Olof W. Hogrelius
Olof W. Hogrelius, 101, of Hightstown, formerly of Princeton, died April 4 at Meadow Lakes in Hightstown. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Dayspring Hogrelius.
Born in New York City, he had been a resident of New Jersey since 1912.
Mr. Hogrelius attended elementary school in Woodcliff on the Hudson, graduating in 1921, and Dickinson High School, Jersey City, graduating in 1925. He attended New York University from 1925 to 1937 earning his BA and MA degrees. He was a member of the NYU track and football teams.
He was employed at Chase National Bank, Fenner, Beane & Ungerleider (now Merrill Lynch), Equitable Life, and Pacific Mills.
His teaching career began as a teacher of history at the Hillsdale Public School, now the George G. White School, from 1938 to 1943. During this time he became active in the early years of the Credit Union, serving as a Director of the New Jersey Credit Union League from 1938 to 1943.
During World War II he left teaching to work at Wright Aeronautical Corp. from 1943 to 1945. Returning to teaching after the war, he taught history at Battin Senior High School in Elizabeth from 1945 until his retirement in 1973.
He served as vice president and a member of the Hillsdale Board of Education in 1937-38 and later as a member of the Pascack Valley Regional High School Board of Education from 1950 until the school opened in 1955.
His professional memberships include the New Jersey Education Association, the National Education Association, and the Union County Retired Teachers Association.
Moving to Princeton in 1960, in retirement, he became an active member of the Princeton Senior Tennis Group and was given the nickname “Ageless Ole,” eventually retiring from tennis at age 89. He was also an active member of the Nassau Club and an avid gardener.
He is survived by two daughters, Judith Hardardt of Davis, Calif. and Jennifer Dehlinger of Lake Mohawk, N.J.; a son, Olof W. Hogrelius, Jr. of Pagosa Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8 at Trinity-All Saints’ Episcopal Church, All Saints’ Road. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the church.
Arrangements are by the Kimble Funeral Home. On-line condolences may be sent by visiting www.thekimblefuneralhome.com.
Hello, I am not sure who you are but this is my grandfather and my aunt in this photo. The obituary is my grandfather's. Kindly remove these from your blog and any other posts on the internet. You did not receive our family's permission to post and we find it an invasion of our privacy and of our grief. Please do so immediately. Lisa Hardardt Pillmore (mother: Judith Hogrelius Hardardt)
SvaraRaderaHi, Olof was my fathers real cousin and my brother Bengt and his son Anders meet Olof many times under his life. I now Jonathan and his brother than many yers back in our life. Olofs son living in Tucson and we write letters from 1998 and to his dead. I talk with Jonathan for 3 weeks ago whwn he was in Paris.
SvaraRaderaHogrelius are my clan ,there in US and here in Sweden!
Regards from Bo Hogrelius (Högrelius in swedish)