JAMES W. STONE

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for James William Stone of Phoenix, Ariz., was held Feb. 17 in Phoenix.

Stone, 70, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, in Phoenix.

He was born July 21, 1924, at Chaffee, son of George William and Bertie Lee Stone. He and Doris Corliss were married Dec. 24, 1946.

Stone attended Chaffee schools, graduated from Southeast Missouri State University, and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

He taught school in Chester, Ill., and was supervisor of the curriculum division of the Signal School at Fort Monmouth, N.J., from 1949 until retiring in 1974. He received a number of awards for teaching methods and curriculum he authored.

Stone was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Michael Stone of Neptune, N.J.; a daughter, Nina Horsfal of Phoenix; his mother, Bertie Stone, and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, a sister and brother.