Farewell to a good teacher and friend

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Dorothy Montelius passes away

When Hopewell resident and Cranbury native Elizabeth Zingg remembers Dorothy Montelius, she thinks of her sense of humor and how genuine and likeable she was.

Ms. Montelius, 97, known to friends as Dot, died Oct. 6 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. She lived in Cranbury for many years and taught first grade at Cranbury School for a number of years before retiring in 1970. She raised her family on South Main Street and Ms. Zingg, who was a child at the time, lived next door.

Ms. Montelius was like a second mother to Ms. Zingg, who said she spent as much time next door playing with Ms. Montelius' daughter, Dorsett, as she spent at her own house.

"I can remember spending rainy Saturday afternoons playing Monopoly over at her house," she said.

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