Memorial Service

Friends of Caroline Moseley are invited to join her family in a celebration of her life on Monday, October 10 at 2 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel. A reception at Chancellor Green will follow the service. Memorial contributions may be made in Caroline’s name to the Princeton Public Library.

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Memorial Service

A celebration of the life of Jean M. Friedmann, who died on July 25, 2016, will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Friends and family are cordially invited to attend. A reception will follow the service at the Nassau Club of Princeton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Princeton Public Library, Wellesley College, Phillips Academy (Abbot) Andover, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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Samuel D. Lenox Jr.

The Honorable Samuel David Lenox Jr. died on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Hospice in Hamilton, New Jersey. Born in Trenton on February 8, 1925, he resided in Princeton since 1974 with his beloved wife, Jacqueline; his devoted daughter, Linda Fair Lenox; his sister Barbara Miller of Dover, Del.; niece Barbara Geraghty, and her husband Joseph of West Chester, Pa.; as well as nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by his sister, Jean Lenox Toddie.

Judge Lenox was a graduate of Trenton High School and Bucknell University, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He graduated from Dickinson Law School and enjoyed a legal career that spanned more than five decades. He was admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Judge Lenox served as a judge for almost 40 years and then on recall for 10 years after retirement. He was appointed to the County Court by Governor Richard J. Hughes in 1966 and was later elevated to the Superior Court. In 1976, he became an Assignment Judge. In that capacity, at various times, he supervised all judges and judicial personnel in the counties of Mercer, Hunterdon, Somerset, Burlington, and Ocean.

While he served on many Supreme Court committees, he was most proud of serving as chairman on the Management Structure Committee which resulted in the complete reorganization of the judiciary into its modern structure of four divisions: Civil, Criminal, Family, and Chancery. He also delighted in overseeing adoptions and officiating weddings for loved ones and friends.

He loved the study of the law as well as his judicial service. He was a tireless worker and was regularly found in his chambers late at night and on weekends preparing his opinions. A judge of impeccable professional integrity, he was a meticulous and devoted scholar of the law who found immense satisfaction and pride in his work, always striving to provide justice to the litigants and lawyers who appeared before his bench.

A veteran of World War II, Judge Lenox enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, rose to rank of First Lieutenant and continued in the reserves after the war ended. As a youth, he was active in the Trenton Jaycees.

He was a licensed amateur radio operator broadcasting on his own station, W3JND. He was an avid skier and qualified for the National Ski Patrol. He loved dogs, especially Golden Retrievers. He always had one or two dogs and took daily walks in the country with his dogs by his side. He had a lifelong interest in horses since childhood when he was a member of the only Boy Scout Mounted Troop in the United States. Before becoming a judge, he owned harness horses, which raced at tracks along the East Coast. This activity discontinued when he became a judge but he still enjoyed horses at his daughter’s New Jersey horse farm.

He was an emeritus member of the Princeton Old Guard and the Princeton Officers Society. He worshipped with his wife at Nassau Presbyterian Church. He loved to fish in Barnegat Bay and in the ocean with friends and his daughter.

Funeral services were private. Memorial contributions may be made to Shaggy Dog Rescue, 1337 Banks Street, Houston, TX 77006 or online: www.houstonshaggydogrescue.org.

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Joan Folinsbee Cook

Joan Folinsbee Cook passed away peacefully at her home in Kingston, on September 24. She was 97. Born in New Hope, Pa., she was the daughter of Ruth Baldwin Folinsbee and John Fulton Folinsbee, a well-known Pennsylvanian/American Impressionist painter. She went to Miss Holmquist’s School in Solebury, Pa. and attended Smith College for one year and, in 1938, married Peter G. Cook, an artist who studied with John Folinsbee. They were happily married until Peter Cook’s death in 1992.

Joan was very active in the Princeton community as a member of the Stony Brook Garden Club, an actor in the Community Players at McCarter Theater, a member of her Monday Group for book-reading, a member of an investment club, and a writer of special interest articles for “Town Topics.” She was an avid Princeton University Mens Ice Hockey supporter and would annually have the entire freshman team to the house in Kingston during the 11 years that her husband coached that team. Many of those players stayed in touch with her for the rest of her life. She had a wide circle of friends across the country with concentrations around Princeton and Woolwich, Maine where she and her sister, Beth Wiggins, summered with their families for over 70 years.

She is survived by her children, Peter B. Cook of Chilmark, Mass.; John F. Cook of Kingston, NJ; Dr. Stephen S. Cook of Belle Meade, NJ; Paula C. Sculley of Sewickley, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m., Tuesday, November 15 at Trinity Episcopal Church at 33 Mercer Street in Princeton with a reception to follow at Springdale Golf Club.

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

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Elizabeth Stewardson Ford

Elizabeth Stewardson Ford, a 57-year resident of Princeton, died with family present on Saturday,  September 24, 2016 at 80 years of age. Born Elizabeth Masland Dana in Philadelphia on December 13, 1935, and known as Betsy, she was raised in Villanova, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew Crawford and Ellen Masland Dana. She was elected head of student government her senior year at The Baldwin School where she graduated in 1954. As a young woman, she and her sister, Sally, were both junior champions at Merion Golf Club where she had her first hole in one at age 16 playing with her father.

After Mrs. Ford graduated from Mt. Holyoke in 1958, she worked as a librarian at Haverford College. The following year she married her childhood sweetheart, William Emlyn Stewardson. They settled in Princeton where she worked at Miss Fine’s School and helped her husband form the real estate brokerage firm bearing his name. They were the loving parents of three children: a son, Dana Stewardson of Haverford, Pa.; two daughters, Elizabeth Connolly (Kevin) of Lexington, Mass.; and Caroline Thornewill (Luke) of Nantucket, Mass.

In December 1972, Mr. Stewardson died suddenly. On March 1, 1975 she married Jeremiah Ford who was a good friend of both and the architect who had designed the family home. In 1974, Mrs. Ford rejoined her late husband’s real estate firm, Stewardson-Dougherty Real Estate Associates, Inc. as vice president.

She enjoyed travelling with her family and summering in Nantucket. Her many interests included playing bridge, leadership roles in the Garden Club of Princeton, the Marquand Park Association, and the Mt. Holyoke Alumni Association. She enjoyed her involvement at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, and The Present Day Club in Princeton. In addition to Mr. Ford and her three children she is survived by stepdaughters, Amanda Ford of Lawrenceville; and Kate Ford of Maynard, Mass.; grandchildren Ashley and Rob Stewardson of Philadelphia; Lyla and Nick Connolly of Lexington, Mass.; and Wes Thornewill of Nantucket Mass.; and her sister Sally Willson and her two sons of Columbus, Ohio.

Truly adored by her family she was known as “Granny B” and they will always remember how she shared the great joy in the beauty of the natural world around her — watching clouds, digging for clams, gardening and tracing the advance of the butterfly from caterpillar and cocoon.

Contributions in Mrs. Ford’s memory can be made to: The Foundation Fighting Blindness, 7168 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 100, Columbia MD 21046, www.fightblindness.org.

A memorial service is planned at The Princeton University Chapel on Monday, November 21st at 10 a.m.

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

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Helen Martha Crossley

Helen Martha Crossley, 95, of Princeton, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2016.

Exceptionally bright and intellectually curious, Helen devoted her life to developing and improving techniques in public opinion research. She was a founding member of both the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), and served as WAPOR’s first female president from 1960-62. Through a philanthropic gift in 2012, she established the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

In tribute, the late George Gallup Jr. said of her: “Helen has always retained a fascination with research methodology, and also with the potential of survey research to make new discoveries about humankind, and to bring about positive change in societies around the world.” 

Helen was born in Germantown, Pa., on September 8, 1921, the daughter of pioneer pollster Archibald M. Crossley and Dorothy Fox Crossley. The family moved to Princeton in 1923, and spent summers in Woods Hole, Mass., on Cape Cod, where Helen developed her lifelong love of sailing and swimming. Woods Hole remained a cherished place in Helen’s heart, and she returned there every summer until 2015.

In 1938, Helen graduated from Miss Fine’s School (now Princeton Day School), where she received the Woman’s College Scholarship Prize. She then attended Radcliffe College, her mother’s alma mater, graduating in 1942. While a student, she and nine of her dorm mates set up a Round Robin letter-writing group that continued for six decades. A dedicated archivist, Helen arranged to have the letters donated to Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

Immediately following her college graduation, Helen went to Washington, D.C., to work for the Office of War Information and the War Food Administration during World War II. She earned a master’s degree in 1948 from the University of Denver’s Opinion Research Center, working under mentor Don Cahalan.

In the early 1950s, Helen worked in Germany for the Armed Forces Information and Education Division, ending as chief of its research branch. In 1955 she began her long association with the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), working with Leo P. Crespi to establish coordinated research surveys in many countries of Europe, Asia, and Latin America. These surveys measured foreign publics’ awareness of attitudes toward U.S. policies and culture, and were in effect the “Ear of America.”

Following a two-year evaluation assignment with the aid program in South Korea from 1960-62, Helen became a freelance consultant, serving academic, commercial, and government clients. She also worked for her father’s firm, ArchCross Associates, and collaborated (through Political Surveys and Analyses Inc.) on several surveys for Governor Nelson Rockefeller and other political figures.

In 1979 she returned to USIA where she was instrumental in arranging for USIA survey data to be released for public use via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and the National Archives. She retired in 1992 with the Agency’s Career Achievement Award. After her retirement, she took up full-time residence in Princeton and spent several years cataloguing her father’s papers, which she donated to the Roper Center.

An avid traveler, Helen embarked on her first overseas trip to Germany at age 16, and she continued her globe trekking until well into her 80s. Family and friends remember her ever-present camera, with which she chronicled birthdays, weddings, trips, meetings, and much more. She loved music, and participated in choral groups throughout her life. She took great pleasure in the small beauties of nature — colorful autumn leaves, unusual cloud formations, the sunset over Penzance Point in Woods Hole.

Extraordinarily thoughtful and generous, Helen had an impact on individuals and institutions that will live on after her death. In addition to her charitable gift establishing the Crossley Center at the University of Denver, she was a major benefactor in the restoration of the historic White Hill Mansion in Fieldsboro, N.J., her father’s birthplace.

Helen is survived by her sister, Dorothy I. Crossley; Nancy Crossley, the widow of her late brother Joseph; nephews Peter Crossley and Lawrence Crossley and their families; the family of her late nephew Robert Crossley Sr.; cousins Kevin Birch, Wendy Ketchum, Carolyn Mulliken, and Sara Piccini; and her devoted caregiver, Sandra Mingo.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 1, in Princeton Cemetery, with a memorial service in Princeton to follow at a later date. Helen’s family and friends will gather for a service at the Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 15.

In lieu of flowers, donations in honor of Helen’s generous spirit can be made to The Friends of White Hill Mansion, c/o Fieldsboro Clerk, 204 Washington St., Fieldsboro, NJ 08505.

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

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Mimi Ballard

Mimi Ballard of Lexington, Mass., who lived previously for 35 years in Princeton, passed away on September 8, 2016. Wife of Richard Ballard for over 51 years; mother of R. Brian Ballard and his wife Patricia of Belmont, Mass.; and of Lisa Ballard and her husband David Fitzsimmons of Marlborough, Mass. Her husband and children were with her at the time of her passing. Mimi is also survived by her two grandsons, Andrew and Thomas of Belmont. At the time of her passing, Mimi was executive director of the Research Institute for Learning Development, Lexington, Mass. This organization provides assistance to children with learning problems. She was treasurer of Friends of Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, and was co-president of Non-Profit-Network, an organization of non-profit groups in the Boston area. In her years in Princeton, Mimi was executive director of Family and Children’s Services of Central New Jersey (“FACS”). FACS provided a variety of assistance programs to families and children with needs. FACS also raised special funds to provide needed back-to-school items such as backpacks and school supplies to children facing hard times. She was president of The Riverside School PTO and, later, of the John Witherspoon Middle School PTO. She was a founder and president of the Princeton Soccer Association which had over 1,000 youth soccer players during her time as president. She was president of the New Jersey Family Services Association, she received the “Woman of the Year” award from the Princeton YMCA/YWCA, she was active in the Young Audiences organization, in McCarter Theatre, and in the Princeton Regional Scholarship Fund.

Anyone interested in making a donation in Mimi’s memory can do so to: Friends of Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420.

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Theodora Hulme Merrick

Theodora Hulme Merrick, born May 13, 1923, died peacefully on September 20, 2016 at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman.

Known by friends as Terry, she lived a full and wonderful 93 years. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Swarthmore, attended Wilson College, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She married Eldridge Gerry Merrick, III on September 16, 1950 and they were together 44 wonderful years before Gerry’s passing in 1994. Together they raised four daughters and lived for a period of time in Shaker Heights, Ohio and Rose Valley, Pa. before settling in Princeton in 1964.

Professionally, Terry worked at Lippincott Publishing, Cedar Crest College, and even as a poodle groomer (!) but made her mark as a real estate broker with N.T. Callaway in Princeton.

Very athletic, she played tennis until she was 80 years old and golf into her late 80s! She was a “master” bridge player and enjoyed time with friends playing in a number of different groups throughout her life. She was a long-time member of Trinity Church Princeton’s Altar Guild and Princeton Garden Club. She also enjoyed her memberships at Springdale Golf Club, Nassau Club, and Present Day Club.

Known by her family as Muzzy, she gathered her family together for many wonderful holidays at their home in Princeton and at their summer home in Stone Harbor, N.J. Holidays were marked by much laughter and delicious food (Muzzy was a very accomplished cook … just ask her sons-in-law!). Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving were full of treasured traditions and trips to Stone Harbor always included a cone at Springer’s.

Our Muzzy will be in our hearts forever. We cherish her steadfast love of family and embrace that was her on-going legacy and gift to us.

She was predeceased by her husband Gerry, son-in-law Charlie Estes, sister Anne Vierno, and sister-in-law Ann Hulme. She is survived by her brothers Norman A. Hulme, Bryn Mawr, Pa; and Robert D. Hulme, Princeton; and her four daughters Deborah Estes of Washington, D.C.; Laurie Winegar and her husband Jeffrey of Pennington; Joan Schneeweiss and her husband Chris of Orleans, Mass.; and Anne Kellstrom and her husband Todd of Wurtsboro, N.Y.; and all of her grandchildren: Alison Baenen, Peter Estes, Courtney Fagan and her husband Padraig, Wells; Winegar; Berit Schneeweiss; William (Bill) Schneeweiss, Melanie Kellstrom; and a great granddaughter Merrick Fagan.

A graveside service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp.

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

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Barbara Lundy

Barbara Lundy, née Blum, died on September 17, 2016 following a five-month illness. She was survived by her husband of 47 years Michael Lundy; her daughters and their spouses, Sharon and Sean Baartmans; Lisa and Dr. Kenneth Rieger; four grandchildren, Raymond and Mira Baartmans, and Liam and Mabel Rieger; and brother Martin and Carolyn Blum.

Barbara was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Baldwin High School (Long Island). She earned a BA from the University of Bridgeport. While raising her children at home in Livingston, New Jersey, Barbara was active in volunteer work with Women’s American ORT. Barbara became a computer programmer and for many years was a computer systems project manager for IBM. She retired in 2008 and she and Michael relocated to Skillman where she audited courses and, as a volunteer, managed the computer lab at the Princeton Senior Resources Center. Everyone Barbara touched remembers her as gentle, understanding, reassuring, and generous. Sought after for her practical intelligence and experience as related to home and work, she was a beautiful human being.