Bernice L. Squier

Bernice L. (Lapp) Squier, 92, of South Plainfield, N.J., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Family and friends are invited to join together for a memorial service on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church (WAPC), 170 Watchung Ave., North Plainfield, N.J. 07060. A reception will follow services in the parish hall. Born and raised in North Plainfield, N.J., Bernice graduated from the former Penn Hall School in Pennsylvania and attended New York University. She settled in South Plainfield in 1950. Bernice had been a member of the Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church in North Plainfield since 1930. She was a homemaker for most of her life and a very modest and humble woman who enjoyed swimming. Her abilities as a swimmer earned her a spot in the 1936 Olympics as a member of the U.S. Women's Swim Team, where she won a bronze medal in the relay event. Predeceased by her husband, John, in 1971, she is survived by her two daughters, Nancy Squier of South Plainfield and Peggy Bunnell and her husband, Jeffrey, of North Plainfield; a granddaughter, Susan Jackson and her husband, Erik, and two dear great-grandchildren, Connor and Kaelynn.