Chester Ammon Stone

From College of Fine Arts and Communications

Chester Ammon Stone was born January 26, 1919 in Salem, Utah to Ammon Oliver and Roycie Arvilla Sheffield Stone. He grew up in Salem, Utah and graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1937. He served his country during WWII in the Navy, in the Pacific Theater. He received a Bachelors in Music and a Master of Arts Degree in Music from Brigham Young University.

He married Shirley Rust on June 7, 1950 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Stone went on to teach music, math and world geography at Pleasant Grove High School and Junior High for many years. He also taught music at the Church College of Hawaii (now BYU Hawaii) for four years.

He was an active member of the LDS Church and served faithfully in many callings. He was dearly loved by all who knew him.

Stone passed away peacefully on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21, 2009 at the age of 90. He was survived by his wife Shirley of Pleasant Grove; four children: Sandra (Rolan) Johnson, Pleasant Grove; Shirl "Rocky" (Suzanne) Stone, Alpine, Calvin (Nancy) Stone, Orem; and Craige (Jackie) Stone, West Jordan; 18 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; sister, Vaunda Box, American Fork and sister-in-law, Lola Stone, Spanish Fork. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Amber Stone and daughter-in-law, Shelley Sorensen Stone.