Obituaries

Elizabeth Cooper

   PRINCETON — Elizabeth Cooper, 85, died Monday in the Pavilions at Forrestal.
   Born in Trenton, Mrs. Cooper was a longtime area resident and retired in 1983 from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as a telephone operator after 17 years of service. She was a member of the Woodman of the World and enjoyed trips to Atlantic City.
   Wife of the late Arthur E. Cooper and sister of the late Elvira McIntyre, John, William and Robert Rhoades, she is survived by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Charles and Grace Alpaugh of Robbinsville and several nieces and nephews.
   The funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the Saul Colonial Home, 3795 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square.
   Interment will follow in Colonial Memorial Park, Hamilton.
   Family and friends may call 9-11 a.m. Friday at the Colonial Home.
Jason Edwin Booth

   CLARKSBURG — Jason Edwin Booth, 36, died Dec. 15 at home.
   He was born in Trenton and had resided in Clarksburg for the past seven years.
   He was a self-employed electrician. He was a member of the Millstone Elks Lodge No. 2613, Millstone Township and a graduate of Allentown High School.
   Surviving are his wife, Lynn Rapant Booth; two stepchildren, John and Jaclyn Stevens; his parents, Edwin Samuel and Doris Hudson Booth, Imlaystown; his paternal grandmother, Mary Jane Booth, Sparta, N.C.; his maternal grandmother, Ethel Schuler, Columbus; a brother and sister-in-law, Jeffrey and Sonja Booth, New Sharon; a niece, Jennifer Booth; and his uncles and aunts, Victor and Carole Booth, Kingsley Booth, Lisa and Elwood Holzbaur and Dolores and Douglas Chappell.
   Friends and relatives visited Monday at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center St., Freehold.
   Funeral services were Tuesday at the funeral home.
   Memorial donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated.
Joan M. Miller Dempsey

   HAMILTON — Joan M. Miller Dempsey, 71, died Dec. 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton.
   Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.
   Mrs. Dempsey retired after many years of service with Pathmark.
   Daughter of the late Kasu and Mary Mikita Miller, wife of the late Martin H. Dempsey, and sister of the late John and Richard Miller, she is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph and Nancy Dempsey of Hamilton Square and Bryan and Maryann Dempsey of Lawnside; a daughter and son-in-law, Carole and Dennis Flodmand of Yardville; two brothers, Frank Miller of Mercerville and Kasu Miller of Mercerville; a sister, Dorthea Case of Allentown; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
   The funeral service was held Dec. 14 from the Buklad Yardville Memorial Chapel, 30 Yardville-Allentown Road in Yardville, with the Rev. Arthur Powell, rector of St. James Episcopal Church, officiating.
   Burial followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hamilton.
Elizabeth Doris Mahoney Estabrooke

   LAWRENCE — Elizabeth Doris Mahoney Estabrooke, 75, died Dec. 13 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton.
   Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. She was a former member of St. Vincent DePaul Church in Yardville. Her greatest accomplishment in life was her family.
   Daughter of the late John and Mary Bartlett Mahoney, wife of the late Leonard J. Estabrooke, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Del L. and Deanna Estabrooke of Meadera, Calif.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Marianne (Mel) and Joseph Van Horn of Allentown and Daria Lee and Victor Gutierrez of Lawrenceville; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, William and Lois Mahoney of Hamilton, Philip and Eleanor Mahoney of Yardville and Thomas Mahoney of Whitehorse; two sisters and brothers- in-law, Loretta and Joe Czako of Bordentown and Helen and Ken Elgrim of Cape Coral, Fla.; ten grandchildren, Lauren Elizabeth, Gina Marie, and Victor Manny Gutierrez, Matthew, Alison, and Caitlin Van Horn, Ryan, Courtney, Marissa, and Cassidy Estabrooke; and many nieces and nephews.
   The funeral was held Monday from the Buklad Yardville Memorial Chapel, 30 Yardville-Allentown Road in Yardville with Mass of Christian Burial celebrated in St. Vincent DePaul Church.
   Burial followed in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran’s Cemetery in Wrightstown.
   Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, N. Brunswick NJ 08902-4301 or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Anita Hom

   MILLSTONE — Anita Hom, 56, died Dec. 13 at her home.
   Mrs. Hom was born in Augusta, Ga. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church and sang in the choir for the past 20 years.
   She is survived by her husband, Wickie Hom of Millstone Township; four sisters and their husbands, Delores and Joseph Wong of Warren, Brenda Wong of Augusta, Ga., Patricia Wong of Athens, Ga., and Teresa and Greg Tom of Athens, Ga.; her mother-in-law, Fay Hom of Millstone Township; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Sue Lin and Neil Moore of Mt. Laurel and Kim and John Holzman of Honolulu, Hawaii; one brother-in-law and his wife, Frank and Nancy Hom of Millstone Township; and many nieces and nephews.
   Funeral services were held Monday at the Glackin/Saul Funeral Home, 136 Morrison Ave., Hightstown.
   A Funeral Mass was held Monday at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, 251 Franklin St., Hightstown.
   In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to a charity of your choice.