Hedwig (Hedy) Delaney

March 7, 1924 - May 27, 2017

Hedwig (Hedy) Delaney, 93, of Ewing passed away Saturday at [email protected] Born in Zurich, Switzerland, she has been a Ewing resident since 1947. A graduate of Trenton High School class of 1942, she was an aide with the Mercer Children's Center at Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church and its choir auxiliary. Mrs. Delaney served as Deacon and Elder there as well as teaching Sunday school. She was a member of the American Legion ladies post 339 and served as a den mother for the Cub Scouts for 17 years. She enjoyed sewing and knitting and spending time with her family at her home in West Cape May. Predeceased by her parents, Jacob and Hulda Bodmer; her husband Robert E. Delaney, her former husband Walter R. Everitt and her brother Fritz Bodmer, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Pamela and Gary Miller of Yardville; three sons and two daughters-in-law, James and Patricia Everitt of California, Thomas and Eleanor Everitt of Florida and David Everitt of California; a stepson Robert E Delaney Jr. and his wife Eileen of Hamilton; and a stepdaughter Barbara Bobal and husband Tom of Hamilton; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 471 Parkway Avenue, Ewing New Jersey. Funeral Service will begin at noon followed by Burial at Ewing Church Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Murphy Funeral Home 935 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, NJ. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen), PO Box 872, Trenton, NJ 08605 or a no-kill animal shelter or rescue.