Edward R. Farley Jr., Walter C. Johnson, Adele W. Rubin, Adeline LaFontant, Martha A. Wuest.
Edward R. Farley Jr.
Headed Atlas Corp., hospital board
Edward Raymond Farley Jr. of Princeton died Monday at home. He was 86.
Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he was a Princeton resident since 1958.
Mr. Farley was president and chief executive officer of the Atlas Corp., a former mining company. He was a longtime chairman of Princeton HealthCare System board of directors.
His grandparents were Irish immigrants and his parents were in the liquor and saloon business.
He attended The Lawrenceville School and graduated from Princeton University in 1940 with a degree in political science. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1943 and joined the Wall Street firm Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett.
In 1956, he joined Atlas Corp., a uranium mining and holding company. Starting as vice president, be became president and sole CEO. Atlas was engaged in vast mining operations in Moab, Utah, and the Marshall Islands and as a holding company once owned Madison Square Garden, as well as many cosmetic and household products.
He served as chairman of the executive committee of Lincoln Savings Bank in Brooklyn and was director of the American Nuclear Energy Council.
Mr. Farley was both a member and head of the board of trustees of The Lawrenceville School for 14 years and chairman of the board of Princeton HealthCare System for 22 years.
He was also active in the Red Cross, a member of the Atomic Industrial Forum, and a trustee of Dial Lodge on the Princeton campus.
He was a trustee of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and was serving as a trustee on the board of the Corella and Bertram Bonner Foundation at the time of his death.
He was invested as a Knight of Malta by Cardinal John O’Connor in 1985 and was named Irishman of the Year by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Mercer County. In 1990, he was honored for his contribution to amateur football by the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
Mr. Farley spent the last 15 years of his life supporting his wife, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
Father of the late Thomas J. Farley, he is survived by his wife of 57 years, Irene Daly Farley; daughters and son-in-law Nancy F. Jarrell of Tucson, Ariz., and Jane F. and Thomas von Oehsen of Princeton; son and daughter-in-law Edward R. III and Carolyn Kurtz Farley of Sarasota, Fla.; and grandchildren William R. Jarrell IV of Boulder, Colo., Lacey J. Jarrell of Tucson, Ariz., and Thomas W., William M. and Alexander C. von Oehsen of Princeton.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Princeton University Chapel followed by a gathering at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St., Princeton.
Viewing will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 101 Drakes Corner Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Walter C. Johnson
Princeton engineering professor
HIGHTSTOWN Walter Curtis Johnson, the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering Emeritus at Princeton University, died April 22.
Professor Johnson, an alumnus of Pennsylvania State University, joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1937, where he served as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering for 15 years, retiring in 1981.
In 1948, he designed the original doctoral program in electrical engineering. He also spearheaded the modernization of the engineering curriculum after World War II, the development of the Princeton engineering physics program initiated in 1958, Princeton’s first program of teaching and research in computer science and the development of Princeton’s highly successful program in electronic materials and devices.
In 1955, he was made a fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers. In 1963, he was appointed to the Arthur Le Grand Doty Chair of Electrical Engineering. In 1967, he was given an award for Excellence in Engineering Education by the American Society for Engineering Education, and he was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The Walter Curtis Johnson Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established by the department in his honor in 1986.
He was a member of the Old Guard, Nassau Club, Springdale Golf Club and Rotary Club of Princeton.
Son of the late David C. Johnson and Mary Ely Johnson, husband of the late Caroline Shirk Johnson, he is survived by sons W. Curtis Johnson of Corvallis Ore., William S. Johnson of Collegedale, Tenn., and David E. Johnson of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Tax-deductible donations in his memory may be made to the Forum Education Award Program, Meadow Lakes, 300 Meadow Lakes, Hightstown, NJ 08520.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Adele W. Rubin
Daughter lives in Princeton
EWING Adele W. Rubin died Wednesday at Greenwood House. She was 85.
Born in New York City, she was a resident of Red Bank, Interlaken and West Long Branch on the Jersey Shore for most of her life before moving to the Princeton area.
She was manager and registered securities representative for her husband’s investment firm, Fidelity Securities Investment Co., in Asbury Park.
She enjoyed ballroom dancing, amateur theater, bridge and game shows. In addition to the trophies she acquired in dance and master level bridge competitions, she also was a big winner on the national television quiz show "Concentration." One of the prizes was several hundred dollars’ worth of Carvel ice cream, which was donated to area children’s charities.
She enjoyed walking and bicycling on the Asbury Park boardwalk and devoted much volunteer time to the boardwalk’s beautification.
Wife of the late Harold P. Rubin, she is survived by daughters and son-in-law Roberta and Basil Markow of Key West, Fla., Pam Hersh of Princeton and Beth Estep of Old Bridge; and grandchildren Isa Fowler and husband Mark of Ocean, Jennifer Krimko and Kara Krimko, both of Oakhurst, and Rebecca Hersh and Matthew Hersh, both of New Brunswick.
The funeral, a private graveside service, was held at Temple Beth Miriam Cemetery, Neptune.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Greenwood House, 53 Walter St., Ewing, NJ 08628.
Arrangements were by Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, Ocean.
Adeline LaFontant
Seamstress
Adeline LaFontant of Princeton died Saturday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 69.
Born in Croit des Bouques, Haiti, she had resided in Princeton since 1976.
She was a self-employed seamstress.
Daughter of the late Luc Souffrant, she is survived by her mother, Romaine Ponyon Souffrant; daughters Mona, Betty and Marie Pascale LaFontant; sons Emmanuel and Patrick LaFontant; brother Andre Souffrant; sisters Gislenne Romelus, Marie Carmel Jean, Denise Souffrant, Marie Rose Souffrant and Gladys Souffrant; and seven grandchildren.
The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Nazarene, 100 Bull Run Road, Ewing.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.
Calling hours are 7 to 9 a.m. today at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrence.
Martha A. Wuest
Former college secretary
HARRISBURG, Pa. Martha A. Wuest died Sunday at Villa Teresa Nursing Home.
Born in Spangler, Pa., she resided in Massapequa Park, N.Y., for 50 years.
She was a ticket clerk with the Pennsylvania Railroad for five years and later was a secretary at the Theatre Department of Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y., for eight years.
Mrs. Wuest was a former den mother for the Cub Scouts. She was a member of the Massapequa Homemakers Extension Group and a member of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church and also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Moose Lodge in Pompano Beach, Fla.
Wife of the late Francis N. Wuest, she is survived by a son, Robert F. Wuest of Austin, Texas; daughters Margaret A. Grimm and M. Lisa Wuest, both of Harrisburg, Pa.; sister Rosalie Rahtjen of Brick; and grandchildren, Todd and Ryan Grimm and Natalie Wuest.
The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Name of Jesus School, 6190 Allentown Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17112.