The funeral for Charles Merlin Stone, 77, who died of cancer Sunday at his Stites home, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trenary Funeral Home at Kooskia.
The Rev. Troy Hall of the Stites Church of God will officiate, and burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
Stone was a retired construction worker, and had worked on both Dworshak Dam and the Alaska Pipeline.
He was born May 25, 1916, at Anderson, Calif., to Venice Henderson and Jessee Stone. He went to high school at Dayton, Calif., and then went to work on a dam near Oroville, Calif. He later moved to Oregon, where he worked on gold dredges, and then to north central Idaho, where he also worked on gold dredges on Newsome Creek on the South Fork of the Clearwater River from about 1938 to 1940.
He married Geneve Hutchens of Grangeville Jan. 2, 1940, at Coeur d'Alene. They moved to Tacoma, where he was a welder foreman from 1940 to 1943.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 and was a machinist mate first class on a destroyer escort, the USS Melvin R. Nawman in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He saw duty in the Philippines, on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and during the bombardment of the main Japanese islands. He was discharged Nov. 30, 1945, and returned to Osburn, Idaho, where he worked as a welder and mechanic from 1945 to 1958.
In 1958, they moved to Grangeville, where he worked for Inland Lumber Co. for a number of years and ran the rock-crushing plant. From 1965 to 1968, he did heavy construction work and in 1968 began work on the construction of Dworshak Dam near Orofino.
During this time, the couple moved to a home along the South Fork of the Clearwater River near Stites.
He worked in remote camps on the Alaskan Pipeline from 1974 to 1977, then worked other jobs for a year until retiring.
Since his retirement, they had enjoyed attending various destroyer escort reunions and other travel.
He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Osburn, where he was a past post commander. He was a member of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, and a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
Survivors include his wife at the family home; three sons, Glenn and Bill Stone, both of Stites, and Charles Meredith Stone of Spokane; two daughters, Marilyn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville and Bonnie Dugger of Selah, Wash.; a sister, Helen Willard of Willows, Calif.; five brothers, Bill Stone of Dobbs, Calif., Albert Stone of Gridley, Calif., Joe Stone of National City, Calif., Pat Stone of Nevada City, Calif., and Bob Stone of Winnemucca, Nev.; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bob Stone, and three brothers, Lornnie, Ellis and Tommy Stone.
A dinner will be held at the Rebekah Hall at Stites following the services.
Lewiston Tribune 09.28.1993
The Rev. Troy Hall of the Stites Church of God will officiate, and burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
Stone was a retired construction worker, and had worked on both Dworshak Dam and the Alaska Pipeline.
He was born May 25, 1916, at Anderson, Calif., to Venice Henderson and Jessee Stone. He went to high school at Dayton, Calif., and then went to work on a dam near Oroville, Calif. He later moved to Oregon, where he worked on gold dredges, and then to north central Idaho, where he also worked on gold dredges on Newsome Creek on the South Fork of the Clearwater River from about 1938 to 1940.
He married Geneve Hutchens of Grangeville Jan. 2, 1940, at Coeur d'Alene. They moved to Tacoma, where he was a welder foreman from 1940 to 1943.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 and was a machinist mate first class on a destroyer escort, the USS Melvin R. Nawman in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He saw duty in the Philippines, on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and during the bombardment of the main Japanese islands. He was discharged Nov. 30, 1945, and returned to Osburn, Idaho, where he worked as a welder and mechanic from 1945 to 1958.
In 1958, they moved to Grangeville, where he worked for Inland Lumber Co. for a number of years and ran the rock-crushing plant. From 1965 to 1968, he did heavy construction work and in 1968 began work on the construction of Dworshak Dam near Orofino.
During this time, the couple moved to a home along the South Fork of the Clearwater River near Stites.
He worked in remote camps on the Alaskan Pipeline from 1974 to 1977, then worked other jobs for a year until retiring.
Since his retirement, they had enjoyed attending various destroyer escort reunions and other travel.
He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Osburn, where he was a past post commander. He was a member of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, and a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
Survivors include his wife at the family home; three sons, Glenn and Bill Stone, both of Stites, and Charles Meredith Stone of Spokane; two daughters, Marilyn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville and Bonnie Dugger of Selah, Wash.; a sister, Helen Willard of Willows, Calif.; five brothers, Bill Stone of Dobbs, Calif., Albert Stone of Gridley, Calif., Joe Stone of National City, Calif., Pat Stone of Nevada City, Calif., and Bob Stone of Winnemucca, Nev.; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bob Stone, and three brothers, Lornnie, Ellis and Tommy Stone.
A dinner will be held at the Rebekah Hall at Stites following the services.
Lewiston Tribune 09.28.1993
The funeral for Charles Merlin Stone, 77, who died of cancer Sunday at his Stites home, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trenary Funeral Home at Kooskia.
The Rev. Troy Hall of the Stites Church of God will officiate, and burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
Stone was a retired construction worker, and had worked on both Dworshak Dam and the Alaska Pipeline.
He was born May 25, 1916, at Anderson, Calif., to Venice Henderson and Jessee Stone. He went to high school at Dayton, Calif., and then went to work on a dam near Oroville, Calif. He later moved to Oregon, where he worked on gold dredges, and then to north central Idaho, where he also worked on gold dredges on Newsome Creek on the South Fork of the Clearwater River from about 1938 to 1940.
He married Geneve Hutchens of Grangeville Jan. 2, 1940, at Coeur d'Alene. They moved to Tacoma, where he was a welder foreman from 1940 to 1943.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 and was a machinist mate first class on a destroyer escort, the USS Melvin R. Nawman in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He saw duty in the Philippines, on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and during the bombardment of the main Japanese islands. He was discharged Nov. 30, 1945, and returned to Osburn, Idaho, where he worked as a welder and mechanic from 1945 to 1958.
In 1958, they moved to Grangeville, where he worked for Inland Lumber Co. for a number of years and ran the rock-crushing plant. From 1965 to 1968, he did heavy construction work and in 1968 began work on the construction of Dworshak Dam near Orofino.
During this time, the couple moved to a home along the South Fork of the Clearwater River near Stites.
He worked in remote camps on the Alaskan Pipeline from 1974 to 1977, then worked other jobs for a year until retiring.
Since his retirement, they had enjoyed attending various destroyer escort reunions and other travel.
He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Osburn, where he was a past post commander. He was a member of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, and a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
Survivors include his wife at the family home; three sons, Glenn and Bill Stone, both of Stites, and Charles Meredith Stone of Spokane; two daughters, Marilyn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville and Bonnie Dugger of Selah, Wash.; a sister, Helen Willard of Willows, Calif.; five brothers, Bill Stone of Dobbs, Calif., Albert Stone of Gridley, Calif., Joe Stone of National City, Calif., Pat Stone of Nevada City, Calif., and Bob Stone of Winnemucca, Nev.; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bob Stone, and three brothers, Lornnie, Ellis and Tommy Stone.
A dinner will be held at the Rebekah Hall at Stites following the services.
Lewiston Tribune 09.28.1993
The Rev. Troy Hall of the Stites Church of God will officiate, and burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
Stone was a retired construction worker, and had worked on both Dworshak Dam and the Alaska Pipeline.
He was born May 25, 1916, at Anderson, Calif., to Venice Henderson and Jessee Stone. He went to high school at Dayton, Calif., and then went to work on a dam near Oroville, Calif. He later moved to Oregon, where he worked on gold dredges, and then to north central Idaho, where he also worked on gold dredges on Newsome Creek on the South Fork of the Clearwater River from about 1938 to 1940.
He married Geneve Hutchens of Grangeville Jan. 2, 1940, at Coeur d'Alene. They moved to Tacoma, where he was a welder foreman from 1940 to 1943.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 and was a machinist mate first class on a destroyer escort, the USS Melvin R. Nawman in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He saw duty in the Philippines, on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and during the bombardment of the main Japanese islands. He was discharged Nov. 30, 1945, and returned to Osburn, Idaho, where he worked as a welder and mechanic from 1945 to 1958.
In 1958, they moved to Grangeville, where he worked for Inland Lumber Co. for a number of years and ran the rock-crushing plant. From 1965 to 1968, he did heavy construction work and in 1968 began work on the construction of Dworshak Dam near Orofino.
During this time, the couple moved to a home along the South Fork of the Clearwater River near Stites.
He worked in remote camps on the Alaskan Pipeline from 1974 to 1977, then worked other jobs for a year until retiring.
Since his retirement, they had enjoyed attending various destroyer escort reunions and other travel.
He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Osburn, where he was a past post commander. He was a member of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, and a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
Survivors include his wife at the family home; three sons, Glenn and Bill Stone, both of Stites, and Charles Meredith Stone of Spokane; two daughters, Marilyn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville and Bonnie Dugger of Selah, Wash.; a sister, Helen Willard of Willows, Calif.; five brothers, Bill Stone of Dobbs, Calif., Albert Stone of Gridley, Calif., Joe Stone of National City, Calif., Pat Stone of Nevada City, Calif., and Bob Stone of Winnemucca, Nev.; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bob Stone, and three brothers, Lornnie, Ellis and Tommy Stone.
A dinner will be held at the Rebekah Hall at Stites following the services.
Lewiston Tribune 09.28.1993
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