Donald W. ‘Don’ Stoner
November 3, 2020 at 3:17 a.m.
Donald W. ‘Don’ Stoner
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He was born May 30, 1939, in Delphi, to the late Carl Stoner and Derena O. Isaacs Stoner Sledge.
His first marriage was to Betty L. Bright, in Delphi, on Dec. 19, 1964, and she preceded him in death on Sept. 12, 2003. He then married Sandra S. Hughes at the Valley View Baptist Church in Flora on March 30, 2004, and she survives.
He attended Delphi High School, and served six months active duty in the Indiana National Guard, stationed at Fort Leonardwood in Missouri and at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
While living in Warsaw, he worked at the Clausing Metal Lathe Factory in assembly for many years, then moved back to Delphi in 1978 where he was hired at ALCOA in the tube mill plant, in Lafayette, working there until his retirement on Aug. 1, 1999. After retirement, he drove a school bus for the Delphi Community School Corp. for several years.
He and his wife attended the Valley View Baptist Church in Flora. He enjoyed camping and fishing, playing horseshoes and working word search puzzles. Sometimes while taking his family on a drive, they would venture by the local airport and watch the planes take off and land, something he enjoyed. He was an avid Chicago Cubs baseball fan, and of the Indianapolis Colts football team. He dearly loved his family and grandchildren and the many times they would get together.
Surviving are wife, Sandra S. "Sandy" Stoner, of Delphi; daughters: Donna and Billy Reffitt, of Columbia City; Susie Stoner, of Dayton; and Debbie and Brian Lucas, of Delphi; stepdaughters: Dawn and Greg Johnston and Heather and Al Bennett, of Monticello; 12 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren survive.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and a stepson, Jim Dubbs.
Visitation will be Saturday, Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. until his funeral service at 1 p.m. at Abbott Funeral Home Inc., Delphi. Pastor Ted Lucas is officiating. Private family burial will be at IOOF Memorial Gardens, Pittsburg.
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Memorial contributions may be made to the Carroll County Cancer Association, and envelopes are available at the funeral home.
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He was born May 30, 1939, in Delphi, to the late Carl Stoner and Derena O. Isaacs Stoner Sledge.
His first marriage was to Betty L. Bright, in Delphi, on Dec. 19, 1964, and she preceded him in death on Sept. 12, 2003. He then married Sandra S. Hughes at the Valley View Baptist Church in Flora on March 30, 2004, and she survives.
He attended Delphi High School, and served six months active duty in the Indiana National Guard, stationed at Fort Leonardwood in Missouri and at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
While living in Warsaw, he worked at the Clausing Metal Lathe Factory in assembly for many years, then moved back to Delphi in 1978 where he was hired at ALCOA in the tube mill plant, in Lafayette, working there until his retirement on Aug. 1, 1999. After retirement, he drove a school bus for the Delphi Community School Corp. for several years.
He and his wife attended the Valley View Baptist Church in Flora. He enjoyed camping and fishing, playing horseshoes and working word search puzzles. Sometimes while taking his family on a drive, they would venture by the local airport and watch the planes take off and land, something he enjoyed. He was an avid Chicago Cubs baseball fan, and of the Indianapolis Colts football team. He dearly loved his family and grandchildren and the many times they would get together.
Surviving are wife, Sandra S. "Sandy" Stoner, of Delphi; daughters: Donna and Billy Reffitt, of Columbia City; Susie Stoner, of Dayton; and Debbie and Brian Lucas, of Delphi; stepdaughters: Dawn and Greg Johnston and Heather and Al Bennett, of Monticello; 12 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren survive.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and a stepson, Jim Dubbs.
Visitation will be Saturday, Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. until his funeral service at 1 p.m. at Abbott Funeral Home Inc., Delphi. Pastor Ted Lucas is officiating. Private family burial will be at IOOF Memorial Gardens, Pittsburg.
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Memorial contributions may be made to the Carroll County Cancer Association, and envelopes are available at the funeral home.
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