Dolores L. Carril, Richard W. Watkins, James J. Fyfe, James C. Ford, Joan R. McKee, Vickramasigam Arunasalam, Robert J. Wieck, Audrey J. Feldman.
Dolores L. Carril
Longtime Princeton resident
Dolores L. Halteman Carril of Princeton died Saturday at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrence. She was 77.
Born and raised in Bethlehem, Pa., she moved in 1967 to Princeton Borough, where she resided for more than 30 years. She was the former wife of former Princeton University basketball coach Pete Carril.
While residing in Princeton, she was an administrative assistant at the University League, eventually becoming vice president of the board of directors. She was also on the board of the University NOW Day Nursery School.
She was a familiar figure at university basketball games and worked at the polls on Election Day.
She graduated with honors in 1946 from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa., and received a bachelor’s degree from Beaver College, Glenside, Pa.
Before moving to Princeton, she was president of the Beaver College Club of Reading, Pa., co-president of the Lafayette College Women’s Auxiliary and a member of the Faculty Wives Club of Lehigh University.
Daughter of the late Clemence and Marjorie Brensinger Halteman, sister of the late Lt. Clemence W. Halteman Jr., who was killed in World War II, she is survived by daughter Lisa Carril of Pennington; son Peter Carril of Princeton; brother and sister-in-law Lt. Col. William O. and Kathleen Halteman of Williamsburg, Va.; and grandchildren Peter and Zoe Carril of Princeton.
The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Princeton University Chapel.
Burial will be at Princeton Cemetery.
Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Legion Post 397, 935 Main St., Hellertown, PA 18055.
Richard W. Watkins
ETS test designer
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. Richard W. Watkins died Nov. 3 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He was 83.
Born in Pittsburgh, he was a Princeton resident from 1959 to 1965 and 1992 to 2002.
He was a test designer at the Educational Testing Service in Lawrence Township and Berkeley, Calif., and subsequently worked for the California State Education Department in Sacramento.
In Princeton, he was a member of the local Democratic Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union, and he was a longtime supporter and involved in the campaigns of U.S. Rep. Rush Holt and state Sen. Shirley Turner.
He was educated in Pittsburgh schools and earned a bachelor’s degree from Haverford College, a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate from Syracuse University.
Son of the late Clarence and Gertrude Taylor Watkins, he is survived by his wife, Norma C. Hatch Watkins; sons and daughters-in-law Paul B. Watkins and Beth E. Jorgensen of Rochester, N.Y., Craig B. Watkins of Cambridge, Mass., Timothy G. Watkins and Donna M. Cuipylo of Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Thomas A. and Karen Watkins of Sacramento, Calif.; brother C. Bradley Watkins of Cranberry Township, Pa.; and grandchildren Aimee Barrington, Ty Cuipylo-Watkins, Zoe Cuipylo-Watkins, Tuesday Watkins and Summer Watkins.
A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Sherwood Oaks, 100 Norman Drive, Cranberry Township, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038-1131.
Condolences may be sent to Timothy Watkins, 255 Chestnut Ave., Apt. 5, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.
James J. Fyfe
New York deputy police commissioner
James J. Fyfe of Princeton died Saturday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 63.
Mr. Fyfe was New York City Police Department’s deputy commissioner for training, a post he held since May 2002. He was responsible for administering all training for the department’s 51,000 employees and led the first major revision of the department’s recruit curriculum in 30 years.
Mr. Fyfe was on leave from a teaching position at John Jay College.
He was on the faculties of Temple University from 1992 to 2002 and American University from 1979 to 1992.
He was a commissioner of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (1989-1997); a senior fellow of the Police Foundation (1979-1988); a member of the District of Columbia Select Committee on Fiscal and Budget Priorities (1989-1991); a member and chair of the selection committee for the United Kingdom Police Fulbright Fellowship program; and a visiting professor at the School of Police Studies at Charles Sturt University in Australia (2001).
Mr. Fyfe published seven books and more than 80 articles and book chapters on police and criminal justice matter and was the editor of "Justice Quarterly."
He has served on the editorial boards of "Criminal Justice," "Criminal Law Bulletin," "Journal of Criminal Justice Education," "Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency" and "Justice Quarterly."
He testified as a police practices expert in the U.S. Congress and in federal and state courts in the District of Columbia, 38 states and Canada.
Mr. Fyfe was a New York City police officer, sergeant and lieutenant from 1963 to 1979 and earned seven department citations while working on patrol in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. He was the first chairman of the Police Academy’s police science department, commander of the management training unit, and was the founding coordinator of the department’s executive development program.
He received a bachelor’s degree in 1971 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, where he was granted an honorary doctorate of laws degree in 1999. He received a master’s degree in 1972 and a doctorate degree in 1978 from the State University of New York at Albany.
He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Candace McCoy; daughters from his first marriage to Carol Roinos Fyfe, Laura Fyfe Seri and Jill McGrath; daughter Gwen; mother Alice Fyfe of Brooklyn, N.Y.; sisters Jeanne Raffaelli and Dorothy Fyfe; and grandchildren Moira and Maeve McGrath and Edgar Fyfe Seri.
A celebration of his life is scheduled for 3 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Lynch Theater of John Jay College. Additional information can be found at www.kimblefh.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fyfe Fellowship at John Jay College.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
James C. Ford
Worked at institute
James Clifton Ford of Princeton died Thursday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 63.
Born in Florence, S.C., Mr. Ford was a longtime area resident.
He was employed for more than 20 years at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Son of the late Eugene Casley and Lillian James Ford, he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, James C. and Jennifer Ford; daughter Jacqueline M. Ford; grandson Miles E. Jones; step-children Geraldine Mae Livingston and Veronica Lynn Brigg; brothers and sisters-in-law Thomas and Cora Ford, Moses and Sara Ford, Herbert and Odessa Ford, Huey and Barbara Lee and Marion and Priscilla Ford; sisters and brothers-in-law Elousie Marks, Ethel and Liston Pigett, Betty Johnson, Linda and Leo Myers and Thelma and John Jordan; step-grandchildren Raymond, Shanice, Dominique, Demonie and Tiara; former wife Jennifer Rhodes; aunts Ellen Wortham and Mary Ann Moses; and other relatives.
Calling hours are scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. today at Campbell Funeral Chapel, 1225 Calhoun St., Trenton.
Final services will be in Florence, S.C., with interment in North View Cemetery.
Joan R. McKee
Princeton resident
Joan R. McKee died Sunday at Merwick Rehab Hospital & Nursing Care. She was 81.
Born in Cleveland, she lived in Bay Village, Ohio, before moving to Princeton 12 years ago.
Daughter of the late Julius and Anna Tamassy, sister and sister-in-law of the late Betty and Bob Boyd, wife of the late William D. McKee, she is survived by her daughter, Micky T. Morgan, of Princeton.
A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Princeton United Methodist Church at Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. There are no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Katrina Fund of the American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Vickramasigam Arunasalam
Retired from plasma physics lab
WEST WINDSOR Vickramasigam Arunasalam died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 70.
Born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he came to the United States in 1958 and received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1964, he moved to West Windsor and worked as a principle research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory until his retirement in 1996.
He was inducted into Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. He was also a strong advocate of civil rights, and his name was recently inscribed on the Wall of Tolerance in Birmingham, Ala.
Dr. Arunasalam had published 108 printed papers in various areas of physics. His last paper was completed the night before his death.
He is survived by his daughter, Sharmila Arunasalam, of West Windsor; sister Thiraviyam Vickramavarathan of Toronto; brothers Thiagarajah Vickramasingam of Vancouver, Canada, and Vijayakumar Vickramasingam of Switzerland; and many in-laws.
Arrangements were by Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Hamilton.
Robert J. Wieck
World War II Army veteran
PLAINSBORO Robert J. Wieck died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 81.
Born in South Aqueduct, N.Y., he was raised in the Union City area and, after military service, lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1950 to 2002. He then moved to Plainsboro to live with his son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. Wieck was an honorably discharged veteran of the Army’s 83rd Infantry Division after serving in World War II, most notably in the European Theater. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star among other decorations and citations.
In his leisure time, he enjoyed reading and gardening.
Husband of the late Mary L. Natoli Wieck, who died in 1975, and brother of the late Henry J. Wieck, who died while serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Henry J. and Nancy T. Wieck of Plainsboro; and grandchildren Robert W., Christopher G. and Jonathan H. Wieck, all of Plainsboro.
Arrangements were by A.S. Cole Funeral Home, Cranbury.
Audrey J. Feldman
Daughter lives in Montgomery
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. Audrey J. Feldman died Saturday at Northwest Medical Center, Margate, Fla. She was 77.
Born in Boston, she lived in Fall River, Mass., for 35 years before moving to Newport, R.I., and then Florida.
She was the owner of the former T-Shirt Store and the Fudge and Candy Outlet, both in Fall River. Most recently, she worked at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., and later the Miami campus.
She was a member of Congregation Adas Israel and Hadassah.
She volunteered for the Girl Scouts for more than 25 years and for Brandeis University.
Daughter of the late Jacob and Minerva Pollack Lichter, wife of the late David M. Feldman, she is survived by daughters Carol Schneider of Warwick, R.I., Susan Couture of Montgomery Township and Gail St. Jacques of Portsmouth, R.I.; son Michael Feldman of Stamford, Conn.; sister Judith King of Brockton, Mass.; and grandchildren Brian, Lisa, Elizabeth, David, Melissa and Emily.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Tomorrow Fund or The Bridge Academy, 1958-B Lawrenceville Road, Lawerenceville, NJ 08648.
Shiva will be observed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Couture, 237 Munroe Ave., Montgomery, this afternoon through Friday afternoon and Sunday.
Arrangements were by Shalom Memorial Chapel, Cranston, R.I.

