Obituary of Virginia Anne Allen

Virginia Anne Allen, 85, of Ewing, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 at Compassionate Care Hospice @ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. Born in Scranton, PA she was a longtime resident of Ewing and Barnaget Townships. Virginia was a graduate of Trenton State Teachers College, now TCNJ, and retired from McCorristin High School in Hamilton, where she was a chemistry teacher for many years. She enjoyed quilting and belonged to many quilting guilds along with her hobbies of gardening and reading. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, who will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her. Daughter of the late Warren and Mary Brandreth, sister of the late Richard Brandreth, wife of the late Elmer B. Allen, mother of the late David C. Allen, grandmother of the late Michael Carabelli; she is survived by children, Steven and Jacqueline Allen, Valerie Carabelli and Joe Jaryzk, Buck and Candace Allen and Mary Ann and Bryan Reed, nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and her beloved cat, Ralph. A memorial service for Virginia will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 12 Noon at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 with the Rev. Charles A. Ferreri, Pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church of Hamilton officiating. Interment will be private. Visitation for relatives and friends will be Tuesday from 11AM-12 Noon at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Compassionate Care Hospice at Robert Wood University Hospital, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, NJ 08690 or to the charity of the donor’s choice.