GORDON–Felice. Felice Gordon passed away in her apartment in Princeton, New Jersey on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Her funeral took place on Monday, March 17 at Cedar Park Beth El cemetery in Paramus, NJ, with many family members present. Felice was born on March 29, 1932 in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens. Her family included her parents Robert and Beatrice Dosik, and her younger brother Paul Dosik. Felice was an avid pianist, and her interest in music led her to enroll in New York’s High School of Music and Art. She attended Queens College and subsequently transferred to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Felice met her future husband Alvin Gordon at a Jewish folk dance event at age 17. Felice was 20 years old when she and Alvin married. Together, they had three sons: Mark (deceased in 2018), Joel and Neil. Felice and Alvin moved to East Brunswick, NJ in 1958, and then to Princeton, NJ in 1970. Felice was a very intelligent, academically accomplished woman. In 1982, she earned a doctorate in American history, with a focus on women’s history.
In 1986, Rutgers University Press published “After Winning: The legacy of the New Jersey Suffragists 1920 – 1947,” a modified version of her doctoral thesis that explored the New Jersey women’s suffrage movement. Felice and Alvin had many interests, including folk dancing and participating in a book club, as well as classical music, Broadway musicals and other performing arts. Their son Mark died in 2018, and Alvin died in 2020. Felice is survived by her sons Joel and Neil, her daughters-in- law Patricia Gordon and Anna Pegler-Gordon, her sister-in-law Ginger Gordon and Ginger’s husband Jim Norman, and her sister-in-law Rosalie Dosik, as well as her seven grandchildren Bernard Gordon, Dora Gordon, Rebecca Coulson, Eli Gordon, Talia Gordon, Maya Pegler- Gordon and Naomi Pegler- Gordon. Felice will be sorely missed by her family. Memorial contributions in Felice’s name may be sent to The Jewish Center of Princeton.
