Ruth Bergengren Perkins, 98, of Princeton, NJ, and Blue Mountain Lake, NY, died peacefully at home in Princeton on July 7, 2014.
Born in 1915 in Boras, Sweden, Ruth married Christian H. Aall, a Norwegian, in 1939.
They spent much of World War II in occupied Norway. In 1947, with their first two children, they moved to Anniston, AL, then to Columbia, TN, and St. Louis, MO. They had two more children before settling in Princeton in 1956. For the past 15 years, Ruth lived at Princeton Windrows.
For many years, she served on the board of the American Scandinavian Foundation and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Ruth travelled widely, and her adventures included climbing 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, and writing memoirs for her family on the shores of Italy's Lake Como.
She married twice, first to Dr. Aall and then to Dr. James A. Perkins, former president of Cornell University.
Ruth was the mother of four and stepmother of five. She is survived by her four children, Cecilia Mathews, Mea Kaemmerlen, Pamela Aall McPherson and Christian Aall; four stepchildren, Barbara Tinker, John Perkins, David Perkins and Tracy Berman; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews and cousins in Sweden, Norway, and elsewhere.
In her memory, contributions can be sent to the American Scandinavian Foundation in New York City or the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
Published in The Times, Trenton, on July 13, 2014
Born in 1915 in Boras, Sweden, Ruth married Christian H. Aall, a Norwegian, in 1939.
They spent much of World War II in occupied Norway. In 1947, with their first two children, they moved to Anniston, AL, then to Columbia, TN, and St. Louis, MO. They had two more children before settling in Princeton in 1956. For the past 15 years, Ruth lived at Princeton Windrows.
For many years, she served on the board of the American Scandinavian Foundation and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Ruth travelled widely, and her adventures included climbing 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, and writing memoirs for her family on the shores of Italy's Lake Como.
She married twice, first to Dr. Aall and then to Dr. James A. Perkins, former president of Cornell University.
Ruth was the mother of four and stepmother of five. She is survived by her four children, Cecilia Mathews, Mea Kaemmerlen, Pamela Aall McPherson and Christian Aall; four stepchildren, Barbara Tinker, John Perkins, David Perkins and Tracy Berman; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews and cousins in Sweden, Norway, and elsewhere.
In her memory, contributions can be sent to the American Scandinavian Foundation in New York City or the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
Published in The Times, Trenton, on July 13, 2014
Ruth Bergengren Perkins, 98, of Princeton, NJ, and Blue Mountain Lake, NY, died peacefully at home in Princeton on July 7, 2014.
Born in 1915 in Boras, Sweden, Ruth married Christian H. Aall, a Norwegian, in 1939.
They spent much of World War II in occupied Norway. In 1947, with their first two children, they moved to Anniston, AL, then to Columbia, TN, and St. Louis, MO. They had two more children before settling in Princeton in 1956. For the past 15 years, Ruth lived at Princeton Windrows.
For many years, she served on the board of the American Scandinavian Foundation and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Ruth travelled widely, and her adventures included climbing 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, and writing memoirs for her family on the shores of Italy's Lake Como.
She married twice, first to Dr. Aall and then to Dr. James A. Perkins, former president of Cornell University.
Ruth was the mother of four and stepmother of five. She is survived by her four children, Cecilia Mathews, Mea Kaemmerlen, Pamela Aall McPherson and Christian Aall; four stepchildren, Barbara Tinker, John Perkins, David Perkins and Tracy Berman; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews and cousins in Sweden, Norway, and elsewhere.
In her memory, contributions can be sent to the American Scandinavian Foundation in New York City or the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
Published in The Times, Trenton, on July 13, 2014
Born in 1915 in Boras, Sweden, Ruth married Christian H. Aall, a Norwegian, in 1939.
They spent much of World War II in occupied Norway. In 1947, with their first two children, they moved to Anniston, AL, then to Columbia, TN, and St. Louis, MO. They had two more children before settling in Princeton in 1956. For the past 15 years, Ruth lived at Princeton Windrows.
For many years, she served on the board of the American Scandinavian Foundation and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Ruth travelled widely, and her adventures included climbing 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, and writing memoirs for her family on the shores of Italy's Lake Como.
She married twice, first to Dr. Aall and then to Dr. James A. Perkins, former president of Cornell University.
Ruth was the mother of four and stepmother of five. She is survived by her four children, Cecilia Mathews, Mea Kaemmerlen, Pamela Aall McPherson and Christian Aall; four stepchildren, Barbara Tinker, John Perkins, David Perkins and Tracy Berman; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews and cousins in Sweden, Norway, and elsewhere.
In her memory, contributions can be sent to the American Scandinavian Foundation in New York City or the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
Published in The Times, Trenton, on July 13, 2014
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