Rachel Elizabeth Hendershott, 84, of Princeton Jct., NJ, passed away peacefully with family by her side on July 26, 2013, at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ.

Born December 21, 1928 and raised Rachel Elizabeth Van Wagner in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she spent her summers with her parents Floyd M. and Catherine Van Wagner, her twin sister Mary and brothers Peter and Charles Van Wagner on the shores of Lac Nominingue in the Laurentien mountains of Quebec.

She moved with her husband, Bill Hendershott, and their three children, Caroline Jill, Stephen, and Catherine to Princeton NJ and become very active as a volunteer working with the AAMH, the Eden Institute, The Girl Scouts, and the Princeton Watercolor Society. Rachel was a world traveler, photographer, and watercolor artist. She traveled from the North Pole to the African Savanna to Indonesia capturing the beauty of the world in her photographs. She spent the last seven years living at Bear Creek Assisted Living in Princeton Jct. During her final days she was tenderly cared for by her family and caregivers at the Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ.

Predeceased by her beloved husband Bill, Rachel will always be lovingly remembered by her children Caroline Jill Hendershott, Catherine Weber and husband David and Stephen Hendershott and wife Jill, grandchildren Scott Weber and his wife Stephanie, Kevin Weber and his fiancée Julie Sauer, Christopher Weber, Kyle Nosal and his wife Megan, Matthew Nosal and Rachel S. Hendershott, great grandchildren Jackson and Colin Weber and Juliet Nosal, brothers Peter and Charles Van Wagner and twin sister Mary Waldvogel as well as extended family in Canada and here in the US.

Cremation services were private.

Donations in Rachel's memory can be made to the Alzheimer's Organization (http://www.alz.org)