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Computer scientist
Irving Nathaniel Rabinowitz of Princeton died Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 76.
Born in New York City, he lived in Princeton for 55 years.
He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York and the City College of New York, and he received a doctorate in astrophysics from Princeton University in 1957.
While at Princeton, he worked as a programmer and staff mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study.
He headed the computer section of the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton, and later was the associate director of the computer center at the university.
He held directorships of computer centers at Rutgers University and Stevens Institute of Technology.
In 1969, he was appointed professor of computer science at Rutgers University, a position he held until his retirement in 1991.
Over the course of his career, he was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and New York University.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Sandra; daughters Sarah Gluck and Rachel Rabinowitz; sister Sarah Knox; and granddaughters Elisheva and Shira.
Services were on February 18, 2005 at The Jewish Center, Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Jewish Center of Princeton, Temple Beth-El in Hillsborough, MAZON, and Doctors Without Borders.
Irv Rabinowitz was a volunteer and friend of RFB&D since 1965.
Attorney, clinical counselor
LAWRENCE - William Stackpole died Sunday, July 11, 2004 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 78.
Mr. Stackpole was a Princeton resident before moving to Lawrence.
He was a partner in the law firm of Parker Duryea in Manhattan and served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, during which he argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Later in his career, he joined the law firm of Smith, Cook and Lambert of Princeton.
Mr. Stackpole was educated at Groton School, Harvard University and Columbia Law School. In 1989, he earned a master's degree in psychology from Rider University, after which he worked as a clinical counselor at Right Associates in Princeton.
Mr. Stackpole served in the Navy during World War II.
A talented storyteller, he was a regular attraction of the Inn Cabaret at the Nassau Inn during the 1970s. He served on the board of trustees of McCarter Theatre and for many years worked as a volunteer at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.
Mr. Stackpole is survived by his wife, Willa; son William Jr. of New York; daughters Amy Brigham of Bronxville, N.Y., and Abigail McCall of Lawrence; stepdaughters Leslie Gregg of Charlottesville, Va., and Cameron Gregg of Santa Fe, N.M.; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral service will be private.
Director at Recording for the Blind
Patricia Chancellor Pell died Monday, December 1, 2003 at University Medical Center at Princeton after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 68.
Born in Wilmington, Del., she was a longtime Princeton resident.
She volunteered at the Princeton studio for Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic and then served as assistant studio director for 22 years.
Following her retirement, she became deeply involved practicing pilates and yoga. An avid and eclectic reader, she was taking a course in Islam at the Evergreen Forum at the time of her death.
Mrs. Pell was a member of Trinity Church in Princeton and its Social Justice Committee. She also belonged to the Fort Ticonderoga Association of Ticonderoga, N.Y.
She graduated from Wilmington Friends School and attended Vassar College with the Class of 1956.
She is survived by her husband, Stuyvesant B. Pell; daughters and sons-in-law Alison C. Pell and J. Michael Helms of Snohomish, Wash., and Sarah B. Pell-Stires and Wayne Stires of Ewing Township; sister Nancy Lamson-Scribner of Florida; brother Ira F. Doom of Alabama; and grandsons James, Samuel and Grayson Helms of Snohomish, Wash.
A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 13 at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton. Interment was private in Old St. Anne's Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Jersey Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 69 Mapleton Road, Princeton, NJ 08540, or Fort Ticonderoga Association Inc., Box 390, Ticonderoga, N.Y. 12883 or Alcoholics Anonymous.
MERCERVILLE-Dale Leroy Ashcroft, 77, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2003 in the Medical Center at Princeton.
Born and raised in Plainview, MN, he moved to Hamilton Township in 1974.
Mr. Ashcroft was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and attended the University of Illinois. He was employed as an electrical engineer with the Plasma Physics Lab of Princeton University for 23 years. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, and was also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Mr. Ashcroft was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy.
Son of the late Hugh Raymond and Queenie Rosamond Ashcroft, brother of the late Bernard Hugh and Fordyce Glenn Ashcroft; and father of the late Jane Elizabeth Ashcroft, he is survived by his wife, Patricia Marie Ashcroft; a son, Joseph Samuel Ashcroft of Suffern, NY; a daughter, Jennifer Jane Ashcroft . of Minneapolis, MN; a brother, Kenneth Guy Ashcroft of Redwood Falls, MN; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 9 a.m. Monday from Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, 3816 E. State St. Ext., Mercerville.
Interment will take place in St. Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, CT. Relatives and friends may call 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Saul Colonial Home, 3795 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square.
Dale Ashcroft was a volunteer at the West Windsor studio of RFB&D-NJ Unit and at the newly combined studios at St. Joseph's Seminary.
Longtime Princeton resident
Patricia Frothingham Paynter of Princeton died Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 74.
Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., she was a Princeton resident since 1947.
She retired in 1993 after 23 years at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in Princeton, where she was assistant studio director. She was also a volunteer there for 42 years.
She was a member of the board of the Rockingham Association for five years, serving as corresponding secretary. She was named volunteer of the year in 2001 by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
She was a member and longtime volunteer at Trinity Church, serving on the Alter Guild, Stewardship Committee and Pastoral Ministries Committee, and was an office volunteer on a weekly basis. She also maintained a parish directory of members.
She sang for 12 years with Princeton Pro Musica.
She is survived by her husband, Richard K. Paynter III; sons Jonathan U. Paynter of Denali National Park, Alaska, and David G. Paynter of Rockville, Md.; daughter Ann T. Paynter of Mertztown, Pa.; sister Carol Forsbeck of Princeton; and grandchildren Samuel J. and Joshua I. Paynter.
A memorial service was held Sunday at Trinity Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, 69 Mapleton Road, Princeton, NJ 08540; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ 08540; or Rockingham Association, Laurel Avenue, Route 603, P.O. Box 496, Kingston, NJ 08528.
Arrangements were by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
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