfield, Alice M. Hanley, Nathaniel H. Oser, Susan F. Dames, Howard S. Greenberg, Laura Bobeck, John W. Arnold, Kathleen P. Steffen.
Fleurette Faus
Owned Princeton gallery
Fleurette Faus of Princeton died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 75.
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Faus was a Princeton resident since 1959.
She was owner of Gallery 100 on Nassau Street in Princeton.
She was a founding member of The Arts Council of Princeton and was recognized by the Princeton Chamber of Commerce for her civic contributions to the downtown business area.
She was a longtime member of Trinity Church and a member of the Barnegat Light Yacht Club, Long Beach Island.
She attended Bloomfield Junior College, the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and the Barnes Foundation.
She is survived by her husband, James Raymond Faus of Princeton, whom she married in 1950; sons and daughters-in-law Brad and Virginia Faus of Lakeville, Conn., Todd Faus of Norwalk, Conn., David and Holly Faus of Alexandria, Va., and John Faus of Rocky Hill; sister Miriam Kennedy Gibson of Raleigh, N.C.; stepbrother Roger Kennedy of Huntington Valley, Pa.; and grandchildren Nathaniel, Jamie, Cady, Livvy and John.
Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Church Memorial Fund, 33 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ 08542.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Patricia L. Tuck
Office manager, insurance specialist
Patricia Lucille Tuck of Princeton Township died Jan. 16 of heart failure and kidney disease. She was 47.
Born in New York City, she moved to Princeton in 2001.
Skilled in bookkeeping, accounting and management, she was an office manager and funding-insurance specialist at Health Science Inc. of Princeton.
She attended Teaneck public schools and Boston University.
Daughter of the late Anna Mable Tuck, she is survived by her father, William Tuck of Mays Landing; sisters and brothers-in-law Jacqueline and Thomas A. Taylor of Birmingham, Ala., and Michele Tuck-Ponder and Rhinold Ponder of Princeton; nieces Martha Anne Taylor and Jamaica Ponder; and longtime companion Ardeeb Arbubakker of Newark.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network, 841 Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ 07081.
Janet Penfield
Former Princeton resident
JAMESBURG Janet G. Harrison Penfield died Saturday from consequences of a stroke, after suffering from multiple sclerosis for 30 years. She was 87.
Born in East Orange, she was a longtime Princeton resident before moving to Monroe Village in Jamesburg soon after her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
She was a writer, editor, church leader and a community activist.
She graduated from Smith College in 1937 as a French major, and French language and culture remained among her abiding interests.
She moved to Princeton following her marriage to E. Harris Harbison in 1937. Mr. Harbison died in 1964.
The Harbison house in Princeton was a home away from home for many of the displaced European intellectuals who came to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in the 1940s.
She wrote songs with her husband, who had studied composition in his youth.
She took a leadership role in the movement to integrate Princeton’s public schools in the early 1950s. She was also very active in the YMCA and the League of Women Voters.
As a national board member of the YMCA, she toured West Germany to evaluate post-war progress.
She was one of the first white members of the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church in Princeton, where she nurtured some of her closest friendships.
After studying at Princeton Theological Seminary, she became a reporter, photographer and eventually editor for Presbyterian Life Magazine, doing interviews on such personalities as Dick Van Dyke and John Glenn and features on topics including Sicily’s struggles with poverty and crime and the variety and vitality of modern French Protestantism. She also wrote a column, "Saturday Thought by Pricilla."
In 1970, she married the Rev. Thornton Penfield Jr., joining him in his ministry on cruise ships. He died in 1975.
As a member of the Consultation on Church Union, she helped shape a comprehensive plan for the joining together of nine branches of the Presbyterian Church, a major achievement in racial and theological reconciliation.
At Monroe Village, she continued writing in the center’s newsletter and in religious journals. She continued correspondence with friends around the world and visited the family camp in the Adirondacks every summer, and concerts and lectures in spite of her limited mobility.
Daughter of the late Harold R. German and Evangeline Dalrymple German, mother of the late Helen, she is survived by her brother, Edward Loomis German of Hackettstown; daughter Margaret of Miller’s Falls, Mass.; son John of Cambridge, Mass.; stepdaughter Charlotte Gosselink of Kennett Square, Pa.; and stepson Thornton Penfield III of New Orleans.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at Monroe Village, Jamesburg.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Alice M. Hanley
Retired from Trinity Church
HAMILTON Alice "Peg" Hanley died Monday.
Born in London, she moved to Princeton with her family in 1950 and was a Princeton resident until the late 1970s, when she moved to Hamilton.
She was retired from Trinity Church in Princeton.
Wife of the late William Hanley, she is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Michael and Adele Hanley of Loudon, Tenn., Donald and Ronnie Hanley of Hamilton, Peter and Sandi Hanley of Bolton Landing, N.Y., and Peggie and Bill Burkhauser of Hamilton; and grandchildren Tammy and Ed Drexel, Sharon and Eric Faulkner, Jessica and Tom Mains, Jason and Melinda Hanley, Jonathan Mitchell and Alysha Hanley.
The funeral will be noon Saturday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
Burial will be in All Saints’ Cemetery.
Calling hour is 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.
Nathaniel H. Oser
Retired salesman
Nathaniel H. Oser of Princeton died Monday at home. He was 89.
Born in New York City, Mr. Oser was a resident of Newton, Mass., and Sun City, Fla., before moving to Princeton.
He was a salesman at High Point Paper Box Co. before retiring.
He was a former member of the Sun City Center Rescue Squad and a founding member of the Shoe and Leather Lodge of B’nai B’rith.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Husband of the late Ruth Goodman Oser, he is survived by sons and daughter-in-law James and Jo-Ann Oser of Cranbury and William Oser of Hudson, N.Y.; and grandchildren Benjamin and Kate Oser.
The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. today at Temple Micah at Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 2688 Lawrence Road, Lawrence Township.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
Susan F. Dames
Legal secretary
EAST WINDSOR Susan Fenton Dames died Jan. 15 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.
Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong area resident.
Mrs. Dames was a legal secretary for 20 years in the Washington, D.C., and Princeton area.
Daughter of the late Walter M. and Alice MacDonald Fenton, she is survived by her husband, David W. Dames of East Windsor; son John C. Jensen of Princeton; stepdaughter Mary Sutton of Pompton Lakes; and many cousins.
The funeral will be private at the convenience of the family.
Burial will be in the Veterans Section of Greenwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 810, Memphis, TN 38101.
Arrangements are by M. William Murphy Funeral Home, Ewing.
Howard S. Greenberg
Owned Pennsylvania business
Howard S. Greenberg of Princeton died Wednesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 68.
Born in Newark, he was a former resident of Mountaintop, Pa., before moving to New Jersey five years ago.
Mr. Greenberg was the proprietor of Kay Wholesale Drug Co. in Wilkes Barre, Pa., and was also a certified public accountant.
He was a graduate of Fairleigh-Dickinson University.
He served in the Air Force Reserve and was a member of Adath Israel Congregation.
Mr. Greenberg is survived by his wife, Vivian Greenberg; daughters Bonnie Greenberg of Key Largo, Fla., and Hilary Greenberg of Mountaintop, Pa.; and brother Burton Greenberg of Plantation, Fla.
The funeral is 9 a.m. today at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road (Route 206), Lawrence Township.
Burial will follow at King Solomon Cemetery, Clifton.
The period of mourning will be observed at the Greenberg residence.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Howard Greenberg Endowment Fund for Pharmacy Students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Pharmacy or Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.
Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing Township.
Laura Bobeck
West Windsor resident
WEST WINDSOR Laura Bobeck died Wednesday at Greenwood House, Ewing Township. She was 89.
Born in Russia, Mrs. Bobeck was a former resident of New York City, Sunrise, Fla., and Levittown, Pa.
Mother of the late Elyse Ellis and wife of the late Arthur B. Bobeck, she is survived by son and daughter-in-law Richard and Richela Bobeck of West Windsor; sister Doree Brod; and grandchildren Joshua and David Bobeck and Becky and Jen Ellis.
The funeral will be 1 p.m. today at Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road, West Windsor.
Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing Township.
John W. Arnold
Former Princeton resident
TYRON, N.C. John William Arnold died suddenly Jan. 15. He was 82.
He was a former Princeton resident and was a member of Springdale Golf Club.
Husband of the late Vera Rose Mann Arnold, son of the late Anna and John Arnold, he is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Catherine and Richard Tieden of Victoria, Minn., Elizabeth and Grant Galyardt of Torrance, Calif., and Laurie Arnold of Leawood, Kan.; son Dr. Robert S. Arnold of Herndon, Va.; brother and sister-in-law Robert H. and Susan Arnold of Houston; and grandchildren Matthew Galyardt and his wife, Susan, Peter Galyardt, Michael Tieden and Annie Tieden.
Memorial contributions may be made to Baker University, attention Jerry Weakley, P.O. Box 65, Baldwin City, KS 66006-0065.
Arrangements were by McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tyron, N.C.
Kathleen P. Steffen
President of area firm
BEACH HAVEN Kathleen P. Steffen died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at New Brunswick. She was 52.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, she was an East Windsor resident several years before moving to Beach Haven four years ago.
She was president of KPS Enterprises, a lieutenant in the Beach Haven EMS and active member of AA for over 20 years.
She was an independent floral designer and enjoyed photography, fishing, e-mail and crafts.
She is survived by her husband, Daniel Gerard Steffen; daughters Maegan Cheree, Danika Lee and Mollie Rae Steffen; son Daniel Karsten Steffen; sisters Nancy Manahan and Sally MacKinnon; brother Rick Peterson; grandson James M. Chaconas; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. David the King Roman Catholic Church, 1 New Village Road, West Windsor.
Calling hours at 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main St., Cranbury.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.