First marriage, Catherine S.(Stoner) Stoner, married June 1937 in Waynesboro, Washington township, Franklin County, PA., after her death he married Marian E Selser, on 25 October 1952 in Winchester, Virginia.
He lived most of his life in the Waynesboro area. Mr. Stoner was educated at home and in local Sunday Schools and he graduated from Waynesboro High School with the class of 1931. While in high school he was the sports editor of the Blue and Gold; was active in athletics and a member of the famous Mile Relay Team that brought home medals from the Penn Relays. He further educated himself in mechanical engineering at Penn State University and continued taking courses throughout his life at such colleges as Penn State Mont Alto Campus and Hagerstown Community College. His military career included schooling in Horse Calvary, Field Artillery, Chemical Warfare, Intelligence and Nuclear Defense, completed the Command and General Staff College and the Army Management School. He also completed numerous correspondence courses to qualify for promotion until resident courses were available. General Stoner enlisted as a Private with the Waynesboro Troop F, 104th Cavalry (Horses) of the Pennsylvania National Guards in 1937. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1940, retired as a Colonel in the United States Army in 1967 and was promoted to Brigadier General on the retired list of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He served during World War II in various artillery units, was a Military Police Officer in North Africa and later Artillery inspector with the Chinese Army. He was security officer at Headquarters, SOS China Theater and participated in the liberation of Shanghai. He completed U.S. Air Force flight training and was rated a pilot and later an Army Aviator. He served on the staff and faculty of the United States Army Artillery School in Fort Sill, OK, where he developed a complete training program for National Guards and Army Reserve Aviators nationwide. He was a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Land Surveyor, active in the National, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Societies of Professional Engineers, where he held local, state, and national offices. He was a member of Acacia Lodge #586 F. &A.M., Waynesboro. He was also a member of Scottish Rite of the Valley of Harrisburg, Pen Mar Chapter of the National Sojourners, B.P.O. Elks Lodge #731, Waynesboro, a life member of William Max McLaughlin V.F.W. Post #695 and Joe Stickell American Legion Post #15, both of Waynesboro. He was a member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association, the Antietam Humane Society, where he served as President and Director; the Waynesboro Country Club, Burns Hill Cemetery Board of Directors. He was a life member in the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and of Pennsylvania, the National Guard Associations of the United States and Pennsylvania and the National Rifle Association and its Golden Eagles. Mr. Stoner was an avid railroad fan and a member of the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown Model Railroad Club, Friends of the Railway Museum of Pennsylvania, National Railway Historical Society's Baltimore and Hagerstown, MD chapters, Welsh Highland Railway Society of the United Kingdom. He also served as vice-president of the York Frederick Railway, Inc. and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Maryland Rail, Inc. He is survived by one daughter, Ann S. Spottswood of Waynesboro; one son Michael W. Stoner of Hagerstown; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He lived most of his life in the Waynesboro area. Mr. Stoner was educated at home and in local Sunday Schools and he graduated from Waynesboro High School with the class of 1931. While in high school he was the sports editor of the Blue and Gold; was active in athletics and a member of the famous Mile Relay Team that brought home medals from the Penn Relays. He further educated himself in mechanical engineering at Penn State University and continued taking courses throughout his life at such colleges as Penn State Mont Alto Campus and Hagerstown Community College. His military career included schooling in Horse Calvary, Field Artillery, Chemical Warfare, Intelligence and Nuclear Defense, completed the Command and General Staff College and the Army Management School. He also completed numerous correspondence courses to qualify for promotion until resident courses were available. General Stoner enlisted as a Private with the Waynesboro Troop F, 104th Cavalry (Horses) of the Pennsylvania National Guards in 1937. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1940, retired as a Colonel in the United States Army in 1967 and was promoted to Brigadier General on the retired list of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He served during World War II in various artillery units, was a Military Police Officer in North Africa and later Artillery inspector with the Chinese Army. He was security officer at Headquarters, SOS China Theater and participated in the liberation of Shanghai. He completed U.S. Air Force flight training and was rated a pilot and later an Army Aviator. He served on the staff and faculty of the United States Army Artillery School in Fort Sill, OK, where he developed a complete training program for National Guards and Army Reserve Aviators nationwide. He was a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Land Surveyor, active in the National, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Societies of Professional Engineers, where he held local, state, and national offices. He was a member of Acacia Lodge #586 F. &A.M., Waynesboro. He was also a member of Scottish Rite of the Valley of Harrisburg, Pen Mar Chapter of the National Sojourners, B.P.O. Elks Lodge #731, Waynesboro, a life member of William Max McLaughlin V.F.W. Post #695 and Joe Stickell American Legion Post #15, both of Waynesboro. He was a member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association, the Antietam Humane Society, where he served as President and Director; the Waynesboro Country Club, Burns Hill Cemetery Board of Directors. He was a life member in the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and of Pennsylvania, the National Guard Associations of the United States and Pennsylvania and the National Rifle Association and its Golden Eagles. Mr. Stoner was an avid railroad fan and a member of the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown Model Railroad Club, Friends of the Railway Museum of Pennsylvania, National Railway Historical Society's Baltimore and Hagerstown, MD chapters, Welsh Highland Railway Society of the United Kingdom. He also served as vice-president of the York Frederick Railway, Inc. and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Maryland Rail, Inc. He is survived by one daughter, Ann S. Spottswood of Waynesboro; one son Michael W. Stoner of Hagerstown; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
First marriage, Catherine S.(Stoner) Stoner, married June 1937 in Waynesboro, Washington township, Franklin County, PA., after her death he married Marian E Selser, on 25 October 1952 in Winchester, Virginia.
He lived most of his life in the Waynesboro area. Mr. Stoner was educated at home and in local Sunday Schools and he graduated from Waynesboro High School with the class of 1931. While in high school he was the sports editor of the Blue and Gold; was active in athletics and a member of the famous Mile Relay Team that brought home medals from the Penn Relays. He further educated himself in mechanical engineering at Penn State University and continued taking courses throughout his life at such colleges as Penn State Mont Alto Campus and Hagerstown Community College. His military career included schooling in Horse Calvary, Field Artillery, Chemical Warfare, Intelligence and Nuclear Defense, completed the Command and General Staff College and the Army Management School. He also completed numerous correspondence courses to qualify for promotion until resident courses were available. General Stoner enlisted as a Private with the Waynesboro Troop F, 104th Cavalry (Horses) of the Pennsylvania National Guards in 1937. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1940, retired as a Colonel in the United States Army in 1967 and was promoted to Brigadier General on the retired list of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He served during World War II in various artillery units, was a Military Police Officer in North Africa and later Artillery inspector with the Chinese Army. He was security officer at Headquarters, SOS China Theater and participated in the liberation of Shanghai. He completed U.S. Air Force flight training and was rated a pilot and later an Army Aviator. He served on the staff and faculty of the United States Army Artillery School in Fort Sill, OK, where he developed a complete training program for National Guards and Army Reserve Aviators nationwide. He was a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Land Surveyor, active in the National, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Societies of Professional Engineers, where he held local, state, and national offices. He was a member of Acacia Lodge #586 F. &A.M., Waynesboro. He was also a member of Scottish Rite of the Valley of Harrisburg, Pen Mar Chapter of the National Sojourners, B.P.O. Elks Lodge #731, Waynesboro, a life member of William Max McLaughlin V.F.W. Post #695 and Joe Stickell American Legion Post #15, both of Waynesboro. He was a member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association, the Antietam Humane Society, where he served as President and Director; the Waynesboro Country Club, Burns Hill Cemetery Board of Directors. He was a life member in the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and of Pennsylvania, the National Guard Associations of the United States and Pennsylvania and the National Rifle Association and its Golden Eagles. Mr. Stoner was an avid railroad fan and a member of the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown Model Railroad Club, Friends of the Railway Museum of Pennsylvania, National Railway Historical Society's Baltimore and Hagerstown, MD chapters, Welsh Highland Railway Society of the United Kingdom. He also served as vice-president of the York Frederick Railway, Inc. and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Maryland Rail, Inc. He is survived by one daughter, Ann S. Spottswood of Waynesboro; one son Michael W. Stoner of Hagerstown; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He lived most of his life in the Waynesboro area. Mr. Stoner was educated at home and in local Sunday Schools and he graduated from Waynesboro High School with the class of 1931. While in high school he was the sports editor of the Blue and Gold; was active in athletics and a member of the famous Mile Relay Team that brought home medals from the Penn Relays. He further educated himself in mechanical engineering at Penn State University and continued taking courses throughout his life at such colleges as Penn State Mont Alto Campus and Hagerstown Community College. His military career included schooling in Horse Calvary, Field Artillery, Chemical Warfare, Intelligence and Nuclear Defense, completed the Command and General Staff College and the Army Management School. He also completed numerous correspondence courses to qualify for promotion until resident courses were available. General Stoner enlisted as a Private with the Waynesboro Troop F, 104th Cavalry (Horses) of the Pennsylvania National Guards in 1937. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1940, retired as a Colonel in the United States Army in 1967 and was promoted to Brigadier General on the retired list of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He served during World War II in various artillery units, was a Military Police Officer in North Africa and later Artillery inspector with the Chinese Army. He was security officer at Headquarters, SOS China Theater and participated in the liberation of Shanghai. He completed U.S. Air Force flight training and was rated a pilot and later an Army Aviator. He served on the staff and faculty of the United States Army Artillery School in Fort Sill, OK, where he developed a complete training program for National Guards and Army Reserve Aviators nationwide. He was a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Land Surveyor, active in the National, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Societies of Professional Engineers, where he held local, state, and national offices. He was a member of Acacia Lodge #586 F. &A.M., Waynesboro. He was also a member of Scottish Rite of the Valley of Harrisburg, Pen Mar Chapter of the National Sojourners, B.P.O. Elks Lodge #731, Waynesboro, a life member of William Max McLaughlin V.F.W. Post #695 and Joe Stickell American Legion Post #15, both of Waynesboro. He was a member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association, the Antietam Humane Society, where he served as President and Director; the Waynesboro Country Club, Burns Hill Cemetery Board of Directors. He was a life member in the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and of Pennsylvania, the National Guard Associations of the United States and Pennsylvania and the National Rifle Association and its Golden Eagles. Mr. Stoner was an avid railroad fan and a member of the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown Model Railroad Club, Friends of the Railway Museum of Pennsylvania, National Railway Historical Society's Baltimore and Hagerstown, MD chapters, Welsh Highland Railway Society of the United Kingdom. He also served as vice-president of the York Frederick Railway, Inc. and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Maryland Rail, Inc. He is survived by one daughter, Ann S. Spottswood of Waynesboro; one son Michael W. Stoner of Hagerstown; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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