Elleanor Elizabeth (Lipke) Stone was born on Armistice Day, November 11, 1927, the first of three children born to Anthony and Clara (Kreischer) Lipke of North Syracuse, New York. She was born at 237 Martin Street in Syracuse, her father's mother's house, and was named after her two grandmothers.
She was baptized by Rev. William L. Scheding at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church parsonage on Butternut Street in Syracuse on April 3, 1929. Her father's best friend, Bill Gratien, was her godfather and her mother's best friend, Myrtle Fairfield, was her godmother. She was confirmed on April 6, 1941 at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed (Lutheran) Church on Lodi Street in Syracuse, Rev. William Bauer, pastor. She entered school at the age of four in the one-room schoolhouse her parents had attended (Cicero School No. 9, Taft Settlement), and graduated from eighth grade the valedictorian of her class at the North Syracuse High School building on Main Street in June 1940.
In high school Ellie was an award-winning artist, enjoyed singing in the chorus, and produced illustrations for the yearbook. She graduated from North Syracuse High School's Class of 1944 at the age of 16, renowned for her beautiful cursive handwriting and her talent and creativity in art, design, and handcrafts of all kinds (in later years she would additionally become expert and proficient at sewing, smocking, crocheting, and knitting). She wanted to be a fashion designer, but there was no money for more schooling. She worked for several years at the Lincoln Store in downtown Syracuse, starting as an assistant in the infants' department. She was soon promoted to the front office of the large department store and was in charge of handling the employee payroll when she met her future husband, Dave Stone (a "new hire" for the stockroom) and then "retired" in 1950 to become a housewife and mother. Nothing made her happier than fulfilling this role.
In February 1967 she moved with her husband and their four daughters from Upstate New York to Southern California to escape the snow and settled in what became the Canyon Country area in the Santa Clarita Valley. She remained there over 30 years.
She returned to school at the age of 50 and was voted Art Student of the Year at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California (1980). She took additional art classes at Art Showcases in Newhall under instructor Randi Bardeaux, as well as at Antelope Valley College, L.A. City College, and the Learning Tree. Her pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor paintings won many People's Choice, Judges' Choice, First, and Best of Show prizes at exhibitions and contests around Southern California. She sold several paintings, gave away many more, and was a past member of the Beverly Hills Art League and the Santa Clarita Artists Association.
In addition to her fine art creations, her beautifully decorated cakes were the highlight of every family birthday and anniversary.
Ellie and her husband, Dave (married October 29, 1950 at Andrews Memorial Methodist Church, North Syracuse, New York), were also loving foster parents to a series of infants, first in the 1950's, and again in the 1970's. Ellie loved babies and volunteered in church nurseries. She also taught literacy and English as a second language to adults in the Santa Clarita Valley.
After moving to Georgia in 1999 to be near daughters and grandchildren, Ellie volunteered 14 years of work to the Gwinnett County Public Library's Interlibrary Loan department, and sewed, stuffed, and donated over 800 "Prayer Bears" for the children's oncology ministry of her church, Cannon United Methodist of Snellville. She also maintained a flourishing garden and a home in Lawrenceville decorated with her own art.
After her husband died in 1990, Ellie lived independently and drove her own car until the last few months of her life. She liked to do her own yardwork and had inherited her parents' green thumb--almost everything she planted flourished. She was a beloved participant in her grandchildrens' jaunts to Walt Disney World, where her favorite ride was Splash Mountain. She was a lifelong voracious reader, especially of biographies, true crime books (Ann Rule was a favorite author), the weekly movie magazines of the 1940's to the 1960's, and supermarket tabloids. For fun she worked crossword and jigsaw puzzles and fed the animals and birds that visited her yard.
She happily and fully devoted her life to her husband and her family, her art, and a long series of rescued cats. She did not drink and never smoked. She never got a single traffic ticket. She made friends for life and kept in faithful contact with cards, letters, and phone calls. Her favorite perfumes were Emeraude and Opium and, in earlier years, 20 Carats. Her favorite movies were "Since You Went Away" and "Murphy's Romance" (she was a big James Garner fan, and liked Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, too). Her favorite color was purple. She loved her grandchildren and babies, flowers, hummingbirds, butterflies. She had read the Bible through from cover to cover countless times and lived by the Golden Rule. In her artwork, her cakes, and her sewing projects she had infinite patience for very close work and was a perfectionist, ripping out seams and doing things over until she got them as right as she could.
Ellie was struck down unexpectedly by a stroke and died the next morning, on May 18, 2016, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She left behind her cat Mandy, four daughters, their spouses, and families, including eleven grandchildren, her brother, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
In accordance with her wishes, memorials were private. Cremation took place May 19, 2016 in Woodstock, Georgia. Her ashes were interred beside those of her husband at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California on Thursday, June 9, 2016 just after 11:00 a.m.
"Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Matthew 25:23
She was baptized by Rev. William L. Scheding at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church parsonage on Butternut Street in Syracuse on April 3, 1929. Her father's best friend, Bill Gratien, was her godfather and her mother's best friend, Myrtle Fairfield, was her godmother. She was confirmed on April 6, 1941 at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed (Lutheran) Church on Lodi Street in Syracuse, Rev. William Bauer, pastor. She entered school at the age of four in the one-room schoolhouse her parents had attended (Cicero School No. 9, Taft Settlement), and graduated from eighth grade the valedictorian of her class at the North Syracuse High School building on Main Street in June 1940.
In high school Ellie was an award-winning artist, enjoyed singing in the chorus, and produced illustrations for the yearbook. She graduated from North Syracuse High School's Class of 1944 at the age of 16, renowned for her beautiful cursive handwriting and her talent and creativity in art, design, and handcrafts of all kinds (in later years she would additionally become expert and proficient at sewing, smocking, crocheting, and knitting). She wanted to be a fashion designer, but there was no money for more schooling. She worked for several years at the Lincoln Store in downtown Syracuse, starting as an assistant in the infants' department. She was soon promoted to the front office of the large department store and was in charge of handling the employee payroll when she met her future husband, Dave Stone (a "new hire" for the stockroom) and then "retired" in 1950 to become a housewife and mother. Nothing made her happier than fulfilling this role.
In February 1967 she moved with her husband and their four daughters from Upstate New York to Southern California to escape the snow and settled in what became the Canyon Country area in the Santa Clarita Valley. She remained there over 30 years.
She returned to school at the age of 50 and was voted Art Student of the Year at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California (1980). She took additional art classes at Art Showcases in Newhall under instructor Randi Bardeaux, as well as at Antelope Valley College, L.A. City College, and the Learning Tree. Her pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor paintings won many People's Choice, Judges' Choice, First, and Best of Show prizes at exhibitions and contests around Southern California. She sold several paintings, gave away many more, and was a past member of the Beverly Hills Art League and the Santa Clarita Artists Association.
In addition to her fine art creations, her beautifully decorated cakes were the highlight of every family birthday and anniversary.
Ellie and her husband, Dave (married October 29, 1950 at Andrews Memorial Methodist Church, North Syracuse, New York), were also loving foster parents to a series of infants, first in the 1950's, and again in the 1970's. Ellie loved babies and volunteered in church nurseries. She also taught literacy and English as a second language to adults in the Santa Clarita Valley.
After moving to Georgia in 1999 to be near daughters and grandchildren, Ellie volunteered 14 years of work to the Gwinnett County Public Library's Interlibrary Loan department, and sewed, stuffed, and donated over 800 "Prayer Bears" for the children's oncology ministry of her church, Cannon United Methodist of Snellville. She also maintained a flourishing garden and a home in Lawrenceville decorated with her own art.
After her husband died in 1990, Ellie lived independently and drove her own car until the last few months of her life. She liked to do her own yardwork and had inherited her parents' green thumb--almost everything she planted flourished. She was a beloved participant in her grandchildrens' jaunts to Walt Disney World, where her favorite ride was Splash Mountain. She was a lifelong voracious reader, especially of biographies, true crime books (Ann Rule was a favorite author), the weekly movie magazines of the 1940's to the 1960's, and supermarket tabloids. For fun she worked crossword and jigsaw puzzles and fed the animals and birds that visited her yard.
She happily and fully devoted her life to her husband and her family, her art, and a long series of rescued cats. She did not drink and never smoked. She never got a single traffic ticket. She made friends for life and kept in faithful contact with cards, letters, and phone calls. Her favorite perfumes were Emeraude and Opium and, in earlier years, 20 Carats. Her favorite movies were "Since You Went Away" and "Murphy's Romance" (she was a big James Garner fan, and liked Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, too). Her favorite color was purple. She loved her grandchildren and babies, flowers, hummingbirds, butterflies. She had read the Bible through from cover to cover countless times and lived by the Golden Rule. In her artwork, her cakes, and her sewing projects she had infinite patience for very close work and was a perfectionist, ripping out seams and doing things over until she got them as right as she could.
Ellie was struck down unexpectedly by a stroke and died the next morning, on May 18, 2016, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She left behind her cat Mandy, four daughters, their spouses, and families, including eleven grandchildren, her brother, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
In accordance with her wishes, memorials were private. Cremation took place May 19, 2016 in Woodstock, Georgia. Her ashes were interred beside those of her husband at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California on Thursday, June 9, 2016 just after 11:00 a.m.
"Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Matthew 25:23
Elleanor Elizabeth (Lipke) Stone was born on Armistice Day, November 11, 1927, the first of three children born to Anthony and Clara (Kreischer) Lipke of North Syracuse, New York. She was born at 237 Martin Street in Syracuse, her father's mother's house, and was named after her two grandmothers.
She was baptized by Rev. William L. Scheding at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church parsonage on Butternut Street in Syracuse on April 3, 1929. Her father's best friend, Bill Gratien, was her godfather and her mother's best friend, Myrtle Fairfield, was her godmother. She was confirmed on April 6, 1941 at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed (Lutheran) Church on Lodi Street in Syracuse, Rev. William Bauer, pastor. She entered school at the age of four in the one-room schoolhouse her parents had attended (Cicero School No. 9, Taft Settlement), and graduated from eighth grade the valedictorian of her class at the North Syracuse High School building on Main Street in June 1940.
In high school Ellie was an award-winning artist, enjoyed singing in the chorus, and produced illustrations for the yearbook. She graduated from North Syracuse High School's Class of 1944 at the age of 16, renowned for her beautiful cursive handwriting and her talent and creativity in art, design, and handcrafts of all kinds (in later years she would additionally become expert and proficient at sewing, smocking, crocheting, and knitting). She wanted to be a fashion designer, but there was no money for more schooling. She worked for several years at the Lincoln Store in downtown Syracuse, starting as an assistant in the infants' department. She was soon promoted to the front office of the large department store and was in charge of handling the employee payroll when she met her future husband, Dave Stone (a "new hire" for the stockroom) and then "retired" in 1950 to become a housewife and mother. Nothing made her happier than fulfilling this role.
In February 1967 she moved with her husband and their four daughters from Upstate New York to Southern California to escape the snow and settled in what became the Canyon Country area in the Santa Clarita Valley. She remained there over 30 years.
She returned to school at the age of 50 and was voted Art Student of the Year at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California (1980). She took additional art classes at Art Showcases in Newhall under instructor Randi Bardeaux, as well as at Antelope Valley College, L.A. City College, and the Learning Tree. Her pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor paintings won many People's Choice, Judges' Choice, First, and Best of Show prizes at exhibitions and contests around Southern California. She sold several paintings, gave away many more, and was a past member of the Beverly Hills Art League and the Santa Clarita Artists Association.
In addition to her fine art creations, her beautifully decorated cakes were the highlight of every family birthday and anniversary.
Ellie and her husband, Dave (married October 29, 1950 at Andrews Memorial Methodist Church, North Syracuse, New York), were also loving foster parents to a series of infants, first in the 1950's, and again in the 1970's. Ellie loved babies and volunteered in church nurseries. She also taught literacy and English as a second language to adults in the Santa Clarita Valley.
After moving to Georgia in 1999 to be near daughters and grandchildren, Ellie volunteered 14 years of work to the Gwinnett County Public Library's Interlibrary Loan department, and sewed, stuffed, and donated over 800 "Prayer Bears" for the children's oncology ministry of her church, Cannon United Methodist of Snellville. She also maintained a flourishing garden and a home in Lawrenceville decorated with her own art.
After her husband died in 1990, Ellie lived independently and drove her own car until the last few months of her life. She liked to do her own yardwork and had inherited her parents' green thumb--almost everything she planted flourished. She was a beloved participant in her grandchildrens' jaunts to Walt Disney World, where her favorite ride was Splash Mountain. She was a lifelong voracious reader, especially of biographies, true crime books (Ann Rule was a favorite author), the weekly movie magazines of the 1940's to the 1960's, and supermarket tabloids. For fun she worked crossword and jigsaw puzzles and fed the animals and birds that visited her yard.
She happily and fully devoted her life to her husband and her family, her art, and a long series of rescued cats. She did not drink and never smoked. She never got a single traffic ticket. She made friends for life and kept in faithful contact with cards, letters, and phone calls. Her favorite perfumes were Emeraude and Opium and, in earlier years, 20 Carats. Her favorite movies were "Since You Went Away" and "Murphy's Romance" (she was a big James Garner fan, and liked Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, too). Her favorite color was purple. She loved her grandchildren and babies, flowers, hummingbirds, butterflies. She had read the Bible through from cover to cover countless times and lived by the Golden Rule. In her artwork, her cakes, and her sewing projects she had infinite patience for very close work and was a perfectionist, ripping out seams and doing things over until she got them as right as she could.
Ellie was struck down unexpectedly by a stroke and died the next morning, on May 18, 2016, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She left behind her cat Mandy, four daughters, their spouses, and families, including eleven grandchildren, her brother, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
In accordance with her wishes, memorials were private. Cremation took place May 19, 2016 in Woodstock, Georgia. Her ashes were interred beside those of her husband at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California on Thursday, June 9, 2016 just after 11:00 a.m.
"Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Matthew 25:23
She was baptized by Rev. William L. Scheding at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church parsonage on Butternut Street in Syracuse on April 3, 1929. Her father's best friend, Bill Gratien, was her godfather and her mother's best friend, Myrtle Fairfield, was her godmother. She was confirmed on April 6, 1941 at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed (Lutheran) Church on Lodi Street in Syracuse, Rev. William Bauer, pastor. She entered school at the age of four in the one-room schoolhouse her parents had attended (Cicero School No. 9, Taft Settlement), and graduated from eighth grade the valedictorian of her class at the North Syracuse High School building on Main Street in June 1940.
In high school Ellie was an award-winning artist, enjoyed singing in the chorus, and produced illustrations for the yearbook. She graduated from North Syracuse High School's Class of 1944 at the age of 16, renowned for her beautiful cursive handwriting and her talent and creativity in art, design, and handcrafts of all kinds (in later years she would additionally become expert and proficient at sewing, smocking, crocheting, and knitting). She wanted to be a fashion designer, but there was no money for more schooling. She worked for several years at the Lincoln Store in downtown Syracuse, starting as an assistant in the infants' department. She was soon promoted to the front office of the large department store and was in charge of handling the employee payroll when she met her future husband, Dave Stone (a "new hire" for the stockroom) and then "retired" in 1950 to become a housewife and mother. Nothing made her happier than fulfilling this role.
In February 1967 she moved with her husband and their four daughters from Upstate New York to Southern California to escape the snow and settled in what became the Canyon Country area in the Santa Clarita Valley. She remained there over 30 years.
She returned to school at the age of 50 and was voted Art Student of the Year at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California (1980). She took additional art classes at Art Showcases in Newhall under instructor Randi Bardeaux, as well as at Antelope Valley College, L.A. City College, and the Learning Tree. Her pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor paintings won many People's Choice, Judges' Choice, First, and Best of Show prizes at exhibitions and contests around Southern California. She sold several paintings, gave away many more, and was a past member of the Beverly Hills Art League and the Santa Clarita Artists Association.
In addition to her fine art creations, her beautifully decorated cakes were the highlight of every family birthday and anniversary.
Ellie and her husband, Dave (married October 29, 1950 at Andrews Memorial Methodist Church, North Syracuse, New York), were also loving foster parents to a series of infants, first in the 1950's, and again in the 1970's. Ellie loved babies and volunteered in church nurseries. She also taught literacy and English as a second language to adults in the Santa Clarita Valley.
After moving to Georgia in 1999 to be near daughters and grandchildren, Ellie volunteered 14 years of work to the Gwinnett County Public Library's Interlibrary Loan department, and sewed, stuffed, and donated over 800 "Prayer Bears" for the children's oncology ministry of her church, Cannon United Methodist of Snellville. She also maintained a flourishing garden and a home in Lawrenceville decorated with her own art.
After her husband died in 1990, Ellie lived independently and drove her own car until the last few months of her life. She liked to do her own yardwork and had inherited her parents' green thumb--almost everything she planted flourished. She was a beloved participant in her grandchildrens' jaunts to Walt Disney World, where her favorite ride was Splash Mountain. She was a lifelong voracious reader, especially of biographies, true crime books (Ann Rule was a favorite author), the weekly movie magazines of the 1940's to the 1960's, and supermarket tabloids. For fun she worked crossword and jigsaw puzzles and fed the animals and birds that visited her yard.
She happily and fully devoted her life to her husband and her family, her art, and a long series of rescued cats. She did not drink and never smoked. She never got a single traffic ticket. She made friends for life and kept in faithful contact with cards, letters, and phone calls. Her favorite perfumes were Emeraude and Opium and, in earlier years, 20 Carats. Her favorite movies were "Since You Went Away" and "Murphy's Romance" (she was a big James Garner fan, and liked Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, too). Her favorite color was purple. She loved her grandchildren and babies, flowers, hummingbirds, butterflies. She had read the Bible through from cover to cover countless times and lived by the Golden Rule. In her artwork, her cakes, and her sewing projects she had infinite patience for very close work and was a perfectionist, ripping out seams and doing things over until she got them as right as she could.
Ellie was struck down unexpectedly by a stroke and died the next morning, on May 18, 2016, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She left behind her cat Mandy, four daughters, their spouses, and families, including eleven grandchildren, her brother, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
In accordance with her wishes, memorials were private. Cremation took place May 19, 2016 in Woodstock, Georgia. Her ashes were interred beside those of her husband at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California on Thursday, June 9, 2016 just after 11:00 a.m.
"Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Matthew 25:23
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Elleanor E. Stone
1927 - 2016
Beloved Wife and Mother
