Obituaries 11/26/14
Olivia Lewis Thomas Chappell
Olivia Lewis (Kloman) Thomas Chappell of Hopewell, New Jersey and Tenant’s Harbor Maine, 80, died at 12:50 a.m. on Sunday November 16, 2014 at University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro, New Jersey. “Cis”, as she was known to one and all, the daughter of the late Very Rev. E. Felix Kloman and Olivia Rogers Pragoff Kloman was born August 30, 1934 in New York City, New York. She attended Springside School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating from the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D.C. in 1952. She attended Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
She is survived by sons Edward (“Tad”) Thomas of Washington D.C.; Christopher M. Thomas (“Kip” married to Evan) of Ringoes, New Jersey; Stephen L. Thomas (“Tebo”) of Hopewell New Jersey; daughters Elizabeth R. (“Lissa” wife of John Hastings) of Tuscon Arizona, Olivia T. (“Tucker”) Thomas, Hilleary T. Thomas of Hopewell, New Jersey; husband Hayward Chappell; brothers Henry Felix Kloman (Ann) of Lyme Connecticut, Christopher Rogers Kloman (Pamela) of Virginia; sister Eleanor Trapnell Kloman Wallace of Fort Wayne, Indiana; grandson Hunter A. Hastings; granddaughters Annabel M. Thomas and Elizabeth J. Thomas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Cis led a joyful life helping to birth babies, substitute teaching, working as a real estate agent in New Jersey, and, above all, generously helping friends in need of assistance, with her presence and unfailing good humor. She was a co-founder of Concord Hill School. She served on the Board of The Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation and volunteered and raised funds for the Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover, Ky. She was also a member of the Junior League in Washington D.C.
She found solace and delight in her home in Tenant’s Harbor, Maine which, she wrote, was her open-house sanctuary and community center, where she along with her beloved dog Gracie was “Gonna sleep with the stars, and a slice of the moon hanging right above my bed. Gonna dream not of things that I’ve left behind but of those I found instead.” (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton N.J. on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Frontier Nursing Service, 132 FNS Drive, Wendover, Kentucky 41775 and/or to The Concord Hill School, 6050 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, Md. 20815.
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Anne Martinson
Anne (“Nancy”) Martinson died peacefully at her residence at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman, N.J. on Monday, November 17, 2014 surrounded by her children. She was 93 years old and had been a resident of Princeton for 56 of those years.
Nancy was born Anne Marston Driscoll in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1921, although all of her acquaintances for most of her life knew her as Nancy. She moved as a child to Nutley, N.J. with her family and attended local schools there before joining the ranks of the all-women Douglass College, now a division of Rutgers University. After deciding during her first year at Douglass to pursue a teaching career, Nancy transferred to Columbia University Teachers College, graduating with the Class of 1943.
In high school Nancy met and later married Carl Edward Martinson only shortly before he was placed on Army active duty during World War II. Like many couples, they were separated for two years during the war while Carl was stationed in London. Within months of the war’s end, Nancy joined Carl in London where he was assigned to the Office of the Military Attaché there. Although the devastation of war-torn London made life difficult, Nancy talked of this experience with warm memories. Her first son, Peter, was born there, the first post-war baby born to an American serviceman on British soil.
After returning to the United States in 1947, the couple and their growing family — including Charles and Joanna, born in Chicago, and Richard, born in Washington, D.C. — eventually settled in Princeton in 1958.
Nancy began teaching in the Princeton Regional School System almost immediately on arriving in Princeton, first at Johnson Park School and later at Riverside School. She remained an elementary school teacher in the district for 27 years, retiring in 1985. Her former students frequently returned to her classroom to visit as older adolescents or young adults.
After her retirement, Nancy could be seen almost daily strolling from her home on Jefferson Road to the new Princeton Public Library to borrow or return books. An avid reader, her lifelong love of books was equaled only by her enthusiasm for contract bridge — with a longstanding group of women friends — and cultivating her garden. Nancy also served on the volunteer staff at the Princeton Medical Center, stationed at the patient information desk. Just before moving to Stonebridge in 2004, Nancy’s service longevity of 5500 hours over 10 years was recognized at a hospital awards ceremony.
Nancy lived alone following her husband Carl’s untimely death of cancer in 1979, after 35 years of marriage. Nancy was not lonely, however; her children, living locally or not so far removed, often came to visit her with an ever-growing number of grandchildren. Tragically, her oldest son Peter died in 2010, after a lingering battle with leukemia.
Predeceased by her loving husband, Carl, her devoted son Peter, and two older sisters, Doris Whitcomb and June Roberts, Nancy is survived by her three remaining children, Charles, of Princeton; Joanna Jacobs, of Swarthmore, Pa.; and Richard, of Westfield, N.J.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 21, 2014 at St. Paul Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, N.J. She was laid to rest beside her husband in Princeton Cemetery following the mass.
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that donations be made to the Stonebridge Employee Appreciation Fund, Business Office, 100 Hollinshead Spring Road, Skillman, N.J. 08558.
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James E. Doyle
James Edward Doyle of Princeton, New Jersey passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 22, 2014. He was 83.
Jim was born in Binghamton, New York on August 19, 1931. He was the first child of James and Veronica Doyle. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1953 and was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army after serving in California and Japan.
In 1959, Jim married Ann Caroline (Nancy) Gorman of Binghamton, New York and together they raised five children. He enjoyed a long active career in banking that moved the family from Philadelphia to Wilmington, Delaware and finally to Princeton where he was the Senior Vice President of the Trust Department at the First National Bank of Princeton. He retired from Schroeders Bank, New York City in 1996.
Jim enjoyed spending time with friends and colleagues at The Nassau Club, The Rotary Club, and the Wilmington Club. Giving back to his community was a priority and Jim successfully nurtured this in his children. He served on many boards including Stuart Country Day School, The American Boychoir School, and the Princeton YMCA. An avid reader, gardener, and lover of nature and music, he delighted in sharing these passions with others.
Jim was married for 37 years to his loving wife Nancy who pre-deceased him in 1995.
Jim is survived by his five children and their spouses, Jim and Josie Doyle of South Orange, New Jersey; Kathleen and Ray Jones of Sausalito, California; Ellen and Chuck Mosher of Old Greenwich, Connecticut; Molly Doyle and Vik Narasimhan of Newton, Massachusetts; Philip and Suzi Doyle of Dublin, Ireland; as well as nine grandchildren and his sister Mary Hovanec of Towson, Maryland.
A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 1200 Stuart Road in Princeton, New Jersey.
Memorial contributions may be made to Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (www.stuartschool.org/giving) or the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org/research).
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