Frank Cortelyou, Jr. age 81, of
Fairfield Township died Monday, January 21, 2008 at South Jersey
Regional Medical Center where he had been a patient for one week. He had
been in declining health for the past four months.
Born in Bridgeton he was the son of the late Frank Cortelyou and Louise
Minton
Cortelyou and was the husband of Elaine Henderson Cortelyou. He had been
a Fairfield
Township resident for 45 years and prior to that had resided in
Bridgeton.
A graduate of the Bridgeton High School Class of 1944 he went on to
graduate from Mercersburg Academy and Princeton University. He was a
member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Bridgeton.
Frank was actively involved with agriculture all of his life. He worked
with the Ritter Seed Company for 20 years and served on the New Jersey
Asparagus Council. In the mid 1970’s he and his family went into
business growing greenhouse tomatoes and flowers. During the summers he
worked for Hunt Wesson’s tomato operations and when the Hunt’s Bridgeton
plant closed he went to Toledo, Ohio to do agricultural research for the
company.
He retired to his family home on the Cohansey River in 1991 where he
enjoyed working in his garden and woods. He also enjoyed traveling,
attending the theater, reading and listening to books and especially
sharing time with his three grandchildren.
In addition to his wife and closest companion, Elaine, with whom he
celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in October, he is survived by
his daughter Jan Lee and her husband David and their sons Seth and
Matthew who reside in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also his daughter
Patricia Hamilton and her husband John and their daughter Jacqueline who
reside in Atlanta, Georgia.
Memorial Services will be held at the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, 160 Main
Street, Cedarville and will be announced at a later date.
Cremation and inurnment will take place at Laurel Lawn Crematory in
Upper Deerfield Township.
The family asks that contributions in Frank’s memory be made to the
charity of one’s choice.
Written condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home
website at www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
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