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Stella Ruth <I>Criss</I> Stalnaker

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Stella Ruth Criss Stalnaker

Birth
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death
10 May 2019 (aged 99)
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Stella Ruth Stalnaker
May 30, 1919 - May 10, 2019

Stella Ruth Stalnaker, 99, of Farmington, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus. She was born May 30, 1919, at East Run, a daughter of the late Elias L. Criss and Belva Belle Toothman Criss.

Stella was employed as a bookkeeper in retail sale by Country Squire Southern States in Fairmont, the Farmington Hardware, and Gango’s Grocery. She loved to sit outside. She was a member of the Farmington Main Street United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her sons: Neil (Mary) Stalnaker of Fairmont and Ronald (Donna) Stalnaker of Vienna; grandchildren: Jennifer Grimenstein of PA and Mark Allen Stalnaker of CO; great grandchildren: Stella Ruth Stalnaker (her namesake) and June Corrina.

In addition to her parents, Stella was preceded in death by her husband, Ersel Boyd Stalnaker, 3 brothers: Homer, Louis Criss, and Emery Criss, and 5 sisters: Ruby Priester, Minnie Criss, Helen Batson, Daisy Pearl Toothman, and Inez Pitzer.
Stella is the last surviving member of her family.

A Graveside service will be held at the IOOF Cemetery in Farmington at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2019.
www.hutsonfuneralhomes.com

**MEMORIAL NOTES COURTESY OF HUTSON FUNERAL HOME MANNINGTON WEST VIRGINIA**
Stella Ruth Stalnaker
May 30, 1919 - May 10, 2019

Stella Ruth Stalnaker, 99, of Farmington, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus. She was born May 30, 1919, at East Run, a daughter of the late Elias L. Criss and Belva Belle Toothman Criss.

Stella was employed as a bookkeeper in retail sale by Country Squire Southern States in Fairmont, the Farmington Hardware, and Gango’s Grocery. She loved to sit outside. She was a member of the Farmington Main Street United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her sons: Neil (Mary) Stalnaker of Fairmont and Ronald (Donna) Stalnaker of Vienna; grandchildren: Jennifer Grimenstein of PA and Mark Allen Stalnaker of CO; great grandchildren: Stella Ruth Stalnaker (her namesake) and June Corrina.

In addition to her parents, Stella was preceded in death by her husband, Ersel Boyd Stalnaker, 3 brothers: Homer, Louis Criss, and Emery Criss, and 5 sisters: Ruby Priester, Minnie Criss, Helen Batson, Daisy Pearl Toothman, and Inez Pitzer.
Stella is the last surviving member of her family.

A Graveside service will be held at the IOOF Cemetery in Farmington at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2019.
www.hutsonfuneralhomes.com

**MEMORIAL NOTES COURTESY OF HUTSON FUNERAL HOME MANNINGTON WEST VIRGINIA**


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