Ilona T. Foltiny, 84, of Ewing, NJ died on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Greenwood House in Ewing , NJ.

Ilona was born in Sopron, Hungary and immigrated to the US in 1950, where she first settled in Albany (Syracuse), NY. In 1955, she moved to Princeton before eventually relocating to Ewing in 1988.

Mrs. Foltiny completed a two year medical residency program in Hungary. Here in the US, she worked for many years at Princeton Microfilm in Princeton Junction. Ilona retired in 1994 after ten years of service for the Mercer County Board of Social Services, in Trenton, as an income maintenance worker.

Aside from raising seven children, her interests were gardening, reading and above all, spending time with her grandchildren.

Mrs. Foltiny was predeceased by her parents Vincent and Brigitta Miklitz Kovacs, daughter Maria Edith Foltiny, former husband Dr. Stephen Foltiny and a sister Edith Sulyok. Surviving are her five sons and daughters-in-law; Steven V. and Peter V., both of Ewing, Andrew A. and Theresa of South Brunswick, Miklos C. and Patricia of Burlington and Tamas Z. and Lissa of Lawrence, a daughter Maria-Theresa J. Marder of Ewing, 11 grandchildren; Tonya, Peter, Ashley, Andrew, Emily, Natasha, Olivia, Brandon, Candace, Allison and Brett and several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will begin on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 10:30AM in the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, followed by an 11:00AM funeral mass at St. Paul Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ.

Burial will be at Princeton Cemetery.

Visiting hours, at the funeral home, will be from 8:30AM until 10:30AM on Monday, September 30, 2013.
Memorial contributions, in her name, can be made to Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey, 1 AAA Drive, Suite 203, Trenton, NJ 08691, American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 (cancer.org), Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., PO Box 418629, Boston, MA 02241-8629 (lupus.org) or Greenwood House, 53 Walter St. Ewing, N.J. 08628.