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Elizabeth Frazier; father of Ava and
Elliott Siegelbaum; son of Joseph and
Sue Ann Siegelbaum; and brother of
Robert Siegelbaum ’94, M.D., and
Amy Siegelbaum ’98.
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Warren Spering “Kim” Kimber IV
’07, 20, of Summit, N.J., passed away
on January 31, 2009, in Geneva, N.Y.
He was a gifted athlete who earned
12 varsity letters at Pingry as a fouryear
member of the soccer, basketball,
and lacrosse teams. He also
played varsity lacrosse at Hobart
and William Smith Colleges. He
is survived by his father, Warren
S. Kimber III ’76, mother Sarah
Kimber, sister Casey Kimber, grandparents
Warren S. Kimber, Jr. ’52
and Barbara R. Kimber, and aunt
Kathryn Kimber ’79.
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Richard C. Weiler, 79, of Watchung
died on September 5, 2008. Born in
Egg Harbor City on December 24,
1928, Mr. Weiler was the son of the
late Emil and Elsie Hahn Weiler. A
Watchung resident for 45 years, he
formerly lived in Fanwood.
A graduate of Egg Harbor High
School, he received a bachelor’s
degree from Rutgers College, where
he earned a varsity letter in lacrosse
in 1951, and a Master of Arts degree
from New York University in 1957.
He served in the United States Army
from 1951 to 1952. Mr. Weiler was
an ordained deacon of the Fanwood
Presbyterian Church and a member
of Wilson Memorial Church,
Watchung. He was a Little League
coach and served as chief in the
Watchung Indian Guides. His past
professional organizations included
the Eastern Interscholastic
Swimming Association, chairman
of the Union County Swimming
Association, and commissioner of the
Interstate Lacrosse Conference and
New Jersey Coaches Association.
He began his teaching career of 41
years at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville,
Conn., as an assistant athletic director.
For 40 years, he taught history
and was varsity coach of the swimming
and lacrosse teams at Pingry,
where his teams compiled impressive
records season after season. Many of
his students played on varsity teams
in college and three lacrosse players
were named All-American. Mr.
Weiler was instrumental in establishing
lacrosse at Pingry, where he had
eight consecutive winning seasons,
six consecutive Interstate Lacrosse
League championships, and seven
consecutive Rutgers Trophies. In his
honor, Pingry established the annual
Richard C. Weiler Lacrosse Award
in 1973. As coach of the swim team
for 12 years, he achieved a winning
record every year and was victorious
in the Union County Interscholastic
Swimming Meet and Triangular
Meet.
On May 16, 2008, to honor his
commitment to Pingry sports, the
school inducted Mr. Weiler into the
Athletic Hall of Fame, where two
of his lacrosse and swimming teams
have also been enshrined.
In addition to his wife Jean
Thompson Weiler, to whom he
was married for 54 years, he is survived
by his daughter Dr. Jeanne
Weiler of Tenafly; two sons, Richard
C. Weiler, Jr. ’75 of Lebanon
Township and Timothy G. Weiler
of Califon; five grandchildren,
Ruby Jean Choonoo, Jeffrey Weiler
Choonoo, Peter Reed Weiler,
Ann Bailey Weiler, and Oona Grace
Weiler; and a brother, Emil Weiler.
His sisters Rose Henkelman and
Ruth Weiler Haynes predeceased
him.
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David B. McCullough, 50, of Raritan
Township, died on November 24,
2008. Born in Morristown on
September 11, 1958, he had resided
in Raritan Township for 16 years.
A graduate of Rider University, he
was a financial consultant with
Merrill Lynch in Short Hills, N.J.
Surviving, in addition to his mother,
are his wife, Colleen McCullough;
three children Connor Kirdzik,
Pingry student Cameron Kirdzik
(Form II), and Shannon Kirdzik;
a brother, Gary Kirdzik of Hudson,
Ohio, and a sister, Debbie VandeRydt
of Hackettstown.
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