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Ferne Marie <I>Demory</I> Stone

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Ferne Marie Demory Stone

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11 Jan 2006 (aged 77)
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Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Ferne Marie Demory Stone, born near Milo, Iowa on October 16, 1928, passed away on January 11, 2006, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, following a stroke. The daughter of Hazel Bolton Demory and John Roy Demory, she grew up in Indianola, graduated from Indianola High School and attended Simpson College, Iowa State University, and Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), where she received a master's degree in speech pathology. From 1969 to 1984, she was an instructor in the department of speech and communications at Iowa State University.

From the age of nineteen, she suffered from chronic and severe rheumatoid arthritis. Her determination to overcome the obstacles imposed by this disease, to raise a family, to have a career, and to participate in her community, set the overall pattern for her life. Its overall theme was her love for family and friends, which was evident to everyone who knew her.

She is survived by a sister, Evelyn Labertew of Indianola; two brothers, Ralph Demory of Indianola and Glenn Demory of Phoenix, Arizona; four children, John David Stone of Grinnell, Beth Julian of Gilbert, Arizona, Mark Stone of Lawrence, Kansas, and Paul Stone of Winterset; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many dear nieces, nephews, relations, colleagues, and friends.
Ferne Marie Demory Stone, born near Milo, Iowa on October 16, 1928, passed away on January 11, 2006, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, following a stroke. The daughter of Hazel Bolton Demory and John Roy Demory, she grew up in Indianola, graduated from Indianola High School and attended Simpson College, Iowa State University, and Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), where she received a master's degree in speech pathology. From 1969 to 1984, she was an instructor in the department of speech and communications at Iowa State University.

From the age of nineteen, she suffered from chronic and severe rheumatoid arthritis. Her determination to overcome the obstacles imposed by this disease, to raise a family, to have a career, and to participate in her community, set the overall pattern for her life. Its overall theme was her love for family and friends, which was evident to everyone who knew her.

She is survived by a sister, Evelyn Labertew of Indianola; two brothers, Ralph Demory of Indianola and Glenn Demory of Phoenix, Arizona; four children, John David Stone of Grinnell, Beth Julian of Gilbert, Arizona, Mark Stone of Lawrence, Kansas, and Paul Stone of Winterset; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many dear nieces, nephews, relations, colleagues, and friends.


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