CAMPBELL, Calif. Marjorie Ellen Thomas Larkin, formerly of Solebury, 81, died Wednesday, April 4, in Campbell, Calif., from complications from diabetes.
Mrs. Larkin was a longtime resident of the Phillips Mill area.
After her children were grown, Mrs. Larkin received a real estate license at Bucks County Community College and worked at various real estate agencies in and around New Hope, including John Root and David Kurfiss. She also worked with the Educational Testing Service in Princeton in the early 1970s.
A few years after the 1994 death of her husband of 47 years, John Frederick Larkin Sr., she sold her home in Solebury and moved to California to be closer to her children.
Her children attended several area schools, including New Hope-Solebury, Solebury School and the George School.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., she was the daughter of Dr. Jacob Earl Thomas and Ursula May Johnson.
The family moved to Drexel Hill, Pa., when Mrs. Larkin was young. She lived there throughout her childhood. She was a graduate of Upper Darby High School.
From 1944-1946, Mrs. Larkin attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., where she met her husband who was finishing his engineering degree as a Marine. She later transferred to Penn State where, in 1946, she graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology.
She continued her education taking classes at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Trenton State College and Bucks County Community College.
After she got married, she moved to Mount Bethel, Pa., then to Shanks Village, a post-World War II housing complex for returning soldiers that was north of New York City. From 1950 to 1964, they lived in Upper Nyack, N.Y., and in 1964, the family moved to Solebury.
Mrs. Larkin was involved in many volunteer efforts. In 1963 to 1964, she was a co-founder of a Nyack, N.Y., preschool for disadvantaged children that was the foundation for eight separate Head Start projects. Mrs. Larkin organized parents, taught and obtained funding and equipment. She also secured buildings in which the original preschool program operated.
Mrs. Larkin was one of the original authors of "Children’s Guide to Rockland County, N.Y.," a book that was updated and republished annually.
Mrs. Larkin was a troop leader in both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts at various times throughout her life.
The Larkins returned to Upper Nyack for a year in the mid-1970s, during which Mrs. Larkin was a teacher’s assistant for emotionally disturbed children at the Summit School in Nyack in 1975.
In Solebury, she was active in the Friends of Phillips Mill, which worked to control residential growth in the area surrounding the historic mill.
Services were held in Pacific Grove, Calif. Burial was at El Carmelo Cemetery.
Survivors include her children, three daughters, Barbara Stocker of Fullerton, Calif., Cathy May McLain of Seattle and Alice Steiner of Salt Lake City; three sons, John Larkin of Monterey, Calif., David Larkin of Menlo Park, Calif.; and Eric Larkin of Los Gatos, Calif.; her brother, Jacob Earl Thomas of Ithaca, N.Y.; 13 grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Catherine Nichols of Fort Edward, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial donation may be made to the Benevolence Fund, which provides financial assistance to needy seniors, at Corinthian House Residence, 250 Budd Ave., Campbell, Calif., 95008.
NEW HOPE Margaret "Peg" Weber of New Hope, formerly of West Amwell Township, died Sunday, April 15, at home. She was 79.
Born in Princeton and raised in Princeton Junction, she lived in West Amwell for 45 years before moving to New Hope in 2004.
She would have celebrated her 80th birthday May 10.
She was a graduate of Trenton Central High School. Upon graduation, she worked for many years as a secretary for several local corporations and the State of New Jersey. She retired from the office of the New Jersey Attorney General in 1985.
Ms. Weber was active in several social and civic organizations, including Citizens Concerned for Life, Meals on Wheels, the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, Hopewell Chapter, and St. John’s the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Lambertville.
She was the widow of John E. Weber Sr., sister of the late George Walker and Marie McCue, cousin of the late Helen Johnson and daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Walker.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Rand Simon of West Orange and Mary Ann and Joseph Dimattia of Yardville; two sons and daughters-in-law, John and Joli Weber of Lambertville and Carl and Linda Weber of West Amwell; a brother, John Walker of Freehold; nine grandchildren; her niece, Nancy Mangine of Ewing; and as several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held today (April 19) at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will be private.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Garefino Funeral Home, Lambertville.
Memorial donations may be made to Hunterdon Hospice, in care of Hunterdon Medical Center, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, 08822, or the Covenant House, New York City.
For information or to send condolences, visit www.garefino.com.
WEST AMWELL George "Buddy" Stymiest, 53, died Friday, April 13, at home.
Born in West Amwell Township, he lived there and in the Lambertville area all his life.
He was a graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School, Class of 1972.
Mr. Stymiest worked for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Jacobs Tree Service, from 1986 to 1994, and most recently for Atlantic Spring Company in Ringoes.
During his youth, he played softball for Alonina’s AKA Raiders in the Lambertville Softball League.
He was the son of the late George G. and Margaret Durborow Stymiest and father of the late Meghan Stymiest.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Stymiest of Chalfont Pa.; one son, James Stymiest of Doylestown; one daughter, April Stymiest of Chalfont; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 20, at 11 a.m. at the Garefino Funeral Home, Lambertville. Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today (April 19) at the funeral home.
For more information or to send condolences, visit www.garefino.com.

