Loved life, family, friends, parties, and fulfilling what he called his bucket list. When he loved, he loved with his whole being. He completed all the stuff he set out to do with gusto. His life motto was “find out what needs to be done, then go do it”. He was able to complete many of his bucket list. He was a family man first, had a great career, and was mentor to many. He was a fishman, traveler, snowmobiler, and any other adventures he could think of.
Daryl Leroy Stone was born in a small farm town of Devoe, South Dakota. He had two brothers - Jim and Willis Stone and one sister – Darlys Connell. At the age of 12 the family moved to Cresbard, South Dakota and lived there until he graduated from Cresbard High School. He was a fun loving “on the edge” teenager and loved clowning around in High School. He joined Cresbard High School band and by his freshman year moved up as First Chair the rest of high school and graduated in May 1952.
He joined the Air Force on December 7th, 1952 went to radio school training and in 1953 was shipped to Japan during the Korean war until 1956. He returned to South Dakota and enrolled in college. January 1957, his brother Jim, and he ventured out to Seattle Washington to join Boeing company he had a very success career for the next 40 years with most of it at the Boeing Company in Seattle.
In 1959, he met Sue Thomas and married on December 30th, 1959 and started their family. His son William Leroy born June 1962 and a daughter, Catherine Marie in November 1963. His career focused a lot on electrical engineering, development of an Antenna Test Range. Soon he was building or managing multiple Electronic and Electromagnetic test facilities/laboratories. In 1995, with the kids raised, he and Sue retired to enjoy the good life and follow their dreams of snowmobiling, traveling, fishing and whatever was on his bucket list. In 2000, they went to a full time RVers. They travelled around wherever they wanted to. In 2000, they gave up snowmobiling due to a heart operation and decided to become full time snowbirds wintering around Arizona State, visiting family meeting loads of new friends, and attending Mariner’s Baseball Training. In December 2002, Sue died leaving him to spend the next few months just traveling with their dog Freckles, fishing, and wandering aimlessly around trying to keep busy.
In 2003 he met Lorraine Dubuque through mutual friends and quickly became what he called “his second chapter in life”. In April 2004, they were married and spent the next 11 years as snowbirds in Lake Havasu, Arizona. In the summer 2007 they moved to eastern Washington where he could do all his favorite pastimes of enjoying and entertaining family and friends, fishing for Walleye, being a grill king with his with multiple smokers, grills and BBQs, and enjoying the quiet life and still winter in Arizona. When his medical problems became worse, they moved to Covington which was closer to his specialists who worked on keeping him well to let him enjoy life.
He loved to be surrounded by his family and to glory in their accomplishments and successes as well as seeing that the legacy he loved so much was being carried forward It was important to him that his heritage to his children was not words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure. He was loved by so many that crossed his path. He was strong on the outside but a marshmallow on the inside and his sense of humor always made people feel important, comfortable, and loved. He was so respected that there were many who wanted to be adopted and called him “Dad” because of his fun-loving personality, honesty, and integrity.
He is survived by his wife Lorraine, Sister Darlys Connell, Son Bill and wife Stacy; Daughter Cathy Stone and husband Art; Stepdaughters Jacqui Judd and husband Dan and Renee Hendrickson and her husband Kevin; and Grandsons Daniel Stone and wife Justine; Jeremy and wife Hannah; Granddaughters Bri Carroll and husband Jim; and Erica Bouchard and husband Jeremy; as well as Step Grandson Mark Hendrickson and Ashley; Step granddaughters Tara Brooks and husband Korey and Nadia Enriquez and husband Garrett; and a grand total of 15 great grandchildren and with one on the way. As well as many extended families and friends .
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