Sara Long Buck

Sara “Sally” Long Buck died early in the morning of August 23, 2014, at her home in Princeton, New Jersey surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Sally’s family meant everything to her and we miss her unconditional love and support. Sally’s community spirit and faith guided her many contributions to the Princeton and Hobe Sound communities. She was a wise, loving, kind, devoted, selfless, and generous woman with an untiring sense of humor and a long repertoire of one-liners!

Sally was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, to Helen and Norman Herbert Long. Her father was a Colonel in the US Army Air Force in The Great War and was in the Air Force Reserve in World War Two, requiring the family to move at times to Pensacola, Florida, during training times. Sally graduated from Roland Park Country School, and attended Goucher College, both in Baltimore. Her only and older sister, Margaret, died young in 1977.

Though born and raised in Baltimore, Sally’s allegiance has been to the Philadelphia Phillies since marrying Alexander K. Buck in 1954. When her beloved husband, an ownership partner of the Phillies since 1981, died in 2010, Sally and her sons, Alexander K. Buck, Jr, and N. Harrison Buck, became partners in the ownership of the Phillies. Sally was a loyal and avid fan of the Phillies through the long, difficult seasons and thrilled as the Phillies became a force from 2007-2011. She frequently attended games and kept score, and when away, she and her husband listened to games on her car radio from a hilltop at her summer home in midcoast Maine. Sally loved everyone in the Phillies organization, from the office, kitchen and dining room staff, to announcers, vendors, ushers, to players and their families, and the family that is the Phillies partnership. Her positive, can-do spirit lifted the team.

Sally loved nature, children, and animals and freely supported causes, both personally and through her family foundation, that aimed to help children and their families and communities thrive, and to protect the woods, waters, fields, oceans, and creatures of New Jersey, Cape Cod, Maine, and Florida. Trinity Church in Princeton benefitted from her many years of volunteering at the front desk, the Vestry, the altar guild, on search committees, and the rummage sale. In turn, Trinity has always provided her with spiritual comfort and guidance, support, and love.

Many Princeton institutions were strengthened by her generous support and wisdom and tireless volunteer contributions, including Princeton Hospital Admitting and Events and the Christmas Hospital Boutique, Princeton Day School’s board of trustees, The Contemporary Garden Club, and Morven. Sally also served on the altar guild of Christ Church Chapel of Hobe Sound, Florida. She adored the Philadelphia Orchestra where she was a season ticket holder until her last days.

Since his death in October 2010, Sally has sorely missed her husband of 56 years, Alexander K. “Whip” Buck. She is survived by her sons and their wives: Alexander K. Buck, Jr., and Anne Emmons Buck; N. Harrison Buck and Nancy Brown Buck; her grandchildren and their spouses and her great-grandchildren: Sarah M. Buck and Johnny Ritzo; N. Harrison Buck, Jr., and Mallory N. Buck; Alexander K. Buck, III, and Allison W. Buck, and their sons, Angus W. Buck and Arlo A. Buck; and Henry R. Buck and Caroline G. Buck.

The entire Buck family wishes to express heartfelt gratitude and love to Mom’s loyal, talented, and tireless friends and caregivers: Monica Parsons, Ruth Haynes, and Michele Mathelier.

A memorial service will be held at Trinity Church of Princeton on Wednesday, August 27 at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the Nassau Club of Princeton.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider making a gift to Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, or in her honor at Princeton Area Community Foundation, 15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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Regina Waldron Murray

Regina Waldron Murray of Skillman passed away on Saturday August 16, 2014, at the age of 95, with her loving family by her side.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey the daughter of Thomas F. and Regina H. Waldron, Mrs. Murray was a graduate of Georgian Court College in Lakewood, New Jersey.

She served for three years in the Army Special Services at Fort Dix during World War II and worked as a counselor for the Veterans Service Bureau after the war. She wrote scripts for radio dramas early in her career, and later contributed to several local newspapers, serving for several years as a weekly columnist for the Trentonian. She wrote several books, which were very much enjoyed by her family and friends.

Mrs. Murray was a lifelong tennis player, representing Trenton in national tournaments as a junior player. She was also an artist whose watercolor paintings are cherished by her children and grandchildren.

She and her devoted husband, Holt A. Murray, Sr., had a wonderful marriage for nearly 60 years. She was predeceased by her husband and by her son, Holt A. Murray, Jr. She is survived by a son, Thomas W. Murray of Nahant, Mass; two daughters and sons-in-law, Regina M. and Edward A. Volkwein of Surry, Maine; Anne M. and James E. Patterson of Mendham; two daughters-in-law, Ann B. Murray and Susan A. Murray; nine grandchildren and their spouses, Holt N. Murray, MD and his wife Liana, Neil W. Murray, E. Ryan Murray and his wife Erin, Matthew Murray and his wife Lauren, Megan M. Franco and her husband Julio, Lauren E. Murray and her fiancé Michael Bear, Sarah A. Murray, Elizabeth C. Volkwein and Charles E. Volkwein; two step-granddaughters, Katherine V. Singer and Ann V. Saxton; seven great-grandchildren, Holt Colin Murray, Nicholas H. Murray, Erin E. Murray, Conor M. Murray, Cara A. Murray, Thomas R. Murray, and Jack T. Murray.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Skillman, N.J.

Arrangements were by the M. William Murphy Funeral Home 935 Parkway Ave. in Ewing.

Memorial contributions may be made to Stuart Country Day School, 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, or Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 101 Drakes Corner Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.