PRINCETON… Nancy Campbell Weaver, 80, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017.
Born in Petersburg, VA, she was a resident of Princeton for over fifty years. She attended Duke University and earned a B.S. in pharmacy from the Medical College of Virginia. It was during this time that she met her husband, Bill Weaver, in Charlottesville, VA. They moved to Princeton in 1963, when Bill was invited to the Institute for Advanced Study.
Nancy was an active member of the Princeton community. She was an EMT and volunteered for the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad for nearly 20 years (’79-’99). As her children matured, she returned to pharmacy, working briefly in Petersburg, VA then in the Princeton area.
Nancy enjoyed religious studies and attended courses at the Princeton Theological Seminary and frequently participated at weekly Talmud study at The Jewish Center of Princeton. She loved learning, reading of any kind, genealogy, dolls, and antiques.
She was the wife of the late David William Weaver, III, a mathematician. She was also predeceased by her sister Beth Daniel. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law: Sallie Campbell Weaver, a lawyer, of Los Angeles, CA, and Drs. Yaffa and Mark Brown, of Mobile, AL as well as her younger brother, Arthur Gill, 3 grandchildren and 5 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services and burial are 11 AM Sunday (October 8) at Washington Cemetery, 104 Deans Rhode Hall Road, Deans, NJ. Memorial donations may be made to the Rabbi’s discretionary fund at The Jewish Center of Princeton.