Edmund Stiles, Yolanda C. Courtney, Henrietta Miller
Edmund Stiles
Memorial service is Saturday
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP A celebration of the life of Edmund "Ted" Stiles, 61, who died March 7, will be held Saturday at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Road, Hopewell Township.
Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stiles was a resident of Hopewell Township.
Dr. Stiles was considered one of the strongest advocates of land preservation in central New Jersey and is credited with taking a prime role in the saving of thousands of acres of open space.
Dr. Stiles taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Rutgers University in biology, and at the same time was reportedly able to keep over 70 land preservation 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.
His work inspired the formation of Friends of West Windsor Open Space and he provided assistance to the organization over the years.
Montgomery officials also credited Dr. Stiles with helping to educate them about the importance of open-space preservation.
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 W. Stiles of Durham, N.C., and Kaelyn E. Stiles of Madison, Wis.; his second wife Michele Stiles of Hopewell; brother William Stiles of Oxford, Ohio; and sisters Judy Cook of Laurel, Md. and Joan Bell of Glendale Springs, N.C.
The celebration party in honor of Dr. Stiles’ life will be held 2 p.m. and attendees are invited come dressed in outdoor clothing and hiking boots for a walk following the ceremony.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ted Stiles Conservation Fund by calling (609) 466-3763.
Yolanda C. Courtney
Retired from university
HAMILTON Yolanda C. Courtney died Wednesday in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She was 76.
Born in Warwick, R.I., Mrs. Courtney had been a longtime Trenton area resident.
She worked at Princeton University’s Forrestal Center from 1954 to 1960 and more recently at Princeton University’s Department of Mathematics as a grants administrator, retiring in 1995.
She volunteered with the Red Cross and at Sayen Elementary School in Hamilton.
She was a graduate of Penn Hall Preparatory School and attended Penn Hall Junior College.
Ms. Courtney enjoyed skiing, tennis, riflery, knitting and sewing and was an avid New York Yankees fan.
Daughter of the late Raymond and Lena Catalano Casciani, wife of the late William P. Courtney and sister of the late Mary Silvestri, Clara Rucette, Vera Hotmar, Huey and Lindo Casciani, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Paula and Gary Quattromani of Hamilton and Barbara and Garrett Jaenicke of Roswell, Ga.; grandson Joshua Jaenicke of Roswell, Ga.; caregivers Maxine Powell, Vanessa Jackson and Helen Clemmon; and many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Cedar Lane, Hamilton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice Center, 601 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, NJ 08629 or VNA of Mercer County, Hospice Program/Development Department, P.O. Box 441, Trenton, NJ 08603.
Arrangements are by Saul Colonial Home, Hamilton.
Henrietta Miller
Son lives in Princeton
MONROE Henrietta Miller died Tuesday at Monroe Village. She was 102.
Born in Russia, she was a former Ewing resident.
She was a member of Hadassah and Deborah.
Mother of the late Judith Miller and wife of the late Meyer L. Miller, she is survived by sons and daughter-in-law Judge Robert S. Miller of Princeton and Bennett and Patricia Miller of Potomac, Md.; brother David Abrams of Queens, N.Y.; grandchildren Beth Ann Smith, Dr. Vivian Miller, and Jeffrey and Joel Miller; and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral was Thursday at The Jewish Center, Princeton.
The period of mourning is being observed at the Miller residence in Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.

