Florence May Durland, 78, of Plainsboro, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Hospital in Trenton.

Born in Hightstown, Florence moved to Plainsboro in 1951.

Mrs. Durland retired from the deli department of the Plainsboro Super Fresh supermarket in 1996. Prior to that she was a waitress at The Grotto Restaurant on Witherspoon Street in Princeton for 35 years.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro, the Plainsboro Senior Citizens Club and a spokesperson for the AARP. Her hobbies included crafts, needlepoint and cooking with her specialties being baked beans and meatloaf.

Florence was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who loved everyone and whom everyone loved even though she never lost an argument.

She was predeceased by her son, Jeffrey T. Durland, mother and step-father Grace and Mike Kuzma and two brothers Charles and Benjamin Dancer. Surviving are her beloved husband, Kenneth E. Durland, Sr., with whom she celebrated 60 years of marriage on February 14, 2010, three daughters; Sharon Durland Blechschmidt and husband Edward of Reading, PA, Florence LaBeur and husband David of Green Cove Springs, FL and Grace Moylan of Hamilton, NJ and two sons; Kenneth E. Durland, Jr. of Hamilton, NJ and Charles M. Durland and wife Karen of Plainsboro. Also surviving are six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, her aunt, Madeline Payton of Hightstown, NJ and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 10AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro, 500 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Visiting hours will be Friday, March 12, 2010 from 5PM to 8PM at the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ

Burial will be with her son at Princeton Memorial Park, Robbinsville, NJ

Memorial contributions in her memory to the First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro would be appreciated.