Frank Hann
LAMBERTVILLE — Frank “Ace” Hann, 93, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, at home.
A lifelong resident of Lambertville, Mr. Hann was a tool and die machinist for many years, working at Circle F Electric and Chase Aircraft and retiring from Eggomatic in Pennington in 1982.
For many years, he was a Boy Scout leader for Troop 49, mentoring youngsters from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township.
He was a member of the Columbia Fire Company in Lambertville, the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad, Amwell Lodge F&AM #12 and First Presbyterian Church of Lambertville.
He was the son of the late Harry and Mary Howell Hann.
Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Edith Wells Hann; a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Jack Bevis of Ringoes; a sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Harold Baker of West Amwell; a step-granddaughter, Laura Wilson of Charlotte, N.C.; a step-great-grandson, Matthew Wilson; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church in Ringoes. Burial followed in the Holcombe-Riverview Cemetery in Delaware Township.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Garefino Funeral Home, Lambertville.
Memorial donations may be made to Hunterdon Hospice, in care of Hunterdon Medical Center, 6100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, 08822, or the Columbia Fire Company, 177 N. Union St., Lambertville, 08530.
For information or to send condolences, visit www.garefino.com.
Robin Conover
Robin St. John Row Conover, 64, of Manchester, N.H., died Thursday, Oct. 16, of complications associated with COPD.
She was the daughter of the late Richard and Anne Row of Vista, Calif.
She moved often in her younger years because of her father’s military service. Eventually, she and her three siblings settled in Solebury where her father previously taught English at the Solebury School.
She attended Solebury through her junior year before transferring to the public school system. She was granted an honorary degree from Solebury in 1986.
Ms. Conover acted in local theater productions, including the McCarter Theater in Princeton and the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, once sharing the stage with a young Robert Redford.
After high school, she spent time in New York City, San Francisco and Key West.
In her 20s, she worked for a time as a model, appearing on the cover of the Chicago Tribune Magazine in 1967 and in a spread in Bride’s magazine in 1970.
She married Peter Conover in 1968. The couple moved to northern Vermont where they restored a dilapidated ski lodge in Jay Peak. The Conovers ran the lodge for a number of years.
Ms. Conover moved to Woodstock, Vt., where she worked as a journalist at the Vermont Standard.
In 1986, she entered Smith College as an Ada Comstock scholar, obtaining her bachelor of arts degree in 1991 with a dual major in English and music. She continued her studies at University of Victoria.
She graduated from the University of Victoria in British Columbia with a master’s degree in 1992 and a doctorate in 1999.
She also volunteered her time teaching creative writing to inmates at a nearby prison.
A week after completing her doctoral degree, she suffered a stroke and returned to the United States, residing in New Hampshire until her death.
Survivors include a son, Timothy Jacob McCutchen, of Charlotte, N.C.; a daughter, Rachel Conover Loreto, of Bethesda, Md.; five grandchildren; two brothers, Richard Row of Madison, Wis.; and Stephen Row of Buxton, Maine; and a sister, Deborah Row of Washington, D.C.
The family plans a memorial service off the coast of Maine in the spring of 2009.
Memorial donations may be made to Families in Transition in Manchester, N.H.

