Sparta, NJ – Jean I. Kapur, 93, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018. She was born in Ottawa, Canada to David and Edith (Nitschke) Mulvie.
Jean was raised in Ottawa where she graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa. After high school Jean entered the Royal Victoria Hospital School of Nursing in Montreal. After graduation Jean took a job in Sacramento, CA before moving to New York City for a job at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. It was in New York that she met the love of her life, Prem M. Kapur, in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Jean and Prem were married on March 28, 1953. They moved several times before settling in Lawrenceville, NJ, where they raised their three boys, Stevenson, Drew, and Nicholas. Jean and Prem traveled the world extensively, spending time in Europe, Africa, and Asia. At home Jean enrolled at Trenton State College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education. She went to work as a school nurse in Trenton at the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. Prem passed away in 1982 and Jean retired in 1990. In retirement Jean joined various clubs and organizations but particularly enjoyed visiting family, including Steve and his wife, Elizabeth, and their daughters, Katie and Karly, Drew and his wife, Claudia, and their children, Abby and Craig, and Nick and his wife, Mary, and their children, Nicholas, Ryan, Kelly, and Terrence. Jean was also blessed with a close and supportive circle of friends with whom she shared many lunches and dinners, went to movies, and played bridge. At the time of her passing Jean was living in Sparta with Steve and Liz, whom she described as her “angel.”
Funeral arrangements are entrusted under Goble Funeral Home, 22 Main St., Sparta, NJ 07871. A celebration of this special lady and a life well-lived will be held October 20, 2018 at 11:00AM at The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ.
