Diane Louise (Erickson, Sonnenstein) Stone passed away on January 28, 2019 at the age of 86. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 3, 1932 to Leonard and Marion Erickson.
She graduated from Parma Shaft High School and attended Case Western Reserve University before taking a job at the Navy Finance Center, where she met Arnold Sonnenstein, AKA Mitzi Sonnenstein. They married and raised their 4 children in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
Diane volunteered at the Mayfield School District and the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Lander Road Branch. She was active with the Girl Scouts as a troop leader and camp business manager. She also assisted in the Mammoth Ecology Project which beautified and restored the North Chagrin Reservation of the Metro Parks.
Diane delighted in spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed traveling, reading, cooking, star-gazing and sewing.
Diane was preceded in death by parents Leonard and Marion Erickson; and her brothers David, Joel and Jack. Diane is survived by her husband Arnold Stone; her children; Rose Wilcher of Akron, Ohio, Ken (Nora) Stone of Chesterland, Ohio, Debra (Ed) Seibert of Milford, Delaware and Andy Stone (Samantha Hamblen) of Cleveland.
Diane will be greatly missed by her grandchildren; Salomon Wilcher, Aviva (Curtis) Smiley, Stella Guerrero, Samuel Seibert, Dorothy Rowan, and Aaron Stone; as well as her great-grandchildren, Arielle Wilcher-Smith and Caleb Smiley, Austin & Madison Krause, plus countless nieces, nephews and other children whom she loved as family.
Our family wishes to thank the staff of Heather Hill’s Dolan Center for Memory Care for the attention they provided to Diane.
Shiva will be held Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, 4-7 pm and Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, 1-5 pm at 1754 Wiltshire Road in Akron, OH 44313. Also, Saturday February 2, 2019, 2-5 pm at 8479 Sharp Lane in Chesterland, OH 44026.
Condolences can be sent to 704 Copley Road, Akron, OH 44320
The Behm Family Funeral Home of Madison is assisting the family with arrangements. Online obituary and guest book at www.behmfuneral.com
WILCHER (See Diane Stone)