He was born in Henry Co., Ill., to the late Russell and Julia Stoner-Heeren. He spent most of his childhood in Wheelersburg and Sciotoville, Ohio, and graduated from Portsmouth East High School, class of 1960. In 1963-64, he served in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Wood County 1178. He married Letty Frances Kalb in Valley Methodist Church on the 3rd of January 1964. Ron was employed by Jim






