Roger Schwing

Roger Harold Schwing, 74, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey died Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born in Rochester, New York, he resided most of his life in Princeton Junction. Roger was a television sports director with a long and storied career.

Son of the late Harold and Cora (Garrison) Schwing, he is survived by his wife Donna Lynn Schwing; two daughters, Kimberly Schwing, Kelly Schwing, and her fiancée Patrick Byrne; beloved granddaughter Brittany Schwing; and sister-in-law Louise Schwing.

Funeral services are private. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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Ann Gips

Ann Arenberg Gips, a fiercely independent woman and a beloved mother and grandmother, died peacefully at her home at Stonebridge at Montgomery on December 16, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 89.

She was the daughter of Claire and Albert Arenberg. A native of Highland Park, Ill., Ann graduated from Wellesley College in 1947. In 1948, she married the love of her life, Walter F. Gips, Jr., and the two of them spent the next 50 years together: supporting a wide variety of causes, traveling the world, appreciating the arts and music, and raising their four children, first in Highland Park, Ill. and later in Princeton. Ann did graduate studies in social work, held leadership roles at both the Princeton Senior Resource Center and the New Jersey State Museum, and was an early supporter of Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights.

In her twenties, she contracted and survived polio. Despite polio’s lasting effects on her physical abilities, Ann had an indomitable will and was active in her community, both through volunteering and through philanthropy, and in her role as a loving and opinionated wife and mother. At dinner with many of her children and grandchildren just weeks before she died, a friend passing by noted, “You look like a mama bear.” “I am,” Ann replied proudly. She cherished her role as a matriarch: for her children, for her children’s friends, for her children’s children, and, of course, for her dogs.

She is predeceased by her beloved husband, Walter F. Gips, Jr. who passed in 2002 and her brother Henry X. Arenberg. Ann is survived by her son Walter F. Gips III “Terry”, wife Annalee Wolf and children Gloriana, Adam, Noah and Aaron of St. Louis Park, Minn.; son Rob Gips, wife Karen Harris and children Rachel, Allie and Sara (husband Gavin Goodall) of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; son Don Gips, wife Liz Berry and children Sam, Peter and Ben of Washington, D.C.; daughter Ellen Nee, children PJ, Jamie, and Amelia of Ballyconneely, Ireland; sister Jane Eiseman of St. Louis, Mo.; and sister-in-law Joan Arenberg of Highland Park. Ill.

Services were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2014 in the auditorium of Stonebridge at Montgomery, 100 Hollinshead Spring Road, Skillman, New Jersey, and were followed by a burial at Princeton Cemetery.

Donations may be made to the Princeton Senior Resource Center, Planned Parenthood, or the Alliance for Sustainability.

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Patricia Maher Roberts

Patricia Maher Roberts, age 88, died December 13, 2014, survived by her sister Ursula and two sons, Seth and Jason. A long time parishioner of Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton and later St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cranbury, her faith and moral principles inspired her passionate activism.

Patricia was a tenacious volunteer and supporter of non-violence and a participant in civil disobedience as a means to resist militarism and to foster social justice and civil rights. She was deeply involved in improving education and providing food and shelter to the poor.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 3 at 11 a.m. at St. David’s 90 South Main St. Cranbury, N.J. 08512. Gifts in lieu of flowers can be made to organizations that support the causes mentioned above. Arrangements were held under the direction of the Barlow & Zimmer Funeral Home, 202 Stockton Street, Hightstown, N.J. 08520.