Robert B. Hallett

Robert B. Hallett

Robert Bliss Hallett, 74, of Ewing, N.J., died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, at his home at Bella Vista Farm.

Born in Montclair, N.J., and formerly of the commonwealth of Virginia, he had been a Ewing resident for the past six years at his longtime family home.

He was a graduate of Montclair High School and received his B.S. in education from Trenton State College.

Robert served in the Army during the Korean War.

He was a sixth-grade teacher for the Lawrence Township schools for 10 years. Entering the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1968, he served as a special agent and specialized in forensic sciences for documents and impressions. While there, Robert testified in a landmark case for barefoot impressions. He retired from federal service in 1989.

After retirement from the FBI, he did private consulting and worked as a forensic scientist for the Commonwealth of Virginia State Police Forensic Lab. He retired from state service in 1999.

Robert was a member of the Society of Former Special Agents and the National Rifle Association.

Son of the late Robert Winton and Ann Bliss Hallett, he is survived by his wife, Barbara Potts Hallett; his two sons, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Robert John Hallett and his wife, Lee, of Spotsylvania County, and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Richard Douglas Hallett of Oceanside, Calif.; his daughter and son-in-law, Darielle and Frank Pasquito of Hopewell; and five grandchildren, Caeli Renee, Robert Josiah and Ainsley Bliss Hallett and Connor Frank and Rylind Clare Pasquito. Also surviving is his sister, Marilyn Jones and her husband, Ed; his cousin, Samuel Alfred Andrew; his aunt, Betty Lou Allen; his mother-in-law, Jane Potts; and his brothers-in-law, Lawrence H. and Andrew W. Potts.

A funeral will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m. at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Home, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, N.J.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton, N.J. Burial will be in Ewing Cemetery.

Family and friends may call on Friday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Box 420, Quantico, Va. 22134.