Nelson G. Hightower, Dorothy Schmidt.
Nelson G. Hightower
Worked at Marriott hotel
Nelson G. Hightower of Princeton died Thursday. He was 47.
Born in Chatham, Va., he lived in Princeton for 20 years and was a longtime New Jersey resident.
He attended Hopewell Valley and Trenton public schools.
He was a manager in the audio and video department of the Marriott hotel in Plainsboro. He was a Navy veteran.
He was a former member of Second Calvary Baptist Church, Hopewell.
He is survived by his wife, Lynn Hightower; daughter Ashley Hightower; sons Derrick and Terrence; parents Terrence and Kate Hayes; father-in-law and mother-in-law Lloyd and Barbara Banks; brothers and sisters-in-law Terrence Jr., Sherman and Lisa Hendryx and Brian and Janine Hendryx; twin sisters Sherry Hendryx and Theresa Rainer; five grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church, 1300 Greenwood Ave., Trenton, with the Rev. Keith A. Marshall officiating.
Calling hours will be 9 a.m. until time of service at the church.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Hughes Funeral Home, Trenton.
Dorothy Schmidt
Counselor at Womanspace
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP Dorothy Schmidt died Thursday at home. She was 65.
She was a counselor and court advocate at Womanspace, working with victims of domestic violence.
She had worked on psychology research projects at Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers universities and on programmed instruction in B. F. Skinner’s laboratory at Harvard University.
She graduated from Barnard College and received a master’s degree in psychology from Boston University.
She served on the boards of the Community Guidance Center and the Reading and Recreation Program. She was a Girl Scout leader, a United Way panel member, an organizer of special events for the PTO and a volunteer for The Medical Center at Princeton and Hands Across America.
Daughter of the late Paul and Ilse Schneider, she is survived by her husband, John; sons and daughter-in-law Paul Schmidt of New York and Eric and Tracy Schmidt of New York; daughter Karen Schmidt of North Arlington; brother Peter Schneider of Worcester, Mass.; grandson Philip; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral arrangements will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Womanspace Inc., 1212 Stuyvesant Ave., Trenton, N.J. 08618.