William S. Borden Jr., 82, died Sept. 29 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.
Born and raised in Trenton, he lived in Titusville from 1948-1982 and had lived in Ewing and Princeton.
A graduate of Trenton High School, the Blair Academy and Princeton University (cum laude), Class of 1945, he served as an artillery captain in the Seventh Army in France and Austria during World War II and received the Bronze Star Medal for valor.
He joined the W.S. Borden Company and became a certified property and life casualty underwriter and president of the firm in 1968. He taught insurance at both Rutgers University and Rider University. He later founded the W.S. Borden Real Estate Company and became a senior residential appraiser. He worked for the State of New Jersey as review appraiser in the Farmland Preservation program until his retirement in 2002.
Mr. Borden was involved in many civic activities, serving as president of the Trenton Lions Club, chairman of the Young Republican Club, an officer of the Trenton Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Division Chairman of the Delaware Valley United Fund, auxiliary board member of the Union Industrial Home, and longtime member of the Trenton Club.
Son of the late Lida Scheidnagel Borden and William S. Borden Sr. and brother of Barbara Borden Floyd of Cherry Hill and the late Walter Jack Borden, he is survived by his wife Patricia Mentus Borden; his son and daughter-in-law, William S. Borden III and Carla A. Borden of Harbourton; three grandchildren, William Matthew Borden, Andrew Charles Borden and Jessica Leigh Borden; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Princeton University Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s charity of choice.
Arrangements are by the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle.
