David Bradford, Bianca M. Caringal, Mary S. Wolfe, Doni D. Goldsmith, Barbara Geils, Alfred C. Naeole.
David Bradford
Princeton economics professor
David Bradford, a professor of economics and public affairs and an authority on taxation issues, died Tuesday from extensive injuries sustained in a fire at his Princeton house earlier this month. He was 66.
Professor Bradford was a member of Princeton’s faculty since 1966, focusing on public sector economics, and also served three U.S. presidents. He was a member of President George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1991 to 1993 and deputy assistant secretary for tax policy in the U.S. Department of Treasury from 1975 to 1976, when he directed an influential study on income tax reform.
As a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under the first President Bush, Professor Bradford worked on a broad range of issues in areas such as the environment, telecommunications, health care and financial institutions, as well as taxation. While serving in the Department of Treasury under President Ford, he directed a study that resulted in the publication "Blueprints for Basic Tax Reform," which is widely regarded as the forerunner of the major U.S. income tax reform enacted in 1986.
He addressed a wide range of topics: military service recruitment, public utility pricing, criteria for public investment, local government and the economic structure of urban areas, and a variety of income tax issues. His most recent work focused on the effects of income taxes on the insurance industry.
His 1986 book, "Untangling the Income Tax" (Harvard University Press), offered a comprehensive review of income taxes and their alternatives. He was an early proponent of the consumption tax concept, in which personal income would be taxed only when it is spent on goods and services.
Professor Bradford came to Princeton as an assistant professor of economics in 1966. He was named an associate professor of economics and public affairs in 1971 and a full professor in 1975. He served twice as acting dean of the Woodrow Wilson School and also had been an associate dean of the school and director of its graduate program.
At the time of his death, he also was an adjunct professor of law at New York University, where he taught tax policy; a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., where he had directed the program of research in taxation for several years; and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington.
He also was a member of a variety of state and federal advisory boards, including the national Railroad Retirement Reform Commission, to which he was appointed by President Reagan in 1988, and the Economic Policy Council of the state of New Jersey, on which he served from 1984 to 1990.
Born in Cambridge, Mass., he grew up in Arlington, Mass. He was a descendant of William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1621 to 1657, and he was the grandson of Frank Frantz, a Rough Rider and last governor of the Oklahoma Territory.
He graduated from Amherst College in 1960, received a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1962 and earned a doctorate in economics from Stanford University in 1966.
He is survived by wife Gundel of Princeton; son Theodore Bradford of Boston; daughter Lulu Bradford of Heidelberg Germany; sister Victoria Witte of Webster Groves, Mo.; and four grandchildren.
A gathering in his memory for members of the Princeton University community was held Tuesday. Details on services are pending.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, 237 N. Harrison St., Princeton, NJ 08540; or the Nature Conservancy, Attn: Treasury, 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203.
Bianca M. Caringal
Middle school student
PLAINSBORO Bianca Marie Caringal of Plainsboro died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was 13.
Born in Naga City, the Philippines, she was a seventh-grader at Community Middle School in Plainsboro. A member of the school band, she played the trumpet. She was also a member of her father’s band called the KSP and played the keyboard.
Bianca was an altar server at the Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Plainsboro.
Her favorite hobbies were playing basketball, golf, swimming, reading books, listening to PST 94.5 FM, babysitting small children and baking cookies for her brothers.
She collected keychains, art works, Hello Kitty items and anything colored pink. Her favorite football team was the Philadelphia Eagles and her favorite actor was Josh Hartnett. She loved the movie Cinderella Story.
Bianca is survived by her parents, Basilio M. and Martina A. Caringal of Plainsboro; brothers Bryan M. and Bryle M. Caringal; great-grandmother Eufemia Magpantay; great-aunt Dr. Emiliana Magpantay; and uncle Michael Caringal.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 19 Dey Road, Plainsboro.
Entombment will follow in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 19 Dey Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 or West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School, 55 Grovers Mill Road, Box 410, Plainsboro, NJ 08536.
Arrangements are by A.S. Cole Funeral Home, Cranbury.
Mary S. Wolfe
French teacher, musician
HIGHTSTOWN Mary Stormont Wolfe died Saturday at Meadow Lakes Health Care Center. She was 97.
Born in Princeton, she had been a resident of Meadow Lakes since 1975 and had previously resided in Princeton, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Bordeaux, France.
Mrs. Wolfe formerly taught French at Geneva College in Pennsylvania.
She was an accomplished pianist and singer and a former member and choir member of the Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton.
Daughter of the late David Riley and Mary Lytle Stormont, wife of the late Don M. Wolfe, an English professor at Brooklyn College and a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study; she is survived by daughter Sarah W. Notter of Newburyport, Mass.; grandchildren David Notter of Tokyo and James Notter of Gaithersburg, Md.; and great-grandchildren Taylor, Leah and Sophie.
The funeral is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton. Interment will follow in Princeton Cemetery.
Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. today and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
Doni D. Goldsmith
Interior designer
PLAINSBORO Doni Donovan Goldsmith died Feb. 17. She was 88.
Born in New York City, she was a Manhattan resident for many years. She moved to Princeton in 1965 and more recently lived in Plainsboro.
She was a stylist at B. Altman department store in New York City, designer for Home Furnishings Manufacturers, a freelance interior designer and a lecturer on art and interior design. She was editor of the original Living magazine and opened the Doni Donovan shop on Madison Avenue, specializing in interior design, antiques and imports.
In New York, she volunteered for the Urban League, American Women’s Volunteer Service, Reading for the Blind and tutored children in reading.
After moving to Princeton, she continued her volunteer work, interior design and lecturing and teaching, retiring in 1989.
She was a member of Trinity Church in Princeton.
Educated in New York City, she attended the Model School, New York University, New York School of Music and the New York School of Interior Design.
Daughter of the late Felix Antonacchio and Nancy Von Allworden Wolters Antonacchio Coelos, she married John A. Donavan in 1936 and Stuart M. Goldsmith in 1947. She is survived by son Patrick D. Goldsmith and daughter Nancy M. Goldsmith.
A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Church.
Barbara Geils
Retired seamstress
SOUTH BRUNSWICK Barbara Geils died Dec. 28 at Franklin Care Center. She was 90.
Born in Viss, Hungary, she came to the United States with her family in 1922, obtaining U.S. citizenship as a young adult. She was a resident of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick since 1948.
She retired in 1978 as a seamstress.
She was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church of Princeton and a former Sunday School teacher and choir member. She was a member of South Brunswick Senior Citizens.
Daughter of the late Frank and Helen Asztalos Mihalko, wife of the late Henry Geils, to whom she was married more than 60 years, she is survived by her son, Donald B. Geils of Montgomery Township; daughter Helen D. Geils of Ellsworth, Maine; sister Theresa Scurato of South Brunswick; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Messiah Lutheran Church, 407 Nassau St., Princeton.
Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery, South Brunswick.
Calling hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the M.J. Murphy Funeral Home, 616 Ridge Road at New Road, South Brunswick.
Alfred C. Naeole
Retired sales engineer
WEST WINDSOR Alfred Conrad Naeole died Sunday. He was 92.
Born and raised in Riverside, he lived in Delanco, Lavallette, Crystal Lake, Pa., and Hawaii before moving to The Gables in West Windsor three years ago.
Mr. Naeole worked more than 30 years as a sales engineer for R. D. Bitzer Co., a manufacturer’s representative of mechanical and industrial products in Philadelphia.
He played football in Riverside, winning scholarships to Perkiomen Prep and Fork Union Military Academy, Va., from which he graduated. He won a football scholarship to Temple University, where he played for one of legendary coach Pop Warner’s first teams.
He returned to Riverside to coach the semi-pro Greyhounds and later coached the Riverside High School team in 1944. He was inducted into the Riverside High School Hall of Fame in 1990.
A talented singer and instrumentalist, Mr. Naeole was lead singer for The Sunshine Boys 1936 and, in 1937, he had his own radio show in Philadelphia, where he met his second wife.
Mr. Naeole served in the Merchant Marines in 1945.
He was an avid traveler, skier and sailor, and he was a member of the Lavallette Yacht Club.
After his retirement in 1980, Mr. Naeole and his wife spent half of each year in his ancestral land of Hawaii, where he was the portrait artist-in-residence at the Kona Arts Center in Halualoa through the early 1990s.
Son of the late David Naeole, Frieda Naeole Kinzler and stepfather Louis Kinzler, husband of the late Ruth Page Naeole, he is survived by his wife, Fay Geraldine Lord Naeole of West Windsor; daughters Sharon Lord Naeole of Princeton and Lorraine Naeole of Greer, S.C.; grandchildren Pamela Hughes and her husband, Brian, of Princeton, Michelle Rago of New York City, Heather Chickery and her husband, Anthony, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Devin Naeole Van Der Wende of Greenville, S.C.; great-grandson Sullivan Hughes of Princeton; sister-in-law Barbara Lord of Lavallette; brother-in-law and wife Thomas and Cynthia Lord of Tampa, Fla.; eight grandnieces and grandnephews; and five great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 8th Ave., Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10001.
Arrangements were by Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals in Lavallette and condolences may be sent to www.ryanfuneralhome.com.