Codell Stone

ONE OF SANTA FE'S WELL KNOWN AND RESPECCEO RESIDENTS MR. CODELL STONE, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON MAY 6, 2024. HE WAS 93 YEARS OF AGE.

ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR ONE COULD MEET UP WITH CODELL DRINKING COFFEE WITH HIS MANY ACQUAINTANCES. AT ATRISCOS, DENNEY'S OR ANY OF THE NEARBY CASINOS.

A 93 YEAR OLD MAN, CODELL WAS BORN IN SEPTEMBER 1930 IN GILMORE, TEXAS. BORN INTO A VERY LARGE FAMILY, HE WAS THE OLDEST SON OF THEO DOROTHY AND PAUL STONE.

HE WAS MARRIED TO IOPEL STONE (DECEASED) WHO WAS EMPI FOR THIRTY YEARS AT THE DELEPHONE CO. LOCATED ON SHELB: RETIRED FROM THE NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARIMENT,  HE SERVED AL MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT"S VECHILE SERVICE CENTER.

PRIOR TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE ROAD AGENCY HE SERVED IN SEVERAL CAPACITIES AS COOK, CHAUFFEUR AND RANCH HANI A MAN OF FAITH, DIGNITY AND HONOR HE WAS RESPECTED BI FAMILY MEMBERS REPRESENTING CODELL ARE LONNIE AND LII FAGAN, RESIDENTS OF HACIENDA HEIGHTS CALIFORNIA.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT RIVERA"S FUNERAL HOME LOCATED AT 417 E RODEO ROAD. ON THURSDAY MAY 16 AT 11AM ANYONE INTERESTED IN DONATING TO HIS MEMORY CAN SO SC BY SENDING THEIR CONTRIBURION TO SANTA FE"S KITCHEN ANCA SMALL PRAYER WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED