Obituary of Estelle Ives Zahn

Estelle Ives Zahn née Pooley, born February 11, 1925 in Plymouth England, died December 12, 2012 in Essex, CT. While working as a secretary at the Royal Navy Dockyard at Devonport in 1945 she met and married Paul Irvine, a commander in the United States Navy. They lived in post war Naples, Italy before moving to New York City. Together they ran Muirhead Instruments in central NJ until Paul's death on Estelle's birthday in 1964. Estelle married Loyal T. Ives, former president of the Steiner Ives Company of Newark, NJ in 1966. They were long-time residents of Princeton, New Jersey. Estelle served as the president of Loyal's Princeton University alumni class of 1925. She was again widowed in 1985. She subsequently married her longtime friend, Valentine Zahn of Essex, CT, a retired controller for AT&T who predeceased her in 1989. She was an avid bridge player, member of the Essex Yacht Club, Old Lyme Country Club and St. John's Episcopal Church in Essex. She leaves behind a niece and nephews in Europe of her late sister Florence Mary Hooper. She will be missed by extended family members of Paul Irvine and Loyal Ives, all of whom consider her a close family member. She will be remembered for her sophistication, loyalty, sharp wit and incredible intellect.