Warren Clayton Stoner, 72

Warren Clayton Stoner, 72, of Tama, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022, at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 10:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama with Pastor Warren Riley officiating. Interment will be held at 2:30 PM at the St. Sebald Cemetery in Strawberry Point, Iowa. Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from 9:00 AM until the time of service at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Warren was born on January 20, 1950, in rural Strawberry Point, Iowa, the son of Clayton Warren and Ardith (Becker) Stoner.

Warren was raised in the St. Sebald area and graduated from Starmont High School. He also received technical training in Chicago.

On November 25, 1971, he was united in marriage to Linda Baumgartner at St. Sebald Lutheran Church. Warren started in Dubuque as a Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz Service Technician and then Service Manager for twenty-two years. He then changed careers and became an Optician working for Dr. Marshall Walker and Wolfe Eye Clinic in Toledo for twenty-five years. Warren was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama. He was a motorcycle enthusiast and took many trips on his Honda Gold Wing with Linda and other friends. Warren loved cats, especially his former cats, Felix and Pepper.

Survivors include his wife of fifty years, Linda, of Tama; his children: Tim (Kendra) Stoner, of Dubuque, David Stoner (Carissa Campbell and her son, Cash), of Waterloo and Sarah (Greg) Jenkins, of Rochester, MN; two grandchildren, Hannah and Micah Stoner; and his sister, Kris (David) Morarend, of Strawberry Point.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and one brother, Earl (Linda) Stoner.

Memorials may be directed to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama or Iowa River Hospice in Marshalltown.

Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama-Toledo, is assisting the family with arrangements.