Ruth Ellen Stone

Funeral services for Ruth Ellen Stone, 76, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Lawrence Free Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Hesper Cemetery in Eudora, KS. She passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 at her home.

Ruth was born November 11, 1941 in Hay Springs, NE, the daughter of Ernest and Alzina (Gillett) Coleman.

She was an elementary school teacher.

She married Herbert Stone on June 27, 1971 in Gardner, KS. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include her son, Roger (Evangeline) Stone; two grandchildren; Mika Stone and Daniel Stone; sisters, Rose Eckert, Annie Wadsworth; and two brothers, James Coleman and Steve Coleman. She was preceded in death by one sister, Elsie Cate; and four brothers, William Coleman, Ralph Coleman, Ernest Coleman, and John Coleman.

The family will greet friends from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2018 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Memorial Contributions may be made in her name to Lawrence Free Methodist World Missions and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

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