ELIZABETH CATHERINE “BETTY KAYE” (EMACK) STONE

Elizabeth Catherine “Betty Kaye” Stone, 87, passed away on Nov. 1, 2024 (All Saints’ Day), at Turners Rock Assisted Living. She was born at Burge Hospital in Springfield on May 4, 1937; the daughter of William Marcus and Frances Leona (Danley) Emack, and was raised in Cabool.
She was a longtime member of University Heights Baptist Church in Springfield.
She attended Missouri State University where she met her husband, William “Bill” Minter Stone, Jr. in 1955. They married in 1957 and shared 67 years together, spending their final days together living at Turners Rock Assisted Living.
In her professional life, she was a respected financial director at the ARC of the Ozarks in Springfield and together with her husband, served the ARC community for over 30 years.
She is survived by her husband, Bill; her sons: James Richard “Rick” Stone of Springfield, William David Stone and Jennifer Lee Jeffries Stone of Rogersville; siblings: Barbara Sanders of Neosho, Mary Elliott of Battlefield, Jim (Leila) Emack of Hutchison, Kan., and Edward (Carolyn)  Beck of Greenfield; two grandsons; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers-in-law, Ronald Elliott of Springfield and Jack Sanders of Neosho.
Services were held on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home in Springfield with Dr. Nolan Porter officiating and Rev. David Stone assisting. A graveside service followed at Hazelwood Cemetery in