JOSEPH FRANCIS STONE 1958-2006

WALTERS, STONE, BOLLMAN, HADACEK, HEARN, PLUMMER, GODDEN, GREEN, FOLSOM, CLARK, JONES

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Date: 7/1/2006 at 15:49:56

Joseph Stone

Joseph F. Stone, 47, of Waukon, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 6, at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Pastor Christopher Staley officiating. Burial with military rites was in Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Iowa. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon was in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Francis Stone was born May 8, 1958, in Waukon, the son of Neil and Kay (Walters) Stone. He attended Waterville Elementary School and Charles City High School. He later received his GED. Joe served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., and Ft. Riley, Kan.

September 16, 2000, he married Susan Bollman in an outdoor wedding ceremony near the Upper Iowa River in rural Decorah. Joe did carpentry work, bridge work, and drove truck for JB Holland Construction for several years. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Joe also enjoyed mushroom hunting, hiking, playing pool, camping, and spending time on the Mississippi River.

Survivors include his wife, Sue of Waukon; three daughters, Jenny Hadacek of Mason City, Iowa, Liz (Nathan) Hearn of Dumont, Iowa, and Rebecca Plummer of Iowa City, Iowa; four step-children, Heather Goeke and Niki, Megan, and Lucas Jones, and his mother, Kay (Wallace) Godden, all of Waukon; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Deb Green and Tina Folsom both of Waukon; two brothers, Tim Clark of Waukon and Gary Clark of Winslow, Ark.

He was preceded in death by his father, Neil Stone; a sister, Faith Stone; his paternal grandparents, Hershel and Julia Stone and maternal grandparents, Harold and Leona Walters.

Honorary casketbearers were Blayze and Blade Grotegut, Danika and Shayna Balek, Levi and Selena Hadacek, and Connor and Halie McDonald. Casketbearers were Gary Mikesh, Duane Nagel, Ron Knopf, Gordon Rask, Dylan Bork, and Kenny Nierling.

Waukon Standard 10, 2006