Helen J. Evatt, 92, died Sept. 21 at Buckingham Place, South Brunswick.
Born in East Orange, she was the daughter of Mark K. and May (Rinehart) Jones.
A longtime resident of Princeton, she graduated from Westminster Choir College in 1942 with a bachelor of music degree. She was a soloist at the Second Presbyterian Church from 1942 and became a member of the Nassau Presbyterian Church in 1965 when the two churches combined.
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She was a manager of the interview department of Opinion Research Corporation from 1942-1955.
Wife of Franks G. Evatt, she and her husband were owners and managers of the Peacock Inn from 1955-1965. A lifetime member of the Present Day Club from 1959, she was also manager from 1966 to 1988.
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She was a former regent of the Princeton chapter of the DAR and member from 1966.
She was a member of the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Soroptimists International.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-lawn, Andrew H. and Jean J. Evatt of Springfield, and her grandson, Andrew Mark Charles Evatt of Cleveland, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Nassau Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the Trinity All Saints Cemetery, Princeton.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
