Emerson "Sam" Stone was born to Robert E and Betty J. Howell Stone in Sheridan, MT. He graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, WY where he also attended Casper College. Sam loved the outdoors- skiing, mountain biking, fishing and mountain climbing.
He later moved to Ft. Collins, CO and was an independent tile contractor. He especially enjoyed working with granite tile.
Sam was at the top of his career when he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. He moved to Midland, TX to be with family then to Southern Oregon in 2015.
Sam was preceded in death by his grandparents and father. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Bill and Betty Patterson of Phoenix, OR; his older sister, Sherrie Stone Flynn of Alder, MT; his younger sister, Carrie Patterson Frank and her husband, Daniel Frank of Stafford, VA; his younger brother, Larry Patterson of Billings, MT. He also leaves behind two nephews, uncles, aunts and many cousins.
The family will privately scatter his ashes at a later date.