Thomas Raymond Stone, 80, passed quietly at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento, Calif. Saturday, May 3, 2008.

A beloved father and husband, he was  born in Oswego on Jan. 13, 1928. He resided in Oswego until leaving to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard. Upon his return from the Coast Guard, he spent most of the next decade working for his father at the family-owned Stone’s Candy Shop.

He married the former Karolyn Gurney and they were joined in what seemed like no time at all by four children.

On Nov. 1, 1965, they packed everything into the largest and most unwieldy U-Haul trailer ever built, loaded up the kids and moved to California, traveling through the southern states. After a brief stop in Roseville, they settled in Carmichael in 1967.
He worked many years for, and retired from, Pacific Bell.

He was a dedicated and active member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church and enjoyed watching baseball, football and westerns on TV. His sense of humor was unparalleled.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Karolyn, and by his parents, Raymond and Gladys.

He leaves behind his son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Carol McMasters-Stone of Winters, Calif.; his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Curt Schoonover of North Highlands, Calif.; his son, Bill Stone of Carmichael; his daughter, Marty Fetterley of Carmichael; his seven grandchildren, Heather Baldasano, Zach Fetterley, Chris Schoonover and Tommy, Matt, Meghan and Dillon Stone; and his step-granddaughter, Erin Beck.

He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Jeanne Stone of Oswego; his sister and brother-in-law, Irene and Ed Dziura of Whitesboro; by his brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Rita Stone of Manlius; and 21 nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Carmichael.