Yvonne Bebie STONER Passed away at the age of 87 on July 23, in Bellingham, Washington, with loving fam ily by her side. Yvonne was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan. 30, 1915, to Jules and Helen Bebie, re cently moved from Switzerland. Jules was a founding chemist at Monsanto Chemical Co. Yvonne graduated from Mount Hol yoke College after spending her junior year at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She earned an MA at the University of Michigan and later taught French at Stoneleigh College in New Hampshire. On Sept. 26, 1942 Yvonne married George Hiram Stoner of Mt. Pleasant, PA. George, an electrical and chemical engineer, was with the Boeing Co. in Wichita during the War. In 1943 they moved to Seattle, where they raised their four children. George was managing the aerospace division at Boeing when he passed away in 1971. Yvonne moved from Mercer Island to the Montlake neighborhood in 1978 and to Bellingham in 1997, making new friends with each move. Yvonne had lifelong interests in art, mu sic, theater, language and travel, attended many group activities over the years and volunteered at Swedish Hospital. She was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island and later the Uni versity Congregational Church. She espe cially enjoyed walking and hiking, particu larly during return visits to Switzerland and the Engadine village of Zuoz, where her family built a home in the early 1800s and where her grandfather was the chief design engineer of a railway system of stone bridges and tunnels winding through the Swiss Alps. Yvonne loved entertaining and maintained a lively correspondence with friends and family the world over. Yvonne's family is thankful for her caring, grace and elegance. She is fondly remem bered by her sister Peggy Thomson, broth er Hans Bebie and his wife, Austie; her children, Renee and husband Gene VanDe Putte, Peter and wife Linda, Mike and wife Joanne, David; and her six grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Tues day, August 27th at 4:30 p.m. at University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave. N. E., Seattle, WA. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggest ed to the Alzheimer's Association or the charity of your choice. Aug 11, 2002 Seattle Times