Patricia Lengel Venable Obituary
Patricia Ann Lengel Venable, 91, passed away Sunday November 14th after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Elyria, Ohio. She went on to receive her undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster (1952) and later her Master’s degree (1954) and PhD (1963) from Ohio State University. She had a passion for teaching and went on to be both a college professor and high school Biology teacher. She taught at Rider College, Trenton State College, The Lawrenceville School and Princeton Day School. She was an active member of The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for over 50 years. She spent many summers in Jamestown, Rhode Island and could be found most days showing her grandchildren how to pick clams or catch lobsters or volunteering to give shoreline nature walks to kids and adults. Pre-deceased by her husband, Baxter Venable, parents Manhatten and Marcelyn Lengel, sister-in-law Joan Venable and brother-in-law Richard Cooper. She is survived by; A son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Kristin Venable of Denver Colorado; a daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Brian Ciuffreda of Lawrenceville; a brother and sister-in-law Tom and Carol Sue Lengel of Willoughby Hills Ohio and sister-in-law Catherine Cooper of New Bern North Carolina; Four grandchildren, Adam and Erica Venable and Nicholas and Katie Ciuffreda; three nieces Kate Cooper Metts, Jennifer Cooper, Ginny Barb Lengel and grand nephew Cooper Metts. A memorial service will be held Saturday December 11, 2021 at 2:00 PM at The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville 2688 Main Street, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 www.pclawrenceville.org or Alzheimer’s New Jersey 425 Eagle Rock Ave Ste 203 Roseland, NJ 07068 www.alznj.org Arrangements are by the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, 2560 Pennington Rd, Pennington NJ. For further information or to send a condolence, please visit www.wilsonapple.com . Wilson-Apple Funeral Home 2560 Pennington Road Pennington, NJ 08534 (609) 737-1498
Published by “The Times, Trenton,” from Nov. 20 to Nov. 21, 2021.
Posted in on November 23, 2021.
