On Saturday, June 1, 2013, Jill Herring died in her sleep in her home at The Windrows, due to an apparent stroke. She was 87 and a forty year resident of Princeton.

Born on September 17, 1925 in Philadelphia. she was one of three children of John Peter and Eleanor Stirk Staman. She graduated from Swarthmore College. During her college years she was active in sports and played varsity field hockey. She later joined the firm of Neuberger Berman, where she was a securities analyst. She married Bryce Wood and lived in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut.

In 1971, she married Pendleton Herring and moved to Princeton. She was an active volunteer in a number of local organizations. Among others, she participated in Recording for the Blind and volunteered as a remedial aid at the Riverside School. She and Pendleton Herring moved to The Windrows in 2000 and he predeceased her in 2004.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Jane Staman of Rackliff Island, Maine, eight nieces and nephews, Ann Hollingworth, Mimi Peet, Sara Staman, Kate Staman, Polly Duxbury, Linda Watkins, Greg Staman, and Peter Staman, her stepson, H. James Herring, five step grandchildren and fourteen step great-grandchildren.