Emily is survived by her eight children, Emily (Schottsie) and Deacon Lu Hill, Trudi and Richard Lyon, Patty and Travis Tunstall, Andrew and Therese Stiles, Melinda and Cary Hocker, Louis W. III and Teddi Stiles, Kelly Stiles, and Elizabeth and Chris Bland; her sisters Carol Lee McCracken and Janis and Lonnie Koehl; her brother Gene and Maureen Schott; 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Louis W. Stiles Jr. and her younger brother Louis (“Lucky”) Schott III.

Born Oct. 28, 1938, to Louis and Otilla Lux Schott Jr. in Hallettsville, Texas, she was the oldest of 5 siblings. Emily attended Sacred Heart Catholic School in Hallettsville, where she was active in sports and a cheerleader, and graduated in 1957. She attended Baldwin Business School then worked for Lavaca County Clerk before becoming secretary to Paul C Boethel - 25th Judicial District Attorney and later District Judge.

On November 21, 1959, she married Louis W. (Bill) Stiles Jr. who was the youngest elected County Commissioner in the state of Texas before his death in 2013.

They settled in Eagle Lake and bought and renovated a colonial home on the corner of Lake and Prairie St. that had not been lived in for over 20 years. They moved in on their first wedding anniversary and raised eight children there.

Emily was active in Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Eagle Lake for 35 years as a member of the Church Council, president of the Altar Society, CCD/ Faith Formation teacher, Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister, and president of the Brenham District Council of Catholic Women.

For 15 years, she and Bill operated one of the first volunteer ambulance services in Eagle Lake, Texas as EMTs. In 1970 they purchased the H+R Block franchise and received their real estate license. They bought a Stinson 108 “Flying Station Wagon” airplane and earned their pilot license, so they could show properties from the air – and fly around Texas. She was the first female president of the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce and served as assistant Girl Scout Leader.

They moved to Sunrise Beach on Lake LBJ and renovated a vacant restaurant building into their home and gathering place for their growing family. Emily was active in Our Lady of the Lake in Sunrise Beach and St. Charles Catholic Church in Kingsland. She served as president of the Lady’s Club and Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Austin Diocese presented her with the “Lumen Gentium” award for her service to the Church. She delivered “Meals on Wheels” and helped sew lap quilts for the elderly and for local Department of Public Safety patrol officers to use for accident victims. She also served on the Highland Lake Board of the Lower Colorado River Authority.

Emily returned to Hallettsville in 2019 where she was a devoted member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and an active mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.

She enjoyed gardening, canning, wine-making, painting, sewing, crocheting and quilting.

The Visitation and Rosary service will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, followed by a funeral Mass at 1 p.m., both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hallettsville. Fr. Michael Rother will preside at the Mass with Msgr. John Peters concelebrating. A reception will follow the Mass. A private burial service will be held at Lakeside Cemetery in Eagle Lake.

Memorial donations may be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic School -- SHINE Program, 3135 Texana St., Hallettsville, TX 77964.

She enjoyed a lounge garden in Eagle Lake and Sunrise Beach - canning vegetable pickle jelly and making wine. She learned to sew in high school and made her own clothes and daughter’s dresses. Later she started quilting, making quilts for children and grandchildren when they married. Learned to crochet from her great aunt Emilia Schott Bomarden making Afghans and bedspreads. She refinished and upholstered furniture for their home; started playing Carestc in the 60’s in Eagle Lake and enjoyed oil painting landscapes.