Mr. William (Bill) Stuart Wachenfeld

May 16, 1953 - March 1, 2018

William (“Bill”) Stuart Wachenfeld passed away on March 1, 2018 at University Medical Center. Bill was born in Newport, RI to William T. Wachenfeld, now of Chatham, MA, and the late Ann (Hamm) Harris. He was a lifelong resident of New Jersey. He spent 7 years “high above Cayuga’s waters,” earning both an electrical engineering degree and a law degree from Cornell University. He retained lifelong friendships from his time at Cornell, and was a proud member of the Lambda Sigma Delta fraternity. He was a member of both the New Jersey Bar and the New York Bar, and was a practicing attorney at the New York law firm of Mendes and Mount at the time of his death. In addition to his father and wife, Bill is survived by his daughter and son, Jana and Nicolai, his son-in-law Trevor and granddaughter Elizabella (his beloved “Smiley”), sister Robin, brother John and his wife Daisy, step sisters Nancy, Sally and Ann, and many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends of Bill and his wife Beth are invited to attend a memorial service at Hopewell Memorial Home, 71 East Prospect Street in Hopewell on Saturday, March 10, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.