A memorial service and celebration of the life of Peter Edwin Bulkley Erdman will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. A long-time resident of Princeton and Stonebridge-at-Montgomery, Peter passed during a brief hospitalization on December 20, 2023. He was 95 years old.
Peter was the third of five sons born to Lucy Kidder Bulkley and Dr. Charles R. Erdman, Jr. He was raised in Princeton and in a summer home in Edgartown, MA. He was educated at Miss Fines and Princeton Country Day schools (graduating in 1943), Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 1946), and Princeton University (Class of 1950).
Peter married Hope English Erdman (“Patsy”), daughter of William H. and Margaret English of New York City and Edgartown, MA. He and Patsy moved to Princeton in 1955, four children began to arrive, and they built their home on Russell Road where they lived for 48 years prior to moving to Stonebridge at Montgomery in 2004.
Peter is preceded in death by his wife Patsy and his brothers Charles R. Erdman, III and Harold Bulkley Erdman. Peter is survived by his four children, Margy (and Jim) Becker, Caroline Hare, William P. Erdman, Andrew E. Erdman, seven grandchildren, and his brothers David and Michael Erdman and their families.
On-site church parking for the memorial service will be limited to family. Street parking for visitors is available downtown and covered parking available at the Chambers or Spring Street parking garages. The full obituary is available at Mather Hodge Funeral Home website www.matherhodge.com.