Shawn P. Matthews, 50, passed into God's loving hands on Sunday, May 9, 2010 with his family by his side. Born in Trenton, He had lived in Springfield most of his life before moving to California and then Cream Ridge, NJ. He was a graduate of Northern Burlington Regional High School attended NYU and graduated from Rider College. He was a teacher with the Burlington Township School System for 15 years where he produced and directed school musicals and plays. Shawn loved music, the arts and travel. He performed in local theatres and toured Europe with the American Youth in Concert with a performance in Carnegie Hall.

Son of the late Robert Stanton and Florence Matthews, brother of the late Rita Gail Eleuteri and uncle of the late Maureen Eleuteri, he is survived by his life partner, Eduardo Moreno of Antioch, CA, three sisters and three brothers-in-law, Jeanne Matthews of Cream Ridge, Florence and Al Demirtas of Houston, TX, Eileen and Phillip Foga of Roebling and John Eleuteri of Bordentown. Three brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph Robert and Nancy Matthews of Robbinsville, Donald and Mary Matthews of Jobstown and John Stanton and Betty Jane Matthews of Hamilton Twp, several nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, 1 great-great niece, an uncle, several aunts and cousins.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 am Saturday, May 15 at St. Andrew's Church, 2489 Monmouth Rd., Jobstown, NJ. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bordentown Twp. Family and friends may call Friday evening 6 to 9 pm and again Saturday morning 8:45 to 9:30 am at the Peppler Funeral Home, 122 Crosswicks St., Bordentown.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.