Baroness Elisabet af Trolle Nauckhoff, Susan P. Kasoff, Archie B. Freeman, Libby Newman.
Baroness Elisabet af Trolle Nauckhoff
Active Princeton volunteer
Baroness Elisabet af Trolle Nauckhoff of Princeton died at Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden, on Jan. 10. She was 73.
From 1971 to 2000, Mrs. Nauckhoff spent from September to May of nearly every year in Princeton. Although she spent summers in the southern Swedish province of Skane and traveled extensively with her husband, a diplomat, Mrs. Nauckhoff considered Princeton her home for 30 years.
She raised her children in Princeton and was active in support of local educational and cultural organizations, including Miss Mason’s School, the Chapin School, Princeton Day School, McCarter Theatre and the Princeton YWCA. She attended church at the Princeton University Chapel.
Mrs. Nauckhoff was trained in architecture and interior design at the University of Stockholm and also studied at the University of Alabama.
Her first husband, the late Dr. Ulf af Trolle, was a leading Swedish economist, professor and author. Her second husband, who survives her, is Baron Carl-Henric Nauckhoff of Bastad, Sweden. Baron Nauckhoff is the former Swedish consul general in New York and former ambassador to Mexico, Cuba, Tunisia and the Netherlands.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Nauckhoff is survived by her daughter, Cecilia af Trolle of Stockholm; son Rikard af Trolle of Bastad; brother Ragnar Horstadius of Boras, Sweden; grandsons Gustaf and Axel Mononen af Trolle of Stockholm and Alexander af Trolle of Bastad; cousins Cecilia Mathews and Mea Kaemmerlen, both of Princeton; and aunt Ruth B. Perkins.
The funeral will be Monday at the Mariakyrkan (Church of Mary) in Bastad.
Family members and friends plan to gather in Princeton in the spring to remember Mrs. Nauckhoff and to celebrate her life.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195, or the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 58 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016.
Susan P. Kasoff
Former Princeton resident
NEW EGYPT Susan P. Kasoff died Monday at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was 61.
Born in Los Angeles, she was a former Princeton resident, moving to New Egypt in 1991.
She was dietary supervisor at Applegarth Care Center, Monroe.
She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Kasoff; her boyfriend, Dave Rogers of New Egypt; grandchildren Danielle and Jason King; and former husband Ira Kasoff of Princeton.
The funeral was Thursday.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter’s Foundation, Department of Oncology at SPUH, 254 Easton Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Archie B. Freeman
Worked for Public Health Service
Archie Bertrum "Pop" Freeman of Princeton died Monday at Merwick Rehab Hospital & Nursing Care, where he resided since 2001.
Born in Colerain, N.C., he was one of 13 siblings who grew up on a farm in rural eastern North Carolina. He was a resident of Princeton from 1953 to 1962 when he moved to Massachusetts. He moved back to Princeton in 1969.
Mr. Freeman was a 30-year employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, working in a number of the agency’s regional offices. Late in his career he also worked for the New Jersey Department of Health.
He received a bachelor’s degree in civil and highway engineering from North Carolina State University in 1930 and a master’s degree in civil engineering in 1932. He was member of the Army ROTC for four years and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Reserves upon graduation.
In 1932, Mr. Freeman worked for the North Carolina Department of Health in Morehead City. In 1939, Mr. Freeman accepted a position with the U.S. Public Health Service and, in 1941, he was transferred to San Francisco. In 1942, he resigned his commission with the Army to accept an active duty commission with the U.S. Public Health Service and later attained the rank of captain. He served the war years in sanitation work with the civilian and military forces in the area.
In 1953, Mr. Freeman was transferred to the New York regional office of the Public Health Service and moved to Princeton. In 1962, he was transferred to the Boston regional office, and moved to Wellesley Hills, Mass. He retired in 1969 after 30 years of service, and returned to Princeton. He then worked for the New Jersey Department of Health until 1974, when he permanently retired.
Mr. Freeman was an avid landscape gardener at his home in Princeton and enjoyed his cottage in Topsail Beach, N.C. He was an avid booster of the North Carolina State Wolfpack athletic teams. He and his wife were active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton.
Son of the late Lecausey Freeman and Lula Harmon Freeman, husband of the late Dorothy Sloan Freeman, to whom he was married 62 years, he is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Archie B. Jr. and Dora Freeman of Ewing Township and John and Jennifer W. Freeman of Charlottesville, Va.; brothers Olney R. Freeman of Wake Forest, N.C., and Donald N. Freeman of Raleigh, N.C.; grandchildren Emily and Julia W. Freeman; stepgrandchildren Grace Walker, Donna Gapas and Michele Miller; and stepgreat-grandchildren Mackenzie Walker, Tyler and Andrew Gapas.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. today at the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton.
Interment in Princeton Cemetery will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Merwick Foundation Fund, 79 Bayard Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Libby Newman
Longtime Jewish Center member
Libby Newman of Princeton died Tuesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 92.
Born in New York City, she lived in Princeton for the past 12 years after previously residing at her country estate, "Buttonwood Acres," in Ringoes.
She was a longtime member of The Jewish Center of Princeton.
Wife of the late Harry Newman, she is survived by her son, Alan Newman of Colorado Springs, Colo.; daughter Ilene Fisher of Philadelphia; brother Leo Flack of Boynton Beach, Fla.; and granddaughter Lorraine Fisher.
The funeral will be 1 p.m. today at The Jewish Center of Princeton.
Interment will be in Princeton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau St., Princeton NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.

