Ione Stone Zacharias, 82, of McGregor, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012, in Houston. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Zion Lutheran Church, 503 S. Tyler Street, McGregor, Texas, with Pastor Walter Klockers officiating. Inurnment will follow in McGregor Cemetery under the direction of Cole Funeral Home, McGregor.
Ione was born in McGregor, Texas, to the late Coleman Cecil and Ethel (High) Stone. She attended school in McGregor and on December 19, 1945, she married Julius Albert Zacharias at Zion Lutheran Church. For 15 years she was employed by Smeed Manufacturing until her 1995 retirement.
As long as her health permitted, Ione was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School, assisted with Vacation Bible School and was a member of the Mary Martha Circle. She served the McGregor Community by working as a volunteer with the Meals on Wheels. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, playing dominos, and forty-two.
After 44 years of marriage, she was preceded in death by her husband on October 8, 1990; daughters, Cathy Miller and Judy Chaney; and a grandson, Kent Miller.
Survivors include son, Jay Zacharias and wife, Rhonda, of Houston; brother, Pat Stone, of Santa Fe; sister, Neta Abbe, of McGregor; grandchildren, Bobby Thompson and wife, Rose, Tommy Thompson and wife, Kim, Donna Novak and husband, Steve, Michael Miller and wife, Amber, Kelly Fucheck and husband, Glen, Megan Zacharias, and Ryan Zacharias; eleven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Mike Chaney.
Ione was born in McGregor, Texas, to the late Coleman Cecil and Ethel (High) Stone. She attended school in McGregor and on December 19, 1945, she married Julius Albert Zacharias at Zion Lutheran Church. For 15 years she was employed by Smeed Manufacturing until her 1995 retirement.
As long as her health permitted, Ione was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School, assisted with Vacation Bible School and was a member of the Mary Martha Circle. She served the McGregor Community by working as a volunteer with the Meals on Wheels. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, playing dominos, and forty-two.
After 44 years of marriage, she was preceded in death by her husband on October 8, 1990; daughters, Cathy Miller and Judy Chaney; and a grandson, Kent Miller.
Survivors include son, Jay Zacharias and wife, Rhonda, of Houston; brother, Pat Stone, of Santa Fe; sister, Neta Abbe, of McGregor; grandchildren, Bobby Thompson and wife, Rose, Tommy Thompson and wife, Kim, Donna Novak and husband, Steve, Michael Miller and wife, Amber, Kelly Fucheck and husband, Glen, Megan Zacharias, and Ryan Zacharias; eleven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Mike Chaney.
Ione Stone Zacharias, 82, of McGregor, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012, in Houston. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Zion Lutheran Church, 503 S. Tyler Street, McGregor, Texas, with Pastor Walter Klockers officiating. Inurnment will follow in McGregor Cemetery under the direction of Cole Funeral Home, McGregor.
Ione was born in McGregor, Texas, to the late Coleman Cecil and Ethel (High) Stone. She attended school in McGregor and on December 19, 1945, she married Julius Albert Zacharias at Zion Lutheran Church. For 15 years she was employed by Smeed Manufacturing until her 1995 retirement.
As long as her health permitted, Ione was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School, assisted with Vacation Bible School and was a member of the Mary Martha Circle. She served the McGregor Community by working as a volunteer with the Meals on Wheels. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, playing dominos, and forty-two.
After 44 years of marriage, she was preceded in death by her husband on October 8, 1990; daughters, Cathy Miller and Judy Chaney; and a grandson, Kent Miller.
Survivors include son, Jay Zacharias and wife, Rhonda, of Houston; brother, Pat Stone, of Santa Fe; sister, Neta Abbe, of McGregor; grandchildren, Bobby Thompson and wife, Rose, Tommy Thompson and wife, Kim, Donna Novak and husband, Steve, Michael Miller and wife, Amber, Kelly Fucheck and husband, Glen, Megan Zacharias, and Ryan Zacharias; eleven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Mike Chaney.
Ione was born in McGregor, Texas, to the late Coleman Cecil and Ethel (High) Stone. She attended school in McGregor and on December 19, 1945, she married Julius Albert Zacharias at Zion Lutheran Church. For 15 years she was employed by Smeed Manufacturing until her 1995 retirement.
As long as her health permitted, Ione was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School, assisted with Vacation Bible School and was a member of the Mary Martha Circle. She served the McGregor Community by working as a volunteer with the Meals on Wheels. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, playing dominos, and forty-two.
After 44 years of marriage, she was preceded in death by her husband on October 8, 1990; daughters, Cathy Miller and Judy Chaney; and a grandson, Kent Miller.
Survivors include son, Jay Zacharias and wife, Rhonda, of Houston; brother, Pat Stone, of Santa Fe; sister, Neta Abbe, of McGregor; grandchildren, Bobby Thompson and wife, Rose, Tommy Thompson and wife, Kim, Donna Novak and husband, Steve, Michael Miller and wife, Amber, Kelly Fucheck and husband, Glen, Megan Zacharias, and Ryan Zacharias; eleven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Mike Chaney.
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