Obituaries (03.08.07)

Mary Swinnerton
Mary V. Swinnerton, of Lawrence Township, died March 1 at home. She was 92.
   Born in Johnstown, Pa., Mrs. Swinnerton came to Trenton in 1921 and moved to Lawrence in 1929. From 1983 to 2003, Mrs. Swinnerton managed Richard’s Farm Market on the family farm on Quakerbridge Road. She retired from her lifelong career as a bookkeeper in 1983 with over 16 years of service with H.P. Claytons of Princeton and was previously employed by Frank E. South Cadillac-Oldsmobile dealer in Princeton for 17 years.
   She was a member of Girls Friendly Society, Women’s Professional club of Princeton, and a charter member of Good Fellowship of Y.W.C.A. during World War II.
   Daughter of the late Samuel and Josephine Scudderi Vaccaro, wife of the late Stanley H. Swinnerton, sister of the late James and his wife Mildred, Carmella, Tillie and Ann Vaccaro, sister-in-law of the late John Grochala and Margaret Vaccaro, she is survived by four brothers and three sisters in law, Guy and Josephine Vaccaro, of Burlington; Anthony and Phyllis Vaccaro, of Columbus; Joseph Vaccaro. of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; John and Robbie Vaccaro, of Lawrence; sister Frances Grochala, of Columbus; and many nieces and nephews.
   A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday at St. Paul’s Church, Princeton. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family.
   Memorial contributions may be made to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of her great niece, 2004 Sproul Road, Suite 208, Broomall, Pa. 19008 or St. Paul’s Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08540.
Lucia Brearley
   Lucia (Lucy) M. Brearley, died March 1 at home. She was 93.
   Born in Princeton, she moved to Lawrence in 1985.
   Ms. Brearley had been a member of St Paul’s Church and was an active member of its Altar Rosary Society and the adult choir. She also was co-founder of St Paul’s Golden Agers. After moving to Lawrence, she was active in the local senior citizens clubs and was on the board of Transportation for Senior Citizens.
   She is survived by her daughters Barbra Brearley and Carol Snook, sister Gloria San Lorenzo and her brothers Lawrence and Vincent Ferrara.
   A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday March 6 at St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Princeton. Burial followed in the parish cemetery.
Edith Hendricks
   Edith Atlay Hendricks died Feb. 27 at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus. She was 76.
   Born in Lawrence, she was educated in Lawrence Township public schools. She was a lifelong resident of Lawrence and was previously employed as a community worker at the Lawrence Neighborhood Center.
   Mrs. Hendricks was a member of First Baptist Church of Eggert’s Crossing.
   She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Alton Hendricks Sr., son Harold Hendricks, parents Augustus C. and Mary Brown; four brothers, Louis, Major, Albert and Ronald Brown; and one sister, Mary Ann Wyrick. She is survived by two daughters, Dolline and Lucille Hendricks; three sons, Thomas A. Hendricks (Pam), Rex and Tweed Hendricks, all of Lawrence; 11 grandchildren; two brothers, A.C. Brown (Pat), of Trenton and Harold Brown (Barbara), of Lawrence; one sister, Alverna Brown, of Trenton; three sisters-in-law, Delores Brown, of Chesterfield, Katherine Brown, of Lawrence and Sandy Brown, of Willingboro; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
   Funeral services were Friday at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Trenton. Interment was at Ewing Cemetery, Ewing Township.
   Memorial donations may be made to Lawrence Neighborhood Center, Eggert’s Crossing Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.
Lillian Tenney
   PRINCETON — Dr. Lillian Baum Tenney, of Princeton, died Feb. 23 at home. She was 85.
   Born in Bronx, N.Y., she was a Princeton resident since 1953.
   A psychiatrist, she maintained a private practice in Lawrence Township and was a psychiatrist for the Lawrence Township Public Schools.
   She graduated two years ahead of her class at Walton High School, enrolled in Hunter College for a year, and went on to obtain her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. She paid her own way through college by juggling a 40-hour workweek split between three different jobs with her academic classes. Prior to medical school she worked as a waitress on Cape Cod and for two years as a medical technician traveling throughout New England.
   She earned her doctor of medicine degree from the University of Rochester in 1949 followed by four residencies at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, child psychiatry, and obstetrics.
   She moved with her husband to Princeton in 1953 where he taught at Princeton University and then worked as a research physicist at the university’s Plasma Physics Laboratory until his death in 1984.
   Dr. Tenney was also clinical professor of psychiatry at Rutgers University where she was chief psychiatrist at the Willets Student Health Center for many years. In addition, she was a psychiatrist at Mercer County Child Guidance Clinic, New Jersey Neuropsychiatric Institute in Montgomery and Lawrence Township Public Schools.
   She maintained an active practice until illness forced her to suspend it in the spring of 2006.
   She was an active member in dozens of peace-based and humanitarian organizations. In the 1960s she and her husband co-founded the Ethical Culture Fellowship of Princeton. She adopted animals throughout her life and enjoyed gardening, cooking, skiing and dancing.
   Wife of the late Frederick H. Tenney, she is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law Steven Tenney and David and Marie-Diane Tenney and Jon Tenney; daughter and son-in-law Susan Tenney Diamond and Hal Diamond; grandchildren Danny, Emerson, Oliver and Genevieve; and step-grandchildren Michael and Allison.
   A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Princeton University Chapel followed by a reception at the Prospect House on the university campus.
   Memorial contributions may be made to Doctors without Borders USA, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030.