Sgt. Stone’s Funeral Rites This Sunday at Big Pine Vets Hall

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Veterans 
Hall in Big Pine for Staff Sergeant Paul Stone, who was killed 
in action in 1944 during the invasion of Leyte, Phillipine 
Islands.  Burial will be in the family plot at the South 
Cemetery in Big Pine.

Born in Bishop in 1917, Sergeant Stone was educated in Bishop 
schools and at the Indian school at Stewart, Nev.  He entered 
the service at Susanville in 1941.

Inyo-Mono veterans will take part in the military rites which 
will be presented.  Charles Wall of Big Pine is in charge of 
the services.  All Bishop veterans taking part in the ceremony 
should meet at the Legion Hall by 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Surviving Sgt. Paul Stone is his son Randy of Susanville age 
seven; his former wife, Mrs. J. H. Riley, of Susanville; his 
father, Tom Stone, of Big Pine; a sister, Mrs. Martin Chavez 
of Bishop; and six brothers, all of whom were members of the 
armed forces during World War II.

The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, February 17, 1949

Transcribed by Denise S. Flynn