BETTY STURKIE, AGE 89, EAST BRUNSWICK Published in the Home News Tribune 5/17/03Betty (Welch) Sturkie, 89, died yesterday, May 16, 2003, at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Geneva, N.Y., she resided in East Brunswick for the past 57 years. She attended Hobart and William Smith College, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1935. She was a longtime resident of Hilton Head Island, S.C. She was a member of the New Jersey State Board of Mental Health. She also belonged to the East Brunswick Women's Club, and East Jersey Old Towne in Piscataway. She founded Cub Scout Pack 23 in East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her first husband, Victor Failmezger, who died in 1963, as well as her second husband, Dr. Paul D. Sturkie, who died in 2002. Surviving are her two sons, a daughter, a sister, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Social Security Death Index Record
about Betty W. Sturkie
Name: Betty W. Sturkie
SSN: 076-10-7770
Last Residence: 08816 East Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States of America
Born: 14 May 1914
Died: 16 May 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )

1930 US Census, Texas > Throckmorton > Precinct 4 > District 5
Paul D. Sturkie, age 20 , boarder, public school teacher

Find A Grave Memorial# 177319422

Paul Sturkie was a world renowned expert in the field of avian physiology. He taught for many years at Rutgers University and lectured all over the world.

Name: Sturkie, Paul David
Birth - Death: 1911-2002
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New York Times, The (NY) - March 10, 2002

Deceased Name: STURKIE, DR. PAUL D.
STURKIE-Dr. Paul D. Died Friday, March 8, at the St. Peters Medical Center, New Brunswick. Dr. Sturkie was born in Proctor, Texas, and was ninety-two years of age. He resided in East Brunswick for fifty years and was formerly from Texas. He attended elementary and high schools in Texas, he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Texas A&M in 1933 and 1936 respectively and the Ph.D. at Cornell in 1939. He became Associate Professor at Auburn University, 1939-1944, Associate Professor at Rutgers University in 1944, Professor in 1950, and later Distinguished Professor of Physiology until 1977, when he retired as Emeritus Professor of Physiology. During his tenure at Rutgers he served as Chairman of the Department of Poultry Science, Department of Animal Science and as Chairman of the Department of Environmental Physiology, which he established in 1971. He organized a course in basic animal and human physiology, which he taught to undergraduates in animal sciences and biology. He organized and taught the first complete course in avian physiology, and published the first one volume book on avian physiology in 1954. The second, third and fourth editions were published in 1965, 1976 and 1986. In 1981 he edited a book on basic physiology, mainly on humans for beginners in physiology and health related fields and biological sciences, which has been translated into Russian and used as a Russian text in colleges. Dr. Sturkie was an active research worker and senior or junior author of over 170 technical papers and reports. He has won four research awards for distinguished research, including the Poultry Science Award in 1947; the Borden Award in 1956; the Rutgers Lineback Award for Distinguished Research in 1974; and the Golden Egg Award for service to the New Jersey poultry industry. Dr. Sturkie has been invited (guest) lecturer at national and international meetings and seminars in England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Australia, Russia, Kenya and South Africa. He belongs to a number of professional and honorary societies, including the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is listed in American Men of Science and World's Who's Who in Science and others. He is survived by his wife Betty Failmezger Welch, two sons, Robin Failmezger of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Victor Failmezger of Alexandria, VA, a daughter, Stephanie Partilla of Huntington, LI, a brother, Lloyd Sturkie of Houston, five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Calling hours will be Tuesday, 2-4, 7-9 PM, at the Rezem Funeral Home, 457 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Cremation will be at the convenience of the family.