Bohdan "Dan" Choman, 86, passed into God's loving arms on March 17, 2012 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.

Dan lived in Princeton, N.J. for the past 22 years where he served as a member of the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and as a Eucharistic minister and choir member at St. Paul's Catholic Church. As a retired resident of Princeton, Dan photographed many scenes in Princeton and won an award for his photography from the Grounds of Sculpture. His other hobbies included writing poetry and painting. Through his generosity and volunteer work, he touched the lives of many people.

He will be forever remembered and loved by his wife of 56 years, Teresa Choman; his two sons, Nicholas and his wife, Lisa, of Hillsdale, N.J., Thomas and his wife, Michelle, of Fairfax, Va., and his grandchildren, Sarah, Christie, Matthew, and Nicholas.

Dan served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He earned his Ph.D., in microbiology from Penn State University and conducted post doctorate work at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. He worked for some 30 years for American Cyanamid in Pearl River, N.Y.

There will be a viewing at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, in Princeton from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Funeral mass will be held at St. Paul's Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Princeton Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please make a memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, or an organization of the donor's choice.