Obituaries 2/5/14
Lily Buchanan Agar
Lily Buchanan Agar died peacefully at home in Rocky Hill, N.J. on January 16, 2014 at age 93. Mrs. Agar, known to friends and family as Nan, was born in Trenton in 1920 to Malcolm G. Buchanan and Lily Butler. She attended Miss Fine’s School in Princeton, where she excelled at sports and was chosen May Queen. She went on to attend Smith College, graduating in 1942.
On graduation Nan married William Scott Agar, a neighbor from Princeton. When her husband was killed during World War II, Nan went on to raise her only child Raymond alone. She taught school before going to work at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study where she was the Historical Studies/Social Science librarian for nearly 30 years, retiring in 1984.
Nan loved sailing, tennis, skiing, and flying and was a serious horseback and dressage rider, beginning at age 9. She took her last independent ride at age 92. She loved animals, for many years raising German shepherd dogs. In addition she was a loyal Smith College alumna, participating in reunions and Smith book club meetings.
Predeceased by her husband and her son Raymond Scott Agar, Nan will be fondly remembered by a large circle of cousins, nephews, nieces, and devoted friends. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 pm, April 5, Trinity Church, Princeton.
In lieu of flowers a memorial donation may be made to SAVE Animal Rescue, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton, N.J. 08540.
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James AnnarellaR. James passed peacefully in his sleep Monday January 27 at his home in Jupiter, Florida. He was 84. R. James was best known to his family and friends as “Jimmy”. Born in Little Silver, N.J., he attended Red Bank High School, St. Vincent Prep School in Latrobe Pa. and was a graduate of St. Vincent College ’52 in Latrobe. After college he married Elizabeth Bialon and began his career in the beer business working for his parents’ small distributorship, Shore Point Distributing Company in Little Silver. In his youth Jimmy enjoyed raising homing pigeons and sailing. He was an avid golfer with memberships to Bamm Hollow Country Club (Middletown N.J.), Hollywood Golf Club (Deal N.J.), Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club (Jupiter Fla.), and was a proud Founding Member of the Navesink Country Club (Middletown N.J.). For several years Jimmy raced thoroughbred horses for his own River Edge Stables. He held memberships in the Elks Lodge, the Knights of Columbus, The New Jersey Seniors Association, and was an Honorary Member of the PGA of America. He was an accomplished aviator and enjoyed many hours of flight aboard his Bonanza. Jimmy was an integral part in growing the family business into one of the largest wholesale beverage distributors in New Jersey. While at the helm of Shore Point Distributing Company, he served on the Executive Committee of the NJ Beer Wholesalers Association. Jimmy was a devoted Catholic and lifelong member of St. Anthony’s of Padua Church in Red Bank.
He was pre-deceased by his parents, James and Agnes Annarella. He is survived by his devoted wife, Elizabeth Annarella of Middletown, his brother, Vincent Annarella of Locust N.J., his longtime loving companion, Trudi Jensen of Jupiter Fla., his children, Elaine Annarella of Little Silver, Joan Annarella and Timothy Test of Cocoa Beach, Fla., James and Kelly Annarella of Skillman, N.J., and Michele Annarella and Jeffrey Rinn of Robbinsville, N.J. He was deeply loved by his grandchildren, Valerie and Christopher Burke, and Caroline and Brooke Annarella. He had two great-grandchildren, Bryanna and Ashley Schucker. His extended family includes niece Holly Annarella Boylan Flego, her husband, Ed Flego, their children, Michael and Cassidy Boylan, niece Sherry Annarella and a nephew, Vincent A. Annarella, an Aunt, Jennie Yanarella, a cousin, Douglas Yanarella, his wife Christine Yanarella and their children, Erin and Colleen. Forever in our hearts Jimmy, also known as, Sonny, Dad, Pop, Grandpa, Uncle Jim, and the Rock will be missed and loved by all who knew him.
Visitation will be held at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank on Wednesday, February 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, February 6 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Anthony’s of Padua RC Church on Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in West Long Branch. Please visit James’ memorial website available at www.johnedayfuneralhome.com.
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F. Ida Perna
F. Ida Perna, 98, of Princeton, passed away suddenly at her residence on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
Born in Pettoranello del Molise, Italy, to Erminio and Concetta Nini, Ida came to the United States in 1950, settling in Princeton. She was a homemaker and communicant of St. Paul Catholic Church in Princeton.
Ida was predeceased by her beloved husband, Rocco Perna (2007), her daughter Rosina Sferra (2011), and her parents. She is survived by her son, Anthony J. Perna, with whom she lived, six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday, February 3, at the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton, followed by a funeral mass St. Paul Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton.
She was laid to rest beside her husband at Princeton Cemetery.
Arnold H. Snider, IIIArnold H. Snider, III passed away Friday, January 3, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Arnie was 68 years old. Arnie was a loving husband, father and grandfather who not only achieved great success in his career on Wall Street, but was also a dedicated and tireless philanthropist.
Arnie began his career as a financial analyst specializing in pharmaceuticals at Kidder Peabody. During his seventeen years at Kidder, he established and led a recognized team of health care analysts, served as Head of the Healthcare Research Group as Managing Director, and as Chairman of the Stock Selection Committee. He was considered a highly successful analyst and “stock picker”, who selected to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team in 1986 and 1987. He was also ranked as the leading pharmaceutical industry analyst by the Greenwich Research Poll.
Arnie moved to the field of asset management in 1988 when he joined Tiger Management, bringing his business acumen and deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry to his oversight of the firm’s global healthcare investments. In 1993, he founded Deerfield Management Company, which specialized in healthcare equities, and served as Deerfield’s Managing Partner until he formally retired in 2005.
During retirement, he utilized his business and financial skills to successfully advise on a number of important business and charitable projects. He served as a Chairman of the Board of N30, a small, privately owned pharmaceutical company engaged in the development of novel drugs in diseases which currently have no cure. He also served as a trustee and as the Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Davidson College endowment, his alma mater where he was a champion of The Davidson Trust, committed to making Davidson accessible to all talented students regardless of their financial circumstances. While a Trustee, he created the Arnold H. Snider Scholarship, which provides full scholarships for two students in each class.
As important as Arnie’s professional accomplishments were, he was equally committed to a number of philanthropic endeavors. Arnie’s expansive knowledge of the healthcare industry and drug development provided a foundation for his philanthropic efforts in a number of areas of medical and scientific research, including geriatric medicine, spinal cord injuries, and lupus,
Along with his wife, Katherine, he endowed the Kate Mills Snider Geropsychiatry Outreach Program and Professorship Fund within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. They also established the Arnold and Katherine Snider Geriatric Fund at Princeton Hospital. Arnie also served as the Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and as Chairman of the Foundation’s Research Planning Committee.
In 2000, Arnie and his wife established Rheuminations, Inc. a foundation to support lupus research and develop educational programs for patients with lupus, through which they created The Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery, a related Kirkland Scholar Program that has provided research grants to individual lupus investigators at academic institutions in the US and Canada, and an educational website for lupus patients. In 2003, they founded the Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium, Inc. to support the development of new therapies for lupus, which evolved into a multi-center lupus patient data base registry intended to support lupus research and related publications.
Arnie received his BA from Davidson College and an MBA from the University of Virginia School of Business.
Arnie was an avid reader of politics and history, and was devoted to classical music and to golf. He was a gentle, kind, and generous person whose friendships were defined by warmth and loyalty. Arnie deeply loved and took immense pride in his family. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, daughter, Sarah Kirkland Snider Mackey, son, Ned Snider, son-in-law, Steven Mackey, daughter-in-law Marina Greenstein Snider, three grandchildren, Jasper and Dylan Mackey and Simone Snider; his brother, Lewis Brittle Snider of McLean Virginia, and a nephew, Britt Arnold Snider of Chevy Chase, Md.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Arnie’s memory may be made to the any of the following charities: Arnold H. Snider Scholarship at Davidson College; the Kate Mills Snider Geropsychiatry Outreach Program (GO) at Wake Forest Baptist Health, or the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.