Ernest Samuel "Chubby" D'Andrea, of Ewing, NJ, formerly of Princeton, NJ, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2024 at Serenity Hospice at RWJ – Hamilton, Hamilton Twp., NJ at the age of 89.

He was born in Princeton, NJ and attended the Princeton Schools.  After graduation, he worked for the Princeton Township Road Department for over 40 years and Tiger Refreshments at Princeton University.  After his retirement he was crossing guard at Littlebrook School and at the Guyot Avenue/Jefferson Road crossing.

Ernest was a member of the Princeton Elks and life member of the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad.

Predeceased by his parents, Ernest P. and Josephine Crocetti D'Andrea, he is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Jane Duncan D'Andrea, his daughter and her partner, Sarah D'Andrea and Dusty Thayer of Port Leyden, NY, grandson Gregory Griffis and his wife Jaclyn and great granddaughters Josephine and Guiliana all of Lawrenceville, NJ, sister and brother-in-law Loretta and Steven Derochi of Skillman, nephew Jonathan Derochi of Rocky Hill, NJ and two nieces and their husbands; Andrea and Luke Moix of California and Elisa and Chuck Welles of Pennsylvania.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul Parish, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 10AM.  Burial will follow, in the family plot, in the church cemetery.

A gathering of family and friends will be on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542.

Contributions, in his memory, to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital can be made, in various ways, at stjude.org/donate