Anna Kulow Adda

Anna Kulow Adda, age 88 years, of Ringoes, NJ, died on Monday, June 11, 2012 in the Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

She was born in Yonkers, NY, December 29, 1923, daughter of the late Larion J. and Ksenia Stepanku Kulow, formerly of 227 East 87st Street, New York City, NY.

She graduated from Julia Richmond High School in 1940, attended the Brooklyn College evening session until 1943 when she transferred to the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass). She graduated in 1946 with a B.S. in Botany and Genetics.

Anna worked for the W. A. Burpee Seed Company when they developed the Burpee Hybrid Cucumber.

In 1948, Anna and her husband, Joseph F. Adda, Jr., moved to Ringoes, NJ. They had met at Rutgers where Joe was an “Aggie” near the “Puddle.”

Anna also worked at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Medical Records, Data Processing and Medical Auditing. She taught Sunday School for many years at the Larison’s Corner Presbyterian Church, Larison’s Corner, NJ and was also a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Flemington, NJ.

She loved gardening, bird watching and reading on all topics and inspired a love of these things in her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband of sixty-five years, Joseph; a brother, Roman Walter Kulow of Cheshire, CT; a son, Joseph of Waterford, NY; a daughter and son-in-law, Joanne and John Lawrence of Kemblesville, PA; a granddaughter, Elizabeth and grandson, John, both of Kemblesville, PA; and two great granddaughters, Sara and Julia. She was pre-deceased by another daughter, Christine.

Funeral Services will take place on Friday at 11:00 a.m. in Larison’s Corner Presbyterian Church, Larison’s Corner, NJ under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment will follow in Amwell Ridge Cemetery, Larison’s Corner, NJ. Calling hours will be Thursday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Funeral Home. Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information or to send condolences.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College for the Douglass Fund, 181 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.