|
Service:
Graveside service at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1,
2023, at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Middletown
Celebration of Life:
Immediately following the graveside at the
Middletown Bible Church.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
James Lee Stone, 96, of Middletown,
passed into the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on
Monday, March 27, 2023, at St Clara’s Rehab & Senior
Care in Lincoln.
James was born on May 21, 1926, in Irish Grove
Township, Greenview, the son of Carroll Lee and
Bessie Marie (Shumate) Stone. James married Shirley
Jean Graham on November 10, 1946, at Irish Grove
Presbyterian Church.
James is survived by his children: Michael Lee
(Kathy) Stone of Springfield, OH, Penny Lynn (Herb)
Brasher of Columbia, SC, Patrick James (Barbara)
Stone of New Berg, OR, and Heidi Joy (Scott) Vieira
of Houston, TX; 11 grandchildren; 20
great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter;
brother Paul Allen Stone of Indianapolis, IN; sister
Marjorie Ann Stout of Illiopolis, numerous nephews
and nieces; cousin Carolyn Looker of Sidney, OH; and
brother-in-law Robert Graham of Niantic.
James was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley;
his parents; brothers, Kenneth C. Stone, and Robert
H. Stone; and sister, Norma Jean Roberts. |
James served in the Navy during World
War II in the Pacific on LST 970 (Landing Ship
Tank), seeing combat at the battle of Okinawa for
six weeks. He farmed for over fifty years in Menard,
Mason, Tazewell, and Logan counties. He and Shirley
were charter members of the Middletown Bible Church,
Middletown, which started in their home.
A graveside service for James will be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Pleasant
Valley Cemetery, Middletown, with Pastor James
Terrell officiating. A celebration of James’ life
will follow the graveside at the Middletown Bible
Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made
in James’ name to the Stone family, that will be
distributed among numerous Christian organizations
in which they were involved.
Arrangements have been entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the family of James Lee
Stone |
