Monday, Sept. 29, 2003

Benvignati, Kantrowitz, McGeorge and Wright

Eleanor H. Benvignati
   Eleanor H. Benvignati, 74, of Pennington, died Sept. 24 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.
   Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she had resided in Pennington for many years. She was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington.
   Daughter of the late Frederick G. and Julia Jordon Harrison and wife of the late Ernest Benvignati, she is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, E. William Benvignati of Brandon Fla.; and Robert L. and Jill Benvignati of Pennington; two daughters and a son-in law, Annette Brophy of Pennington and Elizabeth J. and Joseph Zipf of Franklinville; two sisters, Margaret Murray of Lawrenceville and Franceline Brown of Devon, Pa.; four grandchildren, Jessica Brophy, Zachary Zipf, and Casey and Anna Benvignati; a great-grandson, Noah White; and many nieces and nephews.
   A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. James Roman Catholic Church, 115 E. Delaware Ave., Pennington. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
   Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle.
   Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick, 08902-4301.
George Kantrowitz
   George Kantrowitz, 84, died Sept. 25 at Greenwood House, Home for the Jewish Aged in Ewing.
   Born in Queens, N.Y., Mr. Kantrowitz had been a resident of Hopewell for 19 years. He served in the United States Army and retired as a model maker with the Ultimate Plastics Company in Queens, N.Y., 12 years ago.
   Son of the late Harry and Martha Kantrowitz, he is survived by his sister Lenore Bernstein; brothers Saul Kanter and Seymour Kantor; nieces Debbie Gasner and her husband Mort, Nancy Shippe and her husband Mark, Peg Blatter and her husband Brian, Wendy Kanter, Janis Kain, Gloria Neiring; nephew David Kanter; great nieces Joanna Blatter, Sophia and Meghan Shippe; a great nephew Alex Blatter; and granddaughter Casey Cromwell.
   Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Cromwell-Immordino Memorial Home, 71 E. Prospect St., Hopewell, with the Rev. George Lynch of Calvary Baptist Church officiating.
   Calling hour will be from noon until 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
   Interment will be private.
Suzanne Rohweder McGeorge
   Suzanne Rohweder McGeorge, 62, died Sept. 23 at University Medical Center at Princeton.
   Born in Owosso, Mich., she was a resident of Hopewell for the past 25 years.
   She received a bachelor’s in German studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
   She was a former employee of Maximillian Hayden, Architect in Princeton.
   Daughter of the late Joseph and Marjorie Rohweder; she is survived by two sons, Clark Jeremy Hogan of Los Angeles, Calif., and Thomas McGeorge Hogan of Hopewell; and a brother Dr. Thomas Rohweder of Orange Village, Ohio.
   A memorial service will be held 5 p.m. Oct. 18 at her late residence in Hopewell.
   Contributions in her memory may be made to Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, New York, N.Y., 10087.
   Arrangements were under the direction of Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
Alberta Aaronson Wright
   Alberta Aaronson Wright, 93, died Wednesday at the Capital Health System at Mercer.
   Born in Hedding, she had resided in Ewing Township for most of her life. She was a graduate of Mercer Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1933, a member of the West Trenton Presbyterian Church, past matron of Ashlar Chapter #169 OES of Pennington, and the Ewing Township Senior Citizens Club A.
   Daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Elizabeth Carty Aaronson and wife of the late Karl T. Wright, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dean K. and Linda A. Wright of New Hope, Pa.; a daughter and son-in-law, Meredith M. and Bruce F. Martin of West Trenton; two grandchildren, Rhonda L. Wright and George A. Martin; and several nieces and nephews.
   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle, with the Rev. James Pruner, pastor of the West Trenton Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
   Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of service today (Monday) at the funeral home.
   Contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of the West Trenton Presbyterian Church, 490 Grand Ave., West Trenton, 08628.