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Stone, Richard Lee
Birth: 1929-04-09 in Port Tobacco
Residence: La Plata, MD
Death: Monday, October 15, 2007
Laid to Rest: Friday, October 19, 2007 in the Mt. Rest Cemetery
Richard "Dick" Lee Stone, 78, of La Plata died Oct. 15, 2007, in La Plata.
He was born April 9, 1929, at Habre de Venture in Port Tabacco, home of the Stone family since being built by Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from La Plata High School, attended the Univ. of Maryland and graduated from Western Maryland College. He served in the U.S. Air Force in an intelligence unit in Germany at Scheirstein on the Rhine for three years then became a teacher and guidance counselor in the Charles County school system until his retirement in 1995.
He had many interests, including family, Charles County and he especially liked to travel. He coached baseball at La Plata High School and the American Legion team, becoming president of the Charles-St. Mary's Baseball League. He served on the Charles County Republican Central Committee, Board of Election Supervisors and Service Academy Selection Board. Another interest led him to serve on the public library board, becoming president as well as being a board member and president of the Southern Maryland Library Association.
He was a former member of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Southern Maryland Society, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco, Historical Society of Charles County and Friends of the Charles County Library.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael Robertson Stone and Bessie Louise Gough; brothers, Dr. John Stone, Thomas Stone and Michael R. Stone, Jr.; and sisters, Margaret Graham, Stone Dippold, Betty L. Stone Lybrook and Eleanor Dent Stone Euttmark.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly Stone of La Plata, son, Michael J. Stone of Atlanta; daughter, Elizabeth L. "Jenny" Stone of La Plata; grandchildren, Joshua M. Stone of Atlanta and Alexandria Lee Fennell of La Plata; great-grandchildren, Madison Stone and Abigail Stone of Atlanta; nieces, Nancy Lybrook Roberts and her husband, Edward Kennesaw of Georgia, Ann Lybrook Beck and her husband, Stanley of Lithia, Ga., Margaret Euttmark Smith and her husband, D. Michael, of Milton, Del., and Margaret Dippold Schaffer and her husband Richard, of Macungie, Pa.; great-nephew, Kirk Duke, and his wife, Chari, of Portland, Maine; and great-nieces, Ellen Roberts and Susan Duke and her husband, Joseph, of Napa Valley, Calif. Visitation will be held from 6-8pm, with prayers at 7:30 pm, Oct. 18 at Christ Church, La Plata, where a service will be held at 11 am Oct. 19. Burial will take place at Mount Rest Cemetery, La Plata.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Church, P.O. Box 760, La Plata, MD. 20646 or African Wildlife Foundation Adopt African Acres, P.O. Box 96844, Washington D.C. 20077-7016
Stone, Richard Lee
Birth: 1929-04-09 in Port Tobacco
Residence: La Plata, MD
Death: Monday, October 15, 2007
Laid to Rest: Friday, October 19, 2007 in the Mt. Rest Cemetery
Richard "Dick" Lee Stone, 78, of La Plata died Oct. 15, 2007, in La Plata.
He was born April 9, 1929, at Habre de Venture in Port Tabacco, home of the Stone family since being built by Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from La Plata High School, attended the Univ. of Maryland and graduated from Western Maryland College. He served in the U.S. Air Force in an intelligence unit in Germany at Scheirstein on the Rhine for three years then became a teacher and guidance counselor in the Charles County school system until his retirement in 1995.
He had many interests, including family, Charles County and he especially liked to travel. He coached baseball at La Plata High School and the American Legion team, becoming president of the Charles-St. Mary's Baseball League. He served on the Charles County Republican Central Committee, Board of Election Supervisors and Service Academy Selection Board. Another interest led him to serve on the public library board, becoming president as well as being a board member and president of the Southern Maryland Library Association.
He was a former member of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Southern Maryland Society, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco, Historical Society of Charles County and Friends of the Charles County Library.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael Robertson Stone and Bessie Louise Gough; brothers, Dr. John Stone, Thomas Stone and Michael R. Stone, Jr.; and sisters, Margaret Graham, Stone Dippold, Betty L. Stone Lybrook and Eleanor Dent Stone Euttmark.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly Stone of La Plata, son, Michael J. Stone of Atlanta; daughter, Elizabeth L. "Jenny" Stone of La Plata; grandchildren, Joshua M. Stone of Atlanta and Alexandria Lee Fennell of La Plata; great-grandchildren, Madison Stone and Abigail Stone of Atlanta; nieces, Nancy Lybrook Roberts and her husband, Edward Kennesaw of Georgia, Ann Lybrook Beck and her husband, Stanley of Lithia, Ga., Margaret Euttmark Smith and her husband, D. Michael, of Milton, Del., and Margaret Dippold Schaffer and her husband Richard, of Macungie, Pa.; great-nephew, Kirk Duke, and his wife, Chari, of Portland, Maine; and great-nieces, Ellen Roberts and Susan Duke and her husband, Joseph, of Napa Valley, Calif. Visitation will be held from 6-8pm, with prayers at 7:30 pm, Oct. 18 at Christ Church, La Plata, where a service will be held at 11 am Oct. 19. Burial will take place at Mount Rest Cemetery, La Plata.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Church, P.O. Box 760, La Plata, MD. 20646 or African Wildlife Foundation Adopt African Acres, P.O. Box 96844, Washington D.C. 20077-7016
Southern Maryland Online Obituaries
Stone, Richard Lee
Birth: 1929-04-09 in Port Tobacco
Residence: La Plata, MD
Death: Monday, October 15, 2007
Laid to Rest: Friday, October 19, 2007 in the Mt. Rest Cemetery
Richard "Dick" Lee Stone, 78, of La Plata died Oct. 15, 2007, in La Plata.
He was born April 9, 1929, at Habre de Venture in Port Tabacco, home of the Stone family since being built by Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from La Plata High School, attended the Univ. of Maryland and graduated from Western Maryland College. He served in the U.S. Air Force in an intelligence unit in Germany at Scheirstein on the Rhine for three years then became a teacher and guidance counselor in the Charles County school system until his retirement in 1995.
He had many interests, including family, Charles County and he especially liked to travel. He coached baseball at La Plata High School and the American Legion team, becoming president of the Charles-St. Mary's Baseball League. He served on the Charles County Republican Central Committee, Board of Election Supervisors and Service Academy Selection Board. Another interest led him to serve on the public library board, becoming president as well as being a board member and president of the Southern Maryland Library Association.
He was a former member of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Southern Maryland Society, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco, Historical Society of Charles County and Friends of the Charles County Library.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael Robertson Stone and Bessie Louise Gough; brothers, Dr. John Stone, Thomas Stone and Michael R. Stone, Jr.; and sisters, Margaret Graham, Stone Dippold, Betty L. Stone Lybrook and Eleanor Dent Stone Euttmark.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly Stone of La Plata, son, Michael J. Stone of Atlanta; daughter, Elizabeth L. "Jenny" Stone of La Plata; grandchildren, Joshua M. Stone of Atlanta and Alexandria Lee Fennell of La Plata; great-grandchildren, Madison Stone and Abigail Stone of Atlanta; nieces, Nancy Lybrook Roberts and her husband, Edward Kennesaw of Georgia, Ann Lybrook Beck and her husband, Stanley of Lithia, Ga., Margaret Euttmark Smith and her husband, D. Michael, of Milton, Del., and Margaret Dippold Schaffer and her husband Richard, of Macungie, Pa.; great-nephew, Kirk Duke, and his wife, Chari, of Portland, Maine; and great-nieces, Ellen Roberts and Susan Duke and her husband, Joseph, of Napa Valley, Calif. Visitation will be held from 6-8pm, with prayers at 7:30 pm, Oct. 18 at Christ Church, La Plata, where a service will be held at 11 am Oct. 19. Burial will take place at Mount Rest Cemetery, La Plata.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Church, P.O. Box 760, La Plata, MD. 20646 or African Wildlife Foundation Adopt African Acres, P.O. Box 96844, Washington D.C. 20077-7016
Stone, Richard Lee
Birth: 1929-04-09 in Port Tobacco
Residence: La Plata, MD
Death: Monday, October 15, 2007
Laid to Rest: Friday, October 19, 2007 in the Mt. Rest Cemetery
Richard "Dick" Lee Stone, 78, of La Plata died Oct. 15, 2007, in La Plata.
He was born April 9, 1929, at Habre de Venture in Port Tabacco, home of the Stone family since being built by Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from La Plata High School, attended the Univ. of Maryland and graduated from Western Maryland College. He served in the U.S. Air Force in an intelligence unit in Germany at Scheirstein on the Rhine for three years then became a teacher and guidance counselor in the Charles County school system until his retirement in 1995.
He had many interests, including family, Charles County and he especially liked to travel. He coached baseball at La Plata High School and the American Legion team, becoming president of the Charles-St. Mary's Baseball League. He served on the Charles County Republican Central Committee, Board of Election Supervisors and Service Academy Selection Board. Another interest led him to serve on the public library board, becoming president as well as being a board member and president of the Southern Maryland Library Association.
He was a former member of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Southern Maryland Society, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco, Historical Society of Charles County and Friends of the Charles County Library.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael Robertson Stone and Bessie Louise Gough; brothers, Dr. John Stone, Thomas Stone and Michael R. Stone, Jr.; and sisters, Margaret Graham, Stone Dippold, Betty L. Stone Lybrook and Eleanor Dent Stone Euttmark.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly Stone of La Plata, son, Michael J. Stone of Atlanta; daughter, Elizabeth L. "Jenny" Stone of La Plata; grandchildren, Joshua M. Stone of Atlanta and Alexandria Lee Fennell of La Plata; great-grandchildren, Madison Stone and Abigail Stone of Atlanta; nieces, Nancy Lybrook Roberts and her husband, Edward Kennesaw of Georgia, Ann Lybrook Beck and her husband, Stanley of Lithia, Ga., Margaret Euttmark Smith and her husband, D. Michael, of Milton, Del., and Margaret Dippold Schaffer and her husband Richard, of Macungie, Pa.; great-nephew, Kirk Duke, and his wife, Chari, of Portland, Maine; and great-nieces, Ellen Roberts and Susan Duke and her husband, Joseph, of Napa Valley, Calif. Visitation will be held from 6-8pm, with prayers at 7:30 pm, Oct. 18 at Christ Church, La Plata, where a service will be held at 11 am Oct. 19. Burial will take place at Mount Rest Cemetery, La Plata.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Church, P.O. Box 760, La Plata, MD. 20646 or African Wildlife Foundation Adopt African Acres, P.O. Box 96844, Washington D.C. 20077-7016
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Born at Habre de Venture, aged 78 (info is from MD Independent Newspaper Wed. Oct 17, 2007 Pg A 13 Col 1)
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