Willard Gibbs Eldred, 87, of South Brunswick died Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at home surrounded by loving family. Bill was born in Camden, raised in Clementon, and was a resident of South Brunswick for 57 years. He was a graduate of The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and a graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School. Bill was a US Army Veteran. He retired after 38 1/2 years as Deputy General Counsel with Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. He was a very active member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in South Brunswick.

Bill served on the South Brunswick Planning and Zoning Board. Bill was an Eagle Scout and leader of Troop 90. His father, Arthur Rose Eldred, was the first Eagle Scout of America. Son of the late Arthur Rose and Mildred (Gibbs) Eldred, brother of the late Arthur Rose Eldred, grandfather of the late James Hitte, and father-in-law of the late Paul Hitte, he is survived by his wife Margaret (Saecker) Eldred, son and daughter-in-law Willard (Bill) and Kandice Eldred, three daughters and two sons-in-law ,Nina Hitte, Susan and Joseph Santangelo, Margaret (Margy) and Charles Malott, sister Patricia Hudson, thirteen grandchildren Allyson, Robert, Jenifer, Mark, Kaitlynn, Kyle, Jordan, Spencer, Tyler, Kasey, Jack, Jacob, and Kaitlin and many nieces and nephews.

The Funeral was held Saturday, May 23, 2015 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 142 Sand Hill Road, Monmouth Junction. He is buried in Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.