evening, March 17, 2005 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in
Lebanon. He was born in Wilder, VT on December 20, 1935 the son of Ernest
J. and Lizzie May (Carter) Stone and had resided in Claremont for the past
thirty-two years. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in
the US Army.
Kenneth retired from the City of Claremont's Water Department where he
worked for twelve years and had previously worked in the Highway and Parks
Departments for eleven years.
He loved hunting, fishing, wrestling and having a "cold one" with his
friends while listening to country music.
He was the widower of Ramona K. (Wilkinson) Stone whom he married on June 1,
1957 and she died January 2, 1994.
The surviving family includes two daughters, Debbie Chapin and her husband,
Michael of Cornish and Teresa Stone of Claremont; one son, Richard Stone of
Manchester, NH; two grandchildren, David E. Stone and Steven Stone both of
Claremont; one great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn Renae Stone; nine sisters,
Maxine Picard of Claremont, Irene Hill of W. Lebanon, Madeline Haynes of
Haslett, MI, Susan Armstrong of Florida, Mary Labine of Middleburg, FL,
Marie Stone of Barre, VT, Fern Lusco of Quechee, VT, Frieda Cooley of
Windsor, VT and Rita Hill of LaPorte, FL; four brothers, George Stone of
Barre, VT, Percy Mills, Jr. of Nashua, Gerald Mills of Plainfield and Vernon
Clifford of North Pomfret, VT also numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest J. Stone and his mother,
Lizzie May Mills Clifford; two sisters, Noreen Teresa Stone (Ken's twin
sister and Louise Stone; four brothers, Earl Stone, David L. Stone, Garnet
Mills and Ernest Stone.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at Two O'clock at the
Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street, with Rev. Father Stanley J.
Piwowar, Pastor of St Joseph Church, officiating.
Interment will be at a later date in Hartford, VT Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Monday afternoon from one to two PM
prior to the services.
The family suggest that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his
memory to Norris Cotton Cancer Center, for breast cancer prevention, One
Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001.