Edmund "Ted" Warner Stiles, 61, died March 7 at his residence.
Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stiles was a resident of Hopewell Township.
Dr. Stiles taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Rutgers University in biology, and kept over 70 land projects going at any one time.
He served on many nonprofit boards, including The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, the D&R Greenway Land Trust, the Mercer County Open Space Board, the Nature Conservancy, the Hopewell Township Environmental Commission and Open Space Committee, the Crossroads of the American Revolution, the Willowwood Foundation, the Municipal Land Use Resource Center, Planned Parenthood, and the Organization for Tropical Studies.
Dr. Stiles is preceded in death by his parents Hubert and Elizabeth Stiles, and his first wife Nancy Brown Stiles, who died in 1997. He is survived by two children from his first wife, Benjamin Wheeler Stiles of Durham, N.C., and Kaelyn Elizabeth Stiles of Madison, Wis.; his second wife Michele Stiles of Hopewell; three siblings, William Stiles of Oxford, Ohio, Judy Cook of Laurel, Md., and Joan Bell of Glendale Springs, N.C.
A celebration party in honor of Dr. Stiles’ life will be held at 2 p.m. on March 24 at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Road, Hopewell Township.
Please come dressed in a plaid wool or flannel shirt and wear hiking boots for a walk following the ceremony.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cromwell-Immordino Memorial Home, 71 E. Prospect St., Hopewell.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Ted Stiles Conservation Fund by calling 466-3763.
To send a condolence, visit www.immordinofunerals.com.

