Chester Stone's obituary, Rockford, Kent County, Michigan


SUBMITTER: Denny Zank
EMAIL: dennyzank@ameritech.net
DATE: March 7, 2004

STONE (Rockford) Mr. Chester Stone, age 87, passed away early Thursday 
morning, April 24, 2003 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Campus. Mr. Stone 
was retiree from the maintenance department of the City of Cedar Springs, 
retiring in 1980. Prior to that he worked at Wolverine World Wide for 16 
years; and after that he owned and operated his own trucking company, 
moving produce. He was a man who with a handshake sealed the deal. When he 
went camping (which he loved to do), he would make sure to go out of his 
way to meet other campers and always came back to his campsite with a full 
mug of coffee. Many would notice his beautiful lawn and Mr. Stone on his 
garden tractor, cutting the grass at his home on Northland Drive. When he 
married his wife (they sort of eloped), he took his mother and a friend 
along as witnesses. This commitment to one another, the former Edith 
Bradley lasted nearly 68 years. 
Mr. Stone was preceded in death by his brothers, Ralph 
Stone and Albert Stone; his sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Van Drie and Mrs. Carolyn 
Miller. The service for Mr. Stone will be Saturday afternoon at 1:00 
o'clock at the funeral home with Pastor Norman Byers of the Journey Church 
officiating. Interment in Courtland Twp. Cemetery. Those planning 
expressions of sympathy are asked to consider the Michigan Heart 
Association. Relatives and friends may greet Mr. Stone's family form 2 to 4 
and 7 to 9 on Friday at the funeral Home.

From the Grand Rapids Free Press

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