Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
March 28, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Funeral services for Royal Henry Stone, 82, of Delaware, who died Saturday, March 24, 2001 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, were held Tuesday, March 27 at the Adams Boulevard Church of Christ in Bartlesville, with Ministers, Sidney Roper and Dave Hammonds officiating. Interment followed at Floral Haven Cemetery in Tulsa under the directon of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata.

Royal was born at Tulsa on October 31, 1918, the son of Royal Herron and Ermile Forcade Stone. He grew up in Tulsa, graduating from Central High School in 1936. He went on to graduate from the University of Tulsa and upon graduation was married to Geraldine L. Henderson on December 14, 1940 at Tulsa and then moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked for Sinclair Refinery. Mr. Stone was later employed by Phillips Petroleum of Bartlesville. At the outbreak of World War II, Royal enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant. [Seems to be missing something here.] teated greases at the Annapolis Experimental Station. After the war, he resumed his employment with Phillips and spent time working in Canada, where he helped design and operate the largest natural gas plant, they located at Burstal, Saskatchewan. The Stones moved to Delaware in 1975 and Royal retired from Phillips in 1982 after 41 years. Royal was a pilot and a member of the Central Church of Christ at Nowata for many years. He served as a member of the Nowata Industrial Board; as an officer on the Nowata Soil Conservation BOard; belonged to the Kiwanis of Nowata; was past chairman of the Nowata County Republican Party; member of the BARCOF Investment Club and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Geraldine L. Stone of the home; two sons: David Richard Stone of Waco, Texas and Jonathan P. Stone of Bartlesville; three daughters: Carole Straughn of Oklahoma City; Pamela S. Newton of Delaware and Jennnifer Ames of Lenapah; 12 grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.