Thomas Delbert Stone 1927-2008

WILLIAMS, STONE, STEFFENSON, EHDE, KNICKERBOCKER, GIESE, KUNKLE, GERLEMAN, BECKER, MURPHY, GLAUS, LEBLANC, DAWSON, EDMONDSON

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/15/2009 at 10:10:15

Thomas Stone

Thomas D. Stone, 81, of Waukon died Monday, October 13, 2008 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Friday, October 17 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial with military graveside rites was held in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.

Thomas Delbert Stone was born February 25, 1927 in Waukon, the son of Herschel and Julia (Williams) Stone. He was baptized at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon and attended Waukon Schools. October 13, 1945 he married Alice Iverna Steffenson at the St. John's Parsonage in Waukon.

Tom served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. After the service he returned to Waukon, where he received his GED. Tom worked for Loven's Service Garage, DeBuhr Plumbing and Heating and the Waukon Lumber Company. In 1962 he went to work for the Waukon Police Department, where served as Police Chief from 1970 to 1981. Tom was mayor of Waukon from 1982 to 1986.

Following Alice's death in 1987, he married Ethel Arlene Ehde Knickerbocker September 16, 1989 at St. John's Lutheran Church. Tom and Ethel cleaned the Waukon City Hall together for many years. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the VFW. Tom enjoyed fishing, hunting and spending time with his family and friends.

Survivors include his children, Mary Stone, Darrell (Jean) Stone and Wayne (Nona) Stone, all of Waukon, Katie Giese of Alma Center, WI, Rita (Steve) Kunkle of West Union, Linda Gerleman of Sumner, Lori Becker of New Hampton, and Tim (Wendy) Stone of Waukon; 28 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rita Murphy of Clinton and Georgia Glaus of Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Alice; his second wife, Ethel, who died in 2007; four brothers, Neil, Kenneth, William and Donald Stone; four sisters, Judy Stone, Marjorie LeBlanc, Etta Dawson and Jean Edmondson and a step-grandson, Jason Kunkle.

Casketbearers are Jeremy, Darby and Brandon Stone, Billy Noecker, Travis Giese, Justin Gerleman and Tyler Becker.

The Waukon Standard, October 22, 2008
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