Earl L. Wert
Earl L. Wert, 74, died Monday at the Medical Center at Princeton.
He was born in Hopewell Township and resided there all his life.
Mr. Wert owned and operated a dairy farm early in his career and then turned it into a crop farm. The farm has been in the family for 95 years.
He also was a former bus driver for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.
Mr. Wert graduated from Central High School of Hopewell Township and took night classes at Rider College.
He belonged to the Ruralites group, made up primarily of former 4-H members. He also belonged to the Y-Nots Camping Club and New Jersey Farm Bureau. He enjoyed camping, boating and traveling.
He attended the Calvary Baptist Church of Hopewell.
Son of the late I. Leigh Wert and Carrie Wright Wert and brother of the late Donald Wert, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Doris Dye Wert, daughters Sharon Wert of Chestertown, Md., and Joanne Allen of Fairless Hills, Pa., son and daughter-in-law David and Laura Wert of Hopewell Township, and grandchildren, Bob, Jennifer, and Sara Allen and Kyle Wert.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Cromwell Memorial Home 71 E. Prospect St., with the Rev. George Lynch of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
Donations in his memory can be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 3 E. Broad St., Hopewell, 08525, or Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., 19110.
John R. Abrams Sr.
John R. Abrams Sr., 64, died Saturday at home.
Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Levittown 20 years before moving to Fairless Hills 23 years ago.
Mr. Abrams retired in 1998 after 31 years as a senior order analyst with DeLaval Turbine, Trenton.
He enjoyed visiting the Pocono Mountains.
Son of the late Gilbert and Margaret Gilpin Abrams, he is survived by his wife, Mildred Tinsley Abrams; five sons and two daughters-in-law, John R. and Stella Abrams of Philadelphia, Joseph and Susan Abrams of Pennington,, and Phillip, Daniel and Thomas, all of Fairless Hills; a daughter, Christine Abrams of Eagleville; two granddaughters, Kaitlin and Jessica; and two brothers, Gilbert of Sykesville and Rowland of Bensalem.
Memorial service was Wednesday at Beck-Givnish Funeral Home, Levittown.
Burial was private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Chandler Hall Hospice Unit, 99 Barclay St., Newtown, Pa., 18940.
Frederick C. Tobler
Frederick C. "Fritz" Tobler of St. Gallen, Switzerland died April 11 after a short illness. He was 89.
He retired as president of the Mettler Instrument Corp. in East Windsor.
Born in St. Gallen, he studied sciences at the University of Zurich.
He moved to the United States in 1934 to assist in the management of a family business in Elmsford, N.Y.
His intellectual abilities and fluency in German, French and English led to his duty as a U.S. Army counter-intelligence specialist in Europe during World War II with the rank of technical sergeant.
In the early 1950s, he moved with his wife to Princeton and in 1954 collaborated with his friend, the late Erhard Mettler of Switzerland, to form the Mettler Instrument Corp. in East Windsor, with Mr. Tobler as president.
Dr. Mettler developed a worldwide reputation as the inventor of the Mettler high-precision optical-mechanical balance, used widely in the scientific community.
Mr. Tobler was instrumental in establishing a mass standards calibration laboratory that was registered with the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.
He remained active as chairman of the Mettler board of directors until his retirement in 1985.
Following retirement, he published three technical articles on the physical properties of gasses under controlled conditions.
Mr. Tobler was an accomplished gardener and his Winant Road home had a large variety of azalea and rhododendron plants. A spring viewing for neighbors and friends was an annual event at his home. He was director of the Princeton chapter of the American Rhododendron Society and one of his plants won best-in-show at the 1996 Princeton Flower Show. The local Rhododendron Society is making a contribution to the American Rhododendron Society Foundation and the society’s endowment fund in his memory.
He was a member of the Nassau Club in Princeton and a frequent patron of Lahiere’s Restaurant on Witherspoon Street.
Mr. Tobler moved to St. Gallen in late 1999 to be closer to his family.
Husband of the late Paula Doyle Tobler, he is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Gustav and Adelheid Tobler-Seeger of St. Gallen; sister Martha Paulini-Tobler of France; and several nieces and nephews.
The family may be contacted by writing to G. and A. Tobler-Seeger, Kirchlistrasse 15, CH-9010, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
