June 21, 1913-Dec. 7, 2007
Robert (Bob) Foster Stone, 94, died on Dec. 7, 2007.
He was born to Robert Ray and Martha (Foster) Stone in Rockford, Ill.
His father died when he was 7. His family moved to Montana in 1923. At age 10, he began working on hay, sheep and cattle ranches in Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming. At age 21, he came to Oregon’s Willamette Valley and worked in the hop fields.