Susie S. Stones

Susie Sophia (Rapp) Stones of Norfolk, Virginia died on November 4, 2010 at the age of 100 years 4 months and 11 days. She was born on June 23, 1910 in Sagrada,
Missouri, the daughter of Eugene Judson Rapp and Rosa Lea (Anderson) Rapp.

In 1912 she moved with her parents and older sister Beulah to a farm west of Akron, Colorado. She attended Freemont Butler country school through the eighth grade. On August 8, 1931 she married Cornelius Alonzo "Neil" Stones and moved to the Stones homestead north of Lebanon, Kansas in the Mount Hope community. She was an active member in the ladies club and taught Sunday School in the Mount Hope Church started by the Reverend James Timothy Stones on the corner of the homestead in the late 1800s.

After Neil's death in 1969 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where she was a member of First United Methodist Church. In 1986 she moved to Norfolk, Virginia to be near her children. She enjoyed quilting and embroidery work and was a member
of Zion Grace Methodist Church in Norfolk for many years.

Survivors include a son Norman Verl Stones and his wife Susan (Hobbs) Stones of Virginia Beach, Virginia and a daughter Connie (Stones) Kaiser and husband Wyann Kaiser of Chesapeake, Virginia. Grandchildren: Angela (Stones) Brinser and husband David Brinser of Warner Robins, Georgia; Martin Scott Stones and his wife Linda (Behrens) Stones of Crete, Nebraska; Deborah (Kaiser) Jones and husband Paul Jones Jr. of Suffolk, Virginia and Heather (Kaiser) Phillips and husband Robert Phillips, Jr. of Gloucester, Virginia and 10 great grandchildren--Matthew, Brian, Christopher, Brennen, and Marli Stones; Jennifer (Brinser) Tucker and husband Ian Tucker, Jon Brinser, Raiden and Reese Phillips and Paul Jones III and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, her parents, husband Neil, sister Beulah (Rapp) Reed and daughter-in-law Carolyn Sue (Beery) Stones.

Graveside services were held Saturday, 11:00 a.m., November 13, 2010 at the Mt. Hope Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Fairbanks officiating.

The family have requested that memorials be made to the American Lung Association in lieu of flowers.

Williams Funeral Home
241 West 4th Avenue
Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970

402-746-2500
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