Geneva Stone, 92, died peacefully in her sleep at Moran Vista Assisted Living in Spokane, on March 23, 2012. She was born Oct. 29, 1919, in Grangeville, to Bessie and Bryan Hutchens. Her early life was spent on the Hutchens homestead in Luke's Gulch near Stites. She attended schools in the Stites area and in Grangeville.
She met her husband, Charles Merlin Stone, while attending dances in Mount Idaho and Clearwater. They were married Jan. 2, 1940, in Coeur d'Alene. They made their home at Newsome Creek, Idaho, where Charles was working for the Newsome Creek Dredge Mining Company. With the start of World War II they moved to the naval shipyards in Tacoma and other locations until Charles entered the U.S. Navy and deployed to war in the Pacific on a destroyer escort.
Geneva and Charles decided to restart their life after the war in Osburn, Idaho. Geneva moved there in 1944, and Charles joined her and their sons there in 1945, after the war. They lived in Osburn until 1958 when they moved to Grangeville and later to their home on the Clearwater River near Stites.
Geneva moved to her daughter Bonnie's home after Charles died in 1993. She stayed with Bonnie until she moved into assisted living in Spokane. Geneva was a devout Christian and enjoyed taking her grandchildren to church and reading her Bible daily. She enjoyed sewing and poetry, and in her later years, she filled many scrapbooks with pictures and saved mementos of her life.
Geneva was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband; a son, Robert "Bob" C. Stone; her brothers, Harold and Herman; and her sisters, Genevieve, Rita and Rosetta.
She is survived by a brother, Aaron of Sherwood, Ore.; a sister, Betty Jeanne Hamilton of Grangeville; her children, Glenn of Stites, Charles Meredith of Spokane, Marilynn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville, William (Bill) of Stites, and Bonnie Dugger of Spokane; 20 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia, followed by a graveside service at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
The Lewiston Tribune
Geneva Stone, 92, died peacefully in her sleep at Moran Vista Assisted Living in Spokane, on March 23, 2012. She was born Oct. 29, 1919, in Grangeville, to Bessie and Bryan Hutchens. Her early life was spent on the Hutchens homestead in Luke's Gulch near Stites. She attended schools in the Stites area and in Grangeville.
She met her husband, Charles Merlin Stone, while attending dances in Mount Idaho and Clearwater. They were married Jan. 2, 1940, in Coeur d'Alene. They made their home at Newsome Creek, Idaho, where Charles was working for the Newsome Creek Dredge Mining Company. With the start of World War II they moved to the naval shipyards in Tacoma and other locations until Charles entered the U.S. Navy and deployed to war in the Pacific on a destroyer escort.
Geneva and Charles decided to restart their life after the war in Osburn, Idaho. Geneva moved there in 1944, and Charles joined her and their sons there in 1945, after the war. They lived in Osburn until 1958 when they moved to Grangeville and later to their home on the Clearwater River near Stites.
Geneva moved to her daughter Bonnie's home after Charles died in 1993. She stayed with Bonnie until she moved into assisted living in Spokane. Geneva was a devout Christian and enjoyed taking her grandchildren to church and reading her Bible daily. She enjoyed sewing and poetry, and in her later years, she filled many scrapbooks with pictures and saved mementos of her life.
Geneva was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband; a son, Robert "Bob" C. Stone; her brothers, Harold and Herman; and her sisters, Genevieve, Rita and Rosetta.
She is survived by a brother, Aaron of Sherwood, Ore.; a sister, Betty Jeanne Hamilton of Grangeville; her children, Glenn of Stites, Charles Meredith of Spokane, Marilynn (Sam) Bruegeman of Grangeville, William (Bill) of Stites, and Bonnie Dugger of Spokane; 20 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia, followed by a graveside service at Pine Grove Cemetery near Kooskia.
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