Patience H. Hite, Esther O. Iverson, Marguerite R. Williams
Patience H. Hite
Human rights, health care activist
Patience H. Hite of Princeton died at home Oct. 27. She was 83.
She was active in the human rights and alternative health care movements in Princeton.
Born in San Francisco, her family moved to Pasadena, Calif., where she grew up.
She attended Wellesley College and University of California at Berkeley. She worked in New York City and married John B. Hite in Princeton in 1958.
She was active in PAHR, the Princeton Association for Human Rights, in the 1960s, marching for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., and in Washington D.C.
She started the Holistic Health Association of the Princeton Area in 1979, a pioneering organization that provided information on alternative health care. She was the association’s executive director until she retired in 1992.
After suffering a stroke 1994, she continued to live in her home on Prospect Avenue with caregivers who worked hard to keep up with her plans and ideas.
Daughter of the late Ruth Bekins and Herbert Holt, she is survived by her children, Ruth B. Hite of Lawrence, Kan. and J. Morgan Hite of Smithers, British Columbia; stepdaughters Aprille Deacon of Derbyshire, England and Virginia G. Hite of Boulder Colo.; sister Sally Smit; and grandsons Galen Hite and William Hite.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Esther O. Iverson
Formerly of Princeton
SOUTHBURY, Conn. Esther O. Iverson died Monday following a short illness. She was 101.
Born in Benson, Minn., she was a 38-year resident of Princeton before moving to Connecticut in 1992.
She received a bachelor’s degree from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., in 1927.
Mrs. Iverson taught high school English in Barnsville, Minn., for two years. In 1930 she married Albert Iverson, a Saint Olaf classmate and an ordained Lutheran minister. The couple moved to Heron Lake, Minn., where the Rev. Dr. Iverson was pastor of the Lutheran church. They later lived in Sacred Heart, Minn. and Minneapolis. Mrs. Iverson served as organist in several churches, choir director, PTA committee member and hospital volunteer.
The couple moved to Chappaqua, N.Y. in 1947 and to Princeton in 1954 in conjunction with the Rev. Dr. Iverson’s position as director of the relationships division of the Boy Scouts of America. Following 38 years in Princeton, the couple moved to East Hill Woods, a life-care facility in Southbury, Conn., in 1992.
Mrs. Iverson was an accomplished seamstress, creating many embroidered wall hangings and quilts.
Wife of the late Rev. Dr. Albert Iverson, who died in 1997, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, John and Linda Iverson of Newport, R.I. and Bonita Springs, Fla.; daughters and sons-in-law Constance McLaughlin and Frank Wolf of Maryville, Tenn. and Karen and Chris Junker of Fairport, N.Y.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
A graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Princeton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Olaf College, 1520 Saint Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057, attention Beth Coneaux.
Arrangements are by Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, Southbury, Conn.
Marguerite R. Williams
Worked at Princeton High School
MONROE Marguerite R. Williams died Tuesday at the Monroe Village Health Care Center. She was 89.
Born in Taylor Township, Pa., Mrs. Williams was a longtime area resident.
She was formerly employed by Princeton High School.
Mrs. Williams was a member of The First Methodist Church of Cranbury and its Senior Citizens’ Club.
Daughter of the late Michael and Ruth Kerin, wife of the late Robert Williams and mother of the late Harold Williams, she is survived by grandchildren Dawn Brokaw, Todd Williams and Brian Williams and great-grandchildren Matthew and Cara Brokaw.
The funeral will be noon Saturday at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main St., Cranbury.
Interment will follow in Westminster Cemetery, Cranbury.
Calling hour is 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to The First Methodist Church of Cranbury, 21 North Main St., Cranbury, NJ 08512 or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

