Nancy D. Sheehan, Richard I. Willever, Willy McKinley, Julia F. Tessein, John J. Cunningham Jr.
Nancy D. Sheehan
Longtime West Windsor resident
WEST WINDSOR Nancy Donallyn Sheehan of the Princeton Junction section died Thursday at home. She was 78.
Born in Milwaukee, she was a resident of Princeton Junction for 41 years.
She was a member of St. David the King Roman Catholic Church, West Windsor.
Daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret Shea Farber, she is survived by her husband of 55 years, Warren G. Sheehan; son Michael Sheehan of Jersey City; daughters Marguerite Sheehan Weber of Princeton, Denise Anderson of Arveda, Colo. and Suzanne Coreoran of Aldinga Beach, South Australia; sisters Gloria Kelly of Lebanon, Jean Mahoney of Westfield and Mary Ferrell of Fernley, Nev.; and five grandchildren.
A memorial mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday at St. David the King Roman Catholic Church, 1 New Village Road, West Windsor.
Burial will be at Princeton Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements are by The Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Richard I. Willever
Son is Packet Publications editor
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP Richard I. Willever died Sunday at home. He was 80.
Mr. Willever’s son is editor of Packet Publications.
Born in Trenton, he lived in Lawrence from 1948 to 1982, when he moved to Manchester.
He retired in 1982 as a foreman with Morton-Thiokol, formerly Panelyte of Trenton, after 42 years of service.
He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, West Windsor, where he was a deacon and sang in the choir. He was a member Free and Accepted Masons Gothic Lodge 270 of Hamilton Square; Scottish Rite of Trenton; Old Guard Chapter 27 of Cedar Glen Lakes, where he was chaplain; and a former member of the board of directors of Cedar Glen Lakes Inc. in Manchester.
He was an avid painter and a member of the Palettes of Cedar Glen Lakes.
Son of the late Joseph and Myrtle Slover Willever, he is survived by his wife, Ruth Mae Gulick Willever; daughter Elizabeth Ann Magargal of Elkton, Md.; daughter and son-in-law Margaret and Wayne Aaronson of Levittown, Pa.; son and daughter-in-law Richard L. and Phyllis Willever of Yardley, Pa.; sister Claire Foose of Levittown; sister-in-law Jean Willever of Hamilton; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrence, with the Rev. David Spiegel, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton.
Calling hours will be 10 a.m. until service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fellowship Baptist Church, 826 Village Road West, West Windsor, NJ 08550.
Willy McKinley
Former Princeton resident
BAYVILLE Willy McKinley died Saturday at Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was 34.
Born in Summit, he lived in Summit and Princeton before moving to the Association for the Multiple Impaired Blind home in Bayville 15 years ago.
He is survived by his mother, Barbara Jean Peterson of Windsor, N.Y.; father and stepmother Bill and Pat McKinley of Princeton; brothers Thomas McKinley of Princeton and Jody Schum of Windsor, N.Y.; sisters Jennifer McKinley of New York City, Jaime Schum of Windsor, N.Y., Jill Schum of New Brunswick and Erin McKinley of Princeton; maternal grandmother Virginia Peterson; paternal grandparents Eleanor and William McKinley Jr.; extended family; and residents and staff at the Association for the Multiple Impaired Blind home.
The funeral will be 1 p.m. today at Kedz Funeral Home, 1123 Hooper Ave., Toms River.
Visiting hours will be 11 a.m. until time of service.
Memorial donations in his name may be made to the AMIB, McKinley-Bayville Fund, 909 Cedar Bridge Ave., Brick, NJ 08723.
Julia F. Tessein
Retired from ETS
SANDWICH, Mass. Julia Fischer Tessein died Thursday in Hyannis, Mass. She was 83.
Born in New York City, she was a former Princeton area resident.
She was a 32-year employee of Educational Testing Service and lived in the area until retiring in 1982.
Following retirement, she devoted herself to her family.
She was a member of First Lutheran Church in West Barnstable.
Wife of the late Charles E. Tessein, she is survived by sons Terry C. Tessein of Sandwich and William F. Tessein of Daytona Beach, Fla.; brothers John Fischer of Jacksonville, Fla. and Robert Schach of West Windsor; grandchildren David Tessein and Charles Tessein of Concord, N.H., Cindy Eldredge of Harwich, Mass., Caren Harris of Andover, Mass., Todd Tessein of Levittown, Pa.; and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church, West Barnstable.
Funeral will be held in Princeton at a later date. Friends may contact Terry Tessein in early February for details.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association.
Arrangements are by The Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
John J. Cunningham Jr.
Retired from Pfizer
PENNINGTON John J. Cunningham Jr. died suddenly at home Saturday. He was 76.
Born in Stamford, Conn., he grew up in Irvington before moving to North Plainfield to raise his family. He recently moved to Pennington.
Mr. Cunningham retired from Pfizer Pharmaceutical after spending much of his professional career with Alcoa Aluminum.
He served as a Navy Seabee in the Philippines during World War II.
He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and later served as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
He is survived by his wife, Ellen Cunningham; daughters Nancy Kinsey of Bridgewater, Jean Marie Griffiths of Alexandria Township and Maureen Robb of Lawrence; sons John Joseph of Flemington, Mark James of Coconut Creek, Fla. and Dr. Paul Richard of Seattle; sister Dorothy Hribar of Sheffield Lake, Ohio; and nine grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. James Roman Catholic Church, 112 East Delaware Ave., Pennington.
Burial will be private.
Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Blackwell Memorial Home, 21 N. Main St., Pennington.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 12 Roszel Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Blackwell Memorial Home, Pennington.