Charles “Chuck” M. Stone

Galena Res­i­dent

Charles “Chuck” M. Stone

Charles “Chuck” M. Stone, 88, Galena, went to be with his Lord and Sav­ior on Mon­day evening August 27, 2012, sur­rounded by his fam­ily at his residence.

He was born on Octo­ber 13, 1923, in West Jef­fer­son, Ohio, to the late Robert and Grace Stone. He was a World War II Navy Vet­eran and a self employed busi­ness­man. Chuck loved to gar­den, grow­ing veg­eta­bles and flow­ers, bowl­ing, read­ing old west­ern nov­els, and eating.

Chuck was good at any­thing he put his mind to do. Ornery and jovial Chuck was a lov­ing and car­ing fam­ily man, who loved his fam­ily and would do any­thing for them. Chuck loved to travel and enjoyed the New Eng­land states and going out to the West­ern states.

He is sur­vived by his wife of 56 years, Helen (Hale) Stone, whom he mar­ried July 16, 1956; daugh­ters: Linda (Henry) Fasone, Cheri Wells, Sandy Adkins, Ter­rie Bradley and Jeanette Bradley, all of Colum­bus; 11 grand­chil­dren; 14 great-grandchildren; and by five great grandchildren.

He was pre­ceded in death by a daugh­ter: Deb­bie Williamson; a brother: Clarence Stone; and by two sis­ters: Evie Thomp­son and Flo­rence Goodyear.

Memo­r­ial ser­vices will be held in Octo­ber at the Galena Ceme­tery and will be announced at a later date. Arrange­ments entrusted to the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Sunbury.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Home­less Fam­i­lies Foun­da­tion, 651 West Broad Street, Colum­bus, OH 43215.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at < www.snyderfuneralhomes.com >.

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