OBITUARIES, April 1, 2005

Rachel C. Baker, Melvin A. Schulman, Elizabeth E. Henderson, Rosina Skoriak, Grace W. Boyd, William M. Dwyer, Aldo Zinetti, William T. Miller.

Rachel C. Baker
Longtime Princeton volunteer
   
Rachel Cooper Baker, a longtime Princeton resident, died March 26 at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus. She was 85.
   She grew up outside Jacksonville, Fla., and moved with her family to Princeton when she was 15. She remained a Princeton resident some 60 years until moving to Meadow Lakes in Hightstown in 1999, after the death of her husband.
   She attended St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, Va., and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1940.
   Known as Ricki to her friends, she was a member of The Present Day Club and past chair of the Altar Guild of Trinity Church, Princeton.
   She also served as a volunteer for a number of local organizations, including the Community Players; the Outgrown Shop, now known as the Nearly New Shop; the Blue Hill Troupe; the hospital volunteers (The Pink Ladies); the June hospital fete; the Princeton Battlefield Society; the Rockingham Association; and the Historical Society of Princeton.
   Daughter of the late John and Martha Cooper, wife of the late Richard W. Baker Jr., she is survived by her daughter, Eileen Lady Strathnaver of London; sons Richard W. Baker III of Honolulu and John C. Baker of Lawrence Township; brother John C. Cooper III of Santa Fe, N.M.; sister Jane M. Cooper of Pennswood Village, Newtown, Pa.; and two granddaughters.
   A memorial service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.
   In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08542.
   Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Melvin A. Schulman
Chemical engineer
   
Melvin A. Schulman of Princeton died Wednesday. He was 77.
   Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he was a Princeton resident the past 42 years.
   He was a retired chemical engineer and director of marketing worldwide for Morton Thiokol Chemical Corp.
   After graduating from Stuyvesant High School in 1945, he enlisted in the Army and served with the 1st Engineering Battalion as a demolition specialist in Germany.
   After completing his World War II service, he graduated from City College of New York and earned a master’s degree from Newark College of Engineering.
   He was a member of The Jewish Center of Princeton.
   Father of the late Amy Adina Schulman, he is survived by his wife, Sydell R. Schulman; sons and daughters-in-law Daniel Schulman and Jennie Kassanoff of Warren and Joel and Nancy Schulman of Toronto; and grandchildren Molly, Jacob and Logan Schulman.
   The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton.
   Burial will follow at Montefiore Cemetery, St. Albans, N.Y.
   The period of mourning will be observed at his residence.
   Memorial contributions may be made to The Campaign for Galil, P.O. Box 1245, Newtown, PA 18940 or Amy Adina Schulman Fund, 124 Snowden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540.
   Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
Elizabeth E. Henderson
Active in community affairs
   
Elizabeth Everill Henderson of Princeton, known as Betty or Bee to friends, died March 14. She was 80.
   Born in Plainfield, she was a resident of the Flemington area for 35 years before moving to Princeton in the late 1980s.
   She was active for many years in community affairs in the Flemington area, especially at the Hunterdon Medical Center, where her husband worked and served as medical director for 10 years.
   She was chairwoman of the Stanton Holly Trail, a member of the Flemington Tennis Club and the Stanton Literary Society. After moving to Princeton, she was a member of The Present Day Club and volunteered at the University Medical Center at Princeton.
   She was an avid bridge player, crossword puzzle fan and enjoyed the ocean and the Jersey shore, spending every year with family at Long Beach Island.
   She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Robert R. Henderson; sons Andrew C. Henderson of Princeton, R. Douglas Henderson of London and Scott M. Henderson of Mill Valley, Calif.; daughter Sarah H. McClure of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; and 12 grandchildren.
   A memorial service is scheduled for the evening of May 20 at Stanton Reformed Church, Stanton.
   Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Rosina Skoriak
Longtime Rocky Hill resident
   
WHITEHALL, Pa. — Rosina Skoriak died Tuesday at Fellowship Manor. She was 92.
   Born in New York City to parents who immigrated from Europe, Mrs. Skoriak was a resident of Rocky Hill for more than 30 years. She also worked at the family business, Action Business Supplies.
   Mrs. Skoriak was an avid tennis player and loved gardening.
   Wife of the late Walter N. Skoriak, mother of the late Michael, she is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Walter J. and Nancy Skoriak of West Trenton and Neil and Cynthia Skoriak of Durham, Pa.; granddaughter Alexia Skoriak of Durham, Pa.; niece Doris Hart of Ocean Pines, Md.; and nephew Robert Schwartz of Allison Park, Pa.
   The funeral is scheduled for noon Saturday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
   Burial will follow in Rocky Hill Cemetery, Rocky Hill.
   Calling hours are 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
Grace W. Boyd
Active Princeton volunteer
   
HIGHTSTOWN — Grace Welch Boyd died of pneumonia March 24 at Meadow Lakes. She was 100.
   Born in Chowan County, N.C., she was a resident of North Carolina, New York and Pennsylvania before moving with her husband to Princeton in 1940, and later to Hopewell Township, and to Meadow Lakes in 1987.
   She graduated from Edenton High School in 1921 and North Carolina College for Women at Greenboro in 1925.
   She was a schoolteacher in Colfax Elementary School, Colfax, N.C.; Alliance High School, Alliance, N.C.; and the Methodist Orphanage, Raleigh, N.C.
   Following her marriage in 1927 and before moving to Princeton, she was assistant director of the New York Historical Association in Ticonderoga. She also lived in Wilkes Barre, Pa., and Philadelphia.
   During her more than 25 years in Princeton and another 20 years in Hopewell Township near Titusville, she was active in the PTA, Red Cross, Princeton hospital fetes and fund drives for various charitable causes.
   She was a board member and later president of the University Garden Club, editor of the "Guide to the Campus" in 1946, chairman of the University League Memorial Funds, and a member of the Washington Crossing State Park Association, Friends of Winterthur, Friends of Music at Princeton, Friends of the Princeton University Library, Friends of the American Philosophical Society and the Historical Society of Princeton.
   Her other interests included the study of mushrooms, ferns, birds and wildflowers as well as gardening, needlepoint, knitting and reading "just for fun."
   Wife of the late Julian Parks Boyd, who died in 1980, a professor of history at Princeton University and editor of the "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," mother of the late Mary R. Boyd, who died in infancy, and Julian Parks Boyd Jr., who drowned in 1943 at age 13 in an ice-skating accident on the Millstone River, she is survived by her son, Kenneth M. Boyd, of Washington.
   Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
William M. Dwyer
Author and journalist
   
LAWRENCE — William M. Dwyer, an author, teacher and veteran journalist, died March 22 of complications following emergency surgery at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 88.
   As an author, he was best known for "The Day is Ours!: How a Ragged Rebel Army Saved the Revolution," published by the Viking Press, and "What Everyone Knew About Sex," a spoof of Victorian sexologists, published both in the United States and in England.
   As a journalist, he was for many years a book editor and columnist, mostly with The Times of Trenton, specializing in American and New Jersey history. He also wrote for The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, The Commonweal, the Christian Science Monitor and New Jersey Monthly.
   He was a 1934 graduate of Cathedral High School and a 1939 graduate of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where he was a captain of the tennis team.
   In World War II, he served as a Stars and Stripes correspondent with the 4th Infantry Division in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
   He served as press secretary to Gov. Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey.
   For several years, he taught English composition at Rider University and moderated Channel 13’s "New Jersey Speaks for Itself" program.
   In 1969, he established the Serendipity Workshop, a storefront school in Trenton that offered free classes in writing to minority students and adults.
   Mr. Dwyer was a member of the Overseas Press Club of America, the American Civil Liberties Union and a founding member of the National Book Critics Circle.
   He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Marjorie Wright Dwyer; daughter Suzanna D. Dwyer; son-in-law Andrew J. Harrison; sister Ann D. Schmierer; grandchildren William H. Harrison and Charlotte E. Harrison; and several nieces and nephews.
   Arrangements were by Crabiel Memorial Funeral Home, Hightstown.
Aldo Zinetti
Former West Windsor resident
   
MORRISTON, Fla. — Aldo Zinetti died Saturday in Gainesville, Fla. He was 77.
   Mr. Zinetti was a former resident of West Windsor, moving to Florida 20 years ago.
   He was a retired chemical engineer.
   An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of the World War II Veterans Club.
   He was a volunteer member of the Morriston Fire Department and a member of Morriston Baptist Church.
   He is survived by his wife, Aneta Zinetti of Morriston; son Bruce Zinetti of Lawrence Township; daughters Gail Moomaw of Mount Upton, N.Y., and Susanne Basilone of Riverside; brother Gwido Zinetti of Whiting; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
   Arrangements are by Knauff Funeral Home, Williston, Fla.
William T. Miller
Nephew lives in West Windsor
   
TINTON FALLS — William T. Miller died at Renaissance Gardens at Seabrook Village. He was 91.
   Born in Woodhaven, N.Y., he was a former resident of Woodside, N.Y.
   He was a retired chief warrant officer fourth class serving in the Army from 1941 to 1967.
   Son of the late William and Mary Miller, he is survived by his sister, Agnes Galbraith; nieces and nephews Dennis Galbraith of West Windsor, Thomas Galbraith, James Galbraith, Maryann Macken, Margaret Brown and Joan Valerio; and cousins, Ed and Grace Crane.
   A funeral Mass and burial with full military honors will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
   Calling hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at A. S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 N. Main St., Cranbury.
   Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834-1365.