Storm Lake Times Pilot

Bruce Stone


Bruce Stone, 63, of Marathon died Aug. 5, 2021, at Pleasant View Home in Albert City.

Funeral services will take place Saturday, Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. at Marathon Community Center. Burial will be in Poland Township Cemetery. Visitation will take place Friday, Aug. 13, from 5-8 p.m. at Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids.

Bruce L. Stone was born Feb. 21, 1958, in Marathon, to Gordon and Betty (Wittrock) Stone.

Bruce went to school in Marathon and graduated from high school in 1976. He went on to Iowa State University where he graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering in 1980.

Bruce married Laurie Dornsbach on March 4, 1989, at the Methodist Church in Marathon. They were blessed with two children: Brian and Heather Jo.

He was a part of the Township Trustee in the Poland Township, Library Board Member and Marathon to Marathon Treasurer. Bruce enjoyed traveling, playing games with his grandkids, watching movies, and spending time and farming with his father, Gordon.

Those left to cherish his memories are his wife, Laurie Stone of Marathon; children: Brian (Amanda) Dornsbach of Grimes; Heather Jo (Broox) Czarnecki of Virginia Beach, Va.; father Gordon Stone of Marathon; sisters: Deb (Dave) Howdle of Altoona; Sandra Stone of Pleasant Hill; grandchildren: Sawyer, Alacrity and Finnigan Czarnecki; Montana, Jackson, Aspen and Autumn Dornsbach.

Bruce is preceded in death by his mother, Betty Stone.