Coeur d’ Alene Press, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, November 2007
Arthur S. Stone, age 82, resident of Coeur d’ Alene, passed away on November 28, 2007, at Kootenal Medical Center. He was born September 11, 1925, to Louis B. Collins and Gladys M. (Stone) at Santa Monica, California. Arthur was educated in Burbank, California. He married Meta A. Knudsen on August 10, 1946, in Kingman, Arizona.
Arthur moved here from Spokane in 1954. He retired from the United States Navy on April 30, 1964. He worked 13 years for the courts as a juvenile probation officer and worked for Kootenal County as a Civil Defense Director. Arthur was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, a 25 year member of the Coeur d’ Alene Eagles, and a Sea Scout Skipper in Coeur d’ Alene for many years. He also was a lifetime “ham” radio operator.
Arthur is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law; John A. (Patricia) Stone, Jay D. Stone, J. Tomm (Terry) Stone all of Corur d’ Alene; daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne (Herb) Helstrom, Coeur d’ Alene; sister, Lucille Collins also of Coeur d’ Alene; ten grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Meta A. Stone on October 27, 2003.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, P.O. Box 2472, Spokane, WA 99210-2472 or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 9 South Washington, Suite 704, Spokane, WA 99201.
Viewing will be from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007, at English Funeral Chapel, Coeur d’ Alene. Burial to follow at Forest Cemetery, Coeur d’ Alene.
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