Diana Daniel Lucas

Diana Daniel Lucas of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died December 14, 2016 at the Pennswood Village Retirement Community in Newtown. She was born in Staten Island on November 25, 1922, the daughter of Diana Elmendorf Richards Lucas and Eugene Willet van Court Lucas, Jr. She attended St. Margaret’s School in Waterbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1944. She made her home in Princeton for many years and in 2003 moved to the Pennswood Village Retirement Community.

In keeping with her love of learning, Diana built a long and respected career at Educational Testing Services. She was a strong advocate of women’s higher education and was for decades a leading force at the Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton’s Book Sale, which raises funds for scholarships. She also had a heart for needy dogs and cats and spent many hours as a volunteer at the shelter, SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, where a cat was named Lucas in her honor.

Diana was predeceased by her brother, Peter R. Lucas. A funeral service was held on Monday, December 19, 2016 at Trinity Church in Princeton.

Memorial contributions can be made to Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010, www.brynmawr.edu, or to the shelter SAVE, 1010 County Road 601, Skillman, NJ 08558, www.savehomelessanimals.org.

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Martin Bratman

Martin Bratman, 90, of Lawrenceville and Big Pine Key, Fla., passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell with his family by his side. Marty loved people and was happiest surrounded by family and friends. “Who else is coming?” was a common refrain heard during almost any outing. He lived a wonderful life made rich by those who loved him. When Marty connected with someone they were his friend for life.

Born in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1926, Marty enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and served as a tail-gunner on a B-29. Following his service, he moved to New Jersey and pursued many jobs. He worked as a chicken farmer, a door-to door vacuum cleaner salesman, and a furniture salesman. Marty and his late wife Mary Bratman (Manto) opened Viking Furniture in Trenton. Through their hard work the store flourished and they moved the business to Princeton where it remained for 30 years.

Marty closed Viking in 1984 and he and Mary retired to the Florida Keys.
Retirement did not last long and he soon opened Paradise Bagels and Deli in Key West, Fla. After several successful years Marty closed the deli to pursue lifelong hobbies of fishing, flying, skeet shooting, painting, and creating stained glass murals and stepping stones.

Son of the late David Bratman and Lillian Greenberg Bratman; husband of the late Mary Manto Bratman; he is survived by his son, J. Robert Bratman of Pennington; 2 daughters, Dr. Cynthia Bratman of Princeton and Wendy Mason of Mexico; a sister, Dr. Audrey Tarchine of Tucson, Ariz.: 3 grandchildren, Tyler, Kira, and Zachary; a great-grandson, Dominic; his beloved companion Joan Mainzer of Hamilton; and his two dedicated caregivers Connie and Frank.

Services will be private. A celebration of his life will take place in May. Arrangements are by the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, 2560 Pennington Road, Pennington. Condolences are welcome at www.wilsonapple.com. Donations in memory of Marty Bratman may be made at www.copdfoundation.org.

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Patricia Maslanka

Patricia Maslanka, a long-time Madison, N.J. resident, died Monday, December 12, 2016. She was almost 89. Born Patricia McGovern in 1927, in a house that her parents built at 98 Park Avenue in Madison, she was the youngest of three siblings. Along with her brother, Daniel, and her sister, Betty, her cousin Jackie was practically another brother, living next door as part of the extended family circle that included her father’s parents and siblings. Her mother emigrated from Ireland at 16, and her relatives settled in Brooklyn N.Y.

Patricia attended St. Vincent Martyr Elementary School, and Madison High School in the building that is now the Middle School. After high school, Patricia worked in a local bank, learning skills that she would use throughout her life, including contributing them to a community finance committee on which she served just two years ago.

Patricia married John L. Maslanka in 1953. The couple moved to Perth Amboy, N.J., and gave birth to her eldest son, Brian there. The family relocated to Santa Barbara, Calif. shortly afterward, another son, Stephen, was born, but died at fifteen months old due to heart failure. Robert was born in 1959, and when he was three, the family moved to Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1968, they moved back to the family home on Park Avenue in Madison. There, the family welcomed a new baby, Richard, in 1969.

Patricia worked for several years at Prudential in Hanover Park, N.J., retiring in her mid-60s to lovingly care for her husband. When he died in 1997, Patricia became a world traveler, visiting places in Eastern and Western Europe, as well as South America. With a group of very close friends, she also became an avid gym member, cinephile, theater-goer, and reader, and became involved in the lives of her 10 grandchildren.

Patricia lived at Park Avenue until 2013, when she moved to Loudoun County Virginia, where she was involved in the community association as well as an active member of its social life. In 2015, after a fall, she moved to Acorn Glen in Princeton, where she died.

Patricia is survived by three sons, Brian of Herndon, Va.: Robert of Princeton: and Richard of Lebanon N.J.: as well as 10 grandchildren; Corrina of Watertown, Mass.; Meghan of New Orleans, La; Christopher of New York City; Mark, Jeffery, Rebecca, Carolyn, and Sara of Princeton; Emelia and Owen of Lebanon N.J.

Family and friends gathered on Thursday, December 15, 2016, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Burroughs, Kohr & Dangler Funeral Home, 106 Main Street, Madison, NJ 07940. A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, December 16, 2016 at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church, Morristown, NJ. Interment followed at St. Vincent Cemetery, Noe Ave & Shunpike Road, Madison, NJ.

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Quarto Armenti

Quarto Armenti, 82 of Princeton died Sunday, December 18, 2016 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pettoranello Di Molise, Italy he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1971. He served in the Italian military for two years. Quarto retired after several years of service with RCA, West Windsor. He also was a self-employed landscaper in the Princeton area and a member of St. Paul’s Church.

Son of the late Adantimo and Carmela (Perna) Armenti; brother of the late Dora Cifelli; brother-in-law of the late Enrico Cifelli, Ercole Carnevale, Biagio Armenti; he is survived by his wife of 57 years Rosina (Toto) Armenti; two sons and two daughters-in-law, Adantimo (Tony) and Patrizia Armenti, Vito and Susan Armenti; two brothers and two sisters-in-law Quintino and Sylvia Armenti of Argentina and Ezio and Vanda Armenti of Italy; seven sisters and five brothers-in-law, Delia and Florindo Rossi of Argentina, Rosina Carnevale, Ada Armenti, Anna and Michele Soragnese of Italy, Esterina and Giusseppe Rossi of Toronto, Canada, Lina and Giusseppe Valerio of Italy, Flora and Costantino Procaccini; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law Isolina and Mario Pirone of Italy; six grandchildren Cristiano, Sabrina, Briana, Alessandro, Adriano, Antonio; and a great grandson Tiarnan Dougherty and a host of nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held 8:30 a.m. on Thursday December 22, 2016 from The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at St. Paul’s Church, 216 Nassau Street, Princeton. Entombment will follow in the Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.

Friends may call on Wednesday evening from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.

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Enid Andersen Chace

Enid “Sue” Andersen Chace died peacefully at home at the age of 87 on November 19, 2016 in Lawrenceville. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on September 29, 1929, she was the daughter of Eyston and Olive Kingston Andersen. Her father, who emigrated from Norway to the United States at age 16, called her “Susie Q” as a young girl, a moniker that evolved into her preferred lifelong nickname, Sue.

She graduated from Bronxville High School and Pembroke College, now Brown University, in 1951. Sue spent the summer of 1951 studying in Oslo, Norway. She was introduced to her future husband, Dean Chace, who was a student at Princeton University, by a mutual friend in 1949. They were married in 1953 and remained devoted life partners until Dean’s death in October 2011.

Sue and Dean lived in Haddon Heights, N.J., when first married; Dean was a young patent attorney at RCA and Sue was an enthusiastic first grade teacher. In 1957, they relocated to Princeton, where they remained active members of the Princeton community for 60 years. A member of the Nassau Presbyterian Church and the Nassau Club of Princeton, Sue was a past president of the Present Day Club, member of the Princeton Garden Club, an avid golfer at Springdale Golf Club, and a talented bridge player.

Sue returned to teaching in 1972 and taught kindergarten at Riverside and Littlebrook Elementary Schools in Princeton for 12 years. She devoted her time and energy as a volunteer at Princeton Hospital and as a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum. For the last 25 years of her life, in her family she was known as “Gibby,” a nickname acquired from a toddler granddaughter.

Sue was an extraordinary person who made a positive impact on people’s lives. Without a doubt, Sue was a kind and gentle matriarch of her family, but also had a quick wit and dry sense of humor. She was a giver and taught her children to always think about giving back to their community, school, or church. Sue was also known for her kindness and compassion for her four-legged friends and had a special way of communicating with her family’s pets.

Among her family’s favorite memories are summers in the Adirondacks at Canada Lake, N.Y. We will always remember the evenings on the porch and Gibby and Dean enjoying a sunset and the calls of the loons across the lake.

Enid “Sue” Andersen Chace leaves daughter Elizabeth Chace Donahue (David) of Lawrenceville; and sons Christopher Chace (Margaret) of New York, N.Y.; and Scott Chace (Nathalie) of London, England; grandchildren Molly, Willy, and Nick Donahue, Blythe Chace, and Annabelle and Chloe Chace; and her sister in law Shirley Jane Chace. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Dean and brother Evan R. Andersen.

A celebration of Sue’s life will take place on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 2 p.m. at The Present Day Club in Princeton. Burial will be private. Donations in memory of Sue may be made to the Canada Lake Conservation Association, PO Box 483, Caroga Lake, NY 12032 or to Planned Parenthood, PPFA, 123 William Street, 10th floor, NY, NY 10038, ppaction.org.