Princeton High School Alumni Obituaries

February 22, 1947 - December 24, 2025Philip (Bruce) Hobson, 78, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at home. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he graduated from Steinert High School,  Class of 1964.  He served six years in the US Army National Guard.   After graduating...

Tina Fay Hackney, 50, of Red House passed away Friday, October 17, 2025. A 1993 graduate of Buffalo High School, she received her Bachelor of Sciences degree from Mountain State University, and was working toward her ultimate goal of a PhD in psychology from Marshall University. Tina was a passion...

Farmington Sara Mitchell Brown Pratt was born during a blizzard at the family farm in Princeton Maine on April 1 1926 the day after her mother arrived back in Princeton by train from Florida. Sara was born to C. Elwood Brown and Marjorie Mason Brown and was the second of three daughters. Sara grew ...

Lorraine M. Bellavance ne Metayer of Auburn died peacefully in her sleep on July 7 2018 at the Chapman House where she had been a resident for three years. She was 84. She was born in Lewiston June 28 1934 daughter of Norman and Gertrude Metayer. Lorraine is a graduate of Lewiston High School and ma...

TOPSHAM Peggy died peacefully at her home in Topsham on June 6 2018 surrounded by the family she deeply loved. Born on November 29 1937 in East Orange New Jersey Peggy was the oldest daughter of Jack and Harriette Chamberlain. In 1945 the family moved to a farm in Old Bridge NJ where Peggy attended...

WESTPORT ISLAND Alan J. Azzara 72 departed this world much against his will Friday July 20th 2018. He was born in September of 1945 in Wilkes Barre PA son of Anne Sokoloski Azzara and Albert Azzara. He spent his formative years in Hempstead NY attended Hempstead High School Ohio State University an...

Charles Douglas Doug Hardy Jr. 90 of Brunswick Maine passed away peacefully on May 26 2021 with family by his side. Doug grew up in Summit NJ where he attended elementary and high school. Doug attended Princeton University where he graduated in 1952 with a degree in engineering. He met his wife Joan...

Bowdoin Penelope Anne Penny Savage died June 23 2021 at her home in Bowdoin after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. She was born on June 26 1947 in Hollywood California the daughter of the late David Savage and Carol CurtisBrown Savage. She spent her childhood in Connecticut and New Jersey gr...

James R. Shaver 86 passed away following a brief illness on December 23 2025 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton WV. Jim as he was known by family and friends was born in Bellevue Ohio on July 17 1939 and was a graduate of York High School in Bellevue. He always loved his hometown of Bellev...

Gloria Ann Seay ne Nash passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her three daughters soninlaw and grandson at her home in Fort Washington Pa. on the morning of Memorial Day Monday May 27th 2024. She was born in Greenville S.C. in 1927 the second daughter of Sarah Carrie Savilla Nash ne McKn...

Barbara Sampson Borsch 84 died peacefully in her sleep on October 14 2021. She had been hospitalized with complications after a fall in her home in Gwynedd Township PA. Barbara and her late husband the Rt. Rev. Frederick H. Borsch Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002 to whom she wa...

Roy passed away peacefully at the age of 76 in his home on November 6th after a long illness. He is remembered as a beloved husband to Pam Kelly for 38 years loving father to Matt Kristen of Northampton MA and Dino Jenna of New Rochelle NY. He was a caring PopPop to Aedan Emily Evelyn and Hunter. Ro...

William Bill L. Engstrom age 91 of Willow Street PA. passed away on December 24 2025 at the Glen at Willow Valley. Born in Camden New Jersey. he was the son of the late Elmer and Phoebe Leander Engstrom and the devoted husband of the late Stella M. Milligan Engstrom. Bill was raised in Princeton Ne...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

Robert Emory Bob Towery 87 passed away on Friday December 19 2025 after stoically battling MRSA following a knee replacement procedure. Born in Princeton Kentucky as a child he moved with his family to Tennessee where he lived for many decades. In high school he was voted The Prince of Personality d...

Kimberly Rochelle Wallace the daughter of Percy Jefferson and Murline Roland Jefferson Seals was born October 25 1967 in Kennett MO. Kim attended Kennett public schools. During Kims high school years she was an outstanding athlete. She specialized in several running events such as the 100 meters 20...

Danny B. Blanchard aged 76 of St. Joseph Missouri passed away on January 7 2026. Born on November 5 1949 in St. Joseph Missouri he was the beloved son of the late Doris and Charles Bud Blanchard. A proud graduate of Benton High School Class of 1969 Danny shared 55 wonderful years with his wife Vicki...

Constance Ann Gibbons died on January 7 2026 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. She was 73. Ms. Gibbons was raised and resided in Princeton for many years. She also lived in Montclair NJ Manhattan NY Paris France and London England for significant portions of her life. Constance graduated fr...

Mr. Bradford Brad Merritt age 73 of Rocky Hill NJ passed away peacefully on December 12 2025. He was born on April 29 1952 in Trenton NJ and graduated from Trenton High School. He attended Allegheny College and The College of New Jersey where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Bradford ...

Peggy Henning 97 of Princeton NJ passed away on November 18th at Serenity Hospice at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamliton NJ. Born Peggy Menefee she came to this earth on September 25th 1928 in Baltimore Maryland. She was a rambunctious girl with lots of friends who spent her time imagining ...

Peter Lindenfeld 100 of the Stonebridge community in Skillman New Jersey and of Princeton where he resided for 65 years died peacefully on November 21 2025 while holding the hands of his children Tom and Naomi. Born on March 10 1925 in Vienna Austria Peter was the son of Bela and Elda nee Lachs Lind...

Kevin Robert Deitrich aged 50 passed into eternal life on Tuesday December 2 2025 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville New Jersey. He was born in Somerville and is the son of Jo Ann Deitrich and the late Kenneth Harold Deitrich Kevin was a lifelong resident of Manville New Jersey...