Modean Stone

Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M., Monday, November 26, 2012 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Modean Stone, age 85, of Roswell who passed away on November 21, 2012. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Bird, Earl Haas, Jason Heritage, Bryce Smith, Randy Spear, and Kyle Traylor. Visitation will be held from 97 on Saturday, November 24, 2012 and from 127 on Sunday, November 25, 2012, as well as up until the service on November 26, 2012.

Modean was born on July 21, 1927 in Lohn, Texas, to Robert Long Butler and Grace Roberts Butler. She was the second of ten children. The family moved to Kerrville, Texas, when she was very young and she grew up there. She married Preston Lee Stone on December 24, 1943 in Kerrville, Texas. Although reared in town, she quickly adapted to the ranch life that came with marriage to Preston and grew to love it. They lived in Texas until moving to New Mexico in 1957. Preston and Modean were married a few months less than sixty years when he died in 2003.

Modean was known for her delicious meals and enjoyed cooking for others. Her desserts and fresh baked breads were a favorite of those who joined her table, a result of the time she spent working in a bakery as a teenager. She enjoyed playing dominoes and card games, especially canasta, with friends and family, and seldom turned down an invitation to play. Although she had not sewed in the last several years, she was a talented seamstress making anything from formals to suits. She enjoyed reading, especially nonfiction. If asked what was important to her, she would tell you, after her faith, her family was most important. She also cherished her friends and considered them extended family.

Modean was preceded in death by her parents, as well as two sisters, Lola May Butler and Roberta Butler Robinett, and a brother, Robert L. Butler, Jr.

She is survived by her son, Preston Stone Jr., and wife Willa of Capitan daughter Gail and husband Kenneth Brinson of Hillsborough, NJ her brother Frank Butler of Kerrville, Texas sisters Collene Baker of San Angelo, TX, Rachel Calentine of Prosper, TX, Catharine Butler of El Paso, TX., Lila and husband Wayne Crow of El Paso, TX, Ruthie and husband Richard Staley of El Paso, TX grandson Troy Stone and wife Kimberly of Capitan, granddaughter Tracey Stone of Stevensville, MT and greatgrandsons Eleck and Bryce Stone. Modean is also survived by brotherinlaw Robert L. Stone and wife Annie of Kerrville, TX, and sisterinlaw Pauline Stone of Amarillo, TX, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Visitation

LaGrone Funeral Chapel
900 South Main
Roswell, NM  88203
Friday, November 23, 2012
3:00 P.M.

Service

Funeral

LaGrone Funeral Chapel
900 S Main
Roswell, NM  88203
Monday, November 26, 2012
11:00 A.M.

Cemetery

South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main
Roswell, NM  88203