Dolores B. Broadway

Dolores B. Broadway, 94, of Princeton passed away on January 31, 2024, at home in Princeton.

She was born in Trenton, NJ. Dolores worked as a Superintendent for Princeton University.

Predeceased by her parents Nathan and Daisy (Grover) Hovington, and two sisters Gloria Young and Grace Syphrett.

Dolores is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Barbara and Vincent Boone; two sons Nathan C. Floyd and Herbert T. Broadway Jr.; five grandchildren Tjuan, Nadia, Karim, Siraj and Aginah and Costa Maltabes; several great-grandchildren; a niece; nephew; and cousins.

A Memorial Visitation will be held from 10–11 a.m. on Friday, February 9, 2024, at The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Burial will be private.

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Kathryn A. King

Kathryn A. King of Princeton died peacefully at her home on Friday, December 29.

Born Kathryn A. Cuomo on November 28, 1934 in Princeton, she attended grammar school at Saint Paul’s and graduated from Princeton High in 1952.

In 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Joseph King. They lived for
several years in Portsmouth, VA, before returning to Princeton to raise three children.

A devout Catholic, Kathryn taught physical education at St. Paul’s in the 1960s. She worked for Weidel Reality, Peyton Associates, and later for Stockton Real Estate, where she retired in 2020.

Kathryn was an avid reader and enjoyed writing. She loved relaxing at her house in Point Pleasant Beach, treasure hunting at yard sales, dancing with her husband, and spending time with friends and family. Kind, selfless, generous, and gracious, she will be sorely missed.

Kathryn is proceeded in death by her parents Anthony and Harriet Cuomo, her sister Ellen Cuomo, and her husband Joseph King.

She is survived by daughter Cheri-Ellen (David) Crowl of Farmingdale, NJ; sons Patrick (Lindsay) King of Belle Mead, NJ, and Michael (Joanna) King of Rochester, MN; grandchildren Caitlin (James) Rumbaugh, Lacey King, and Katie King; and great-grandchildren Jordan Rumbaugh, Cameron Rumbaugh, and Scarlett Jensen-Lida.

A Memorial Visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 216 Nassau Street, Princeton. Burial will follow in St. Paul’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kathryn King Scholarship Fund at St. Paul’s School, 218 Nassau Street,
Princeton, NJ 08540.

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Justine Casteel Rolland

February 24, 1922 – January 27, 2024

Justine Casteel Rolland of Pennington, New Jersey, died peacefully at home on January 27. She was 101 years old.

Justine was born in Tarpon, Virginia, on February 24, 1922 to Martha Lucretia and Eric Galeon Casteel. She was the fourth of eight children. Raised in Virginia and West Virginia, she enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp in 1943 and served until 1945.  She served in the South Pacific and was posted to Australia, New Guinea, and ended her service in the Philippines.

After the war she moved to New York City to go to college on the G.I. Bill. There she met her husband Kermit Rolland, a writer.  They moved to Princeton, New Jersey, in the 1950s and opened a business on Nassau Street, Kermit Rolland and Associates, which became Scribe International. The family later moved to Cranbury.

Justine was predeceased by her husband, Kermit, all her siblings, and her granddaughter, Katherine Wright Gorrie.

She is survived by her children, Christopher Rolland (Martha) of Dallas, TX, Margaret Gorrie (Thomas) of Pennington, NJ, and Elizabeth Mattison (Robert) of Easton, PA. Justine is also survived by her eight grandchildren, Ginny Miller (Mike) of Gastonia, NC, Alex Gorrie (Mary) of London, England, Matthew Rolland and Michael Rolland of Belmont, NC, Robert Gorrie (Amanda) of Princeton, NJ, Margo Lapinski (Todd) of Houston, TX, Anna Mattison of Allentown, PA, and Spencer Mattison (Brittany) of Bethlehem, PA; and 12 great-grandchildren, Katherine and Madeline Miller, Luke and Henry Gorrie, Samantha, Haley, and Turner Rolland, Lucy and Genevieve Lapinski, and Noah, Isla, and Leo Gorrie.

Justine had a wonderful sense of adventure and was an intrepid traveler. She observed and cherished the beauty of the natural world.

Justine will be remembered for her passion for reading and poetry, gracious nature, kindness, sense of humor, and her love of friends and family.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home. Burial will be private. A celebration of Justine’s life will be held in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor may be made to The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, NJ 08534.

Justine’s family gives our heartfelt thanks to Amedisys Hospice for their extraordinary compassion and care.

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Carol Lynn Middlebrook

Carol Lynn Middlebrook passed away suddenly on January 22, 2024, with family and loved ones by her side, after complications from breast cancer. She was 70.

Born in Princeton, NJ, Carol graduated from Princeton High School and earned her bachelor’s degree from Douglass College of Rutgers University. She earned her master’s degree from American University and continued her education throughout her professional career with ongoing studies at Middlebury College Language Schools and The Taft Educational Center of the Taft School.

A resident of Kensington, MD, Carol taught Spanish at Springbrook High School in Montgomery County, MD, for nearly 40 years. She was also an instructor at The Taft Educational Center. She was a gifted and inspiring teacher. She taught AP and IB Spanish and was a sponsor of the Spanish National Honor Society. She loved her students and the dynamics of the classroom and brought so much energy and creativity to her teaching, as she did to everything in her life. Always active, she was a lifelong tennis player, and she loved hiking and kayaking. She deeply appreciated the beauty of nature. She traveled extensively throughout the world and immersed herself with local people and in the local culture everywhere she went. She had a raucous, boisterous laugh that was distinctively hers.

Most important to Carol were the connections she made with family, dear friends, and her beloved Shelties. She relished quality time spent with those she cared about. She lived fully and deeply and will be missed immensely.

Preceded in death by her parents, Marilyn J. and Robert B., Carol is survived by her brother Robert David (Dave), sister-in-law Amy, niece Alison, soul mate Cherie (Perkins), John (Uncle Jack) Middlebrook and wife Marci, many cousins, and her beloved Sheltie Simba Kai.

A celebration of Carol’s life will be held at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. A memorial service will also be held at Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, 268 Washington Crossing – Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ 08560 on Monday, May 6 at 11 a.m., followed by interment at Princeton
Cemetery, 29 Greenview Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542.

In lieu of flowers, friends are invited to make an “In Memory” donation to Susan G. Komen, 13370 Noel Road, Suite 801889, Dallas, TX 75380.

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Ann (Schramm) Judson

A longtime Princeton resident, Ann (Schramm) Judson, who lived at Cuyler Road since 1969, died on the morning of February 1, 2024, while in hospice at the Princeton Medical Center.  Born in Covington, Kentucky, on January 10, 1930 to Emma (Stahel) Schramm and Cyril Robert Schramm, Ann was salutatorian at Holmes High School before graduating from the University of Cincinnati in 1951.

She filled a life of 94 years with gardening, conversations, and acting, from summer stock at the Maxinkuckee Playhouse in Indiana to performing for community theater in Princeton.  After working 15 years as a bookkeeper for Princeton Regional Schools, Ann retired in 1995.

Surviving her are a daughter, Grace Judson, and a son, Tom Judson, who took care of her in her later years. 

Her thoughtful questions and cheerful smile are profoundly missed. Memorial service to be planned later.