Frank Rahm Stoner III ’50

Frank Stoner died Dec. 26, 1997, at his home in Easton, Md., after a long bout with cancer. He was 69.

Frank prepared at St. Andrews School in Middleton, Del., where he was active in school publications and participated in rowing and wrestling. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, was a member of Key and Seal Club, and was J.V. crew and wrestling.

After graduating with honors, Frank spent three years in the Navy, mostly in the Washington, D.C., area, where he gained an MBA at night from George Washington U. Returning to Sewickley, he worked as an industrial chemicals salesman with StonerMudge Co. and then with Lilly Industrial Coatings.

Active in community affairs, Frank was on the boards of trustees of Sewickley Academy and Sewickley Cemetery and chaired the Republican Committee in that area. He was also an elder and trustee of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church.

Frank retired in 1992 and soon moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to be closer to his children and to participate in the three P's of his nonwork life -- politics, photography, and plants.

Frank is survived by his wife of 46 years, Sarah; two sons, Jack and Frank IV; a daughter, Sally Goswell; and eight grandchildren, to whom the Class of '50 offers its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1950