Benzie County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Stone, Eugene Fordyce 
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Cemetery:           Benzonia Township Cemetery
Name:               Eugene Fordyce Stone

Date Of Photograph: May 22, 2008
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Eugene Fordyce Stone   b. 30 Jan. 1922   d. 27 Nov. 2005
ENS  US  NAVY
WORLD  WAR  II
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Name: Eugene F. Stone 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX 
Last Residence: 49617  Beulah, Benzie, Michigan 
Born: 30 Jan 1922 
Died: 27 Nov 2005 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951  
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Stone, Eugene Fordyce  
 
Eugene Fordyce Stone
Died November 27, 2005

BEULAH - Eugene F. Stone died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005, at the Homesteader 
Assisted Living Facility in Benzonia. He was born Jan. 30, 1922, in Beulah, to 
Wright and Florence (Lipp) Stone. 

Eugene spent one year doing the agriculture short course at Michigan State 
Agricultural College before enlisting in the Navy. He enrolled in the Naval Air 
Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, and became a instructor for Naval 
pilots during World War II. 

Following his service in the Navy, he returned home to join his father and two 
brothers in fruit growing. Between the four of them, they managed four fruit 
and Christmas tree farms from the late 1940s until the mid 1960s. Then his son, 
Lee, joined him to continue farming. As he neared retirement, their business 
moved into a new phase, turning existing farm land into two golf courses, 
Pinecroft in 1991 and Champion Hill in 2000.

Those who knew him fondly remember Gene as being someone who enjoyed taking the 
time to talk about fruit at his Farm Market or at the U-Pick. During retirement 
he talked about golf and tennis. He took pride in the fact that their business 
involved family and many good friends over the years.

He is survived by his wife, Florence (Orr); children, Eugene Lee and Chris 
(Smith) Stone of Beulah and Cameron and Jane (Stone) Tonn of Beulah; 
grandchildren, Amy and Nathan Stone and Garrett and Aaron Tonn; and brother, 
Gilbert and Mary Jane (Bradley) of Grand Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wright and Florence; and brother, 
Glenn.

Cremation has been held and a private service will take place in the spring.

Contributions may be made in his name to the National Parkinson Foundation, 
Inc., Mary Ann Sprinkle, Director of Development, 1501 NW Ninth Avenue, Bob 
Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494, The Homesteader Senior Apartments, 7953 Love 
Road, Benzonia, MI 49616 or a charity of your choice. 

The Benzonia Chapel of McElduff-Jowett Funeral Homes & Cremation Service is 
handling the arrangements.
 
Published in the Record-Eagle on 11/30/2005.  


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