Staff writer
Albert Stone, a professor of interior design, will be affectionately remembered by his students and colleagues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Stone died June 8 in Lincoln after suffering a heart attack. He was 47.
He had a great impact on many of his interior design students, including senior interior design major Sara Haster.
"He was the most influential professor I've ever had," she said.
"I learned more in his class than any other in my past three years. He was very passionate about interior design and for his students to achieve the knowledge and understanding of the concepts of design."
A ceremony will be held to remember Stone's life Friday at 6 p.m. at Cornerstone, 640 N. 16th St.
"He was an honest man who would go out of his way to help anybody," said his father, Elmer Stone of Victor, Idaho.
Stone's father received a stream of letters from his son's students and colleagues. He learned his son was well appreciated in Lincoln.
He said one letter from a fellow professor stated, "UNL was a better place because he associated among us."
Stone's father was proud of his son's awards, especially the Who's Who Outstanding Teacher's Award.
Albert Stone was an assistant professor of architecture. He resigned last semester to move back to his hometown in Idaho to help take care of his parents.
"The college will be lacking and he is going to be missed," said Krista Hottovy, a former student of History of Design.
Stone was born May 28, 1951, in Driggs, Idaho, to Elmer and Annie Stone.
He graduated from Teton High School in 1969. He then served with a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in Japan from 1971-73, according to an obituary that appeared in the Teton Valley (Idaho) News in June.
He received his associates degree from Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, in 1973. He then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and received his bachelor of arts in 1976. He earned his master of science from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater in 1982.
Along with his love for teaching, Stone had an extensive antique collection, which included his 1938 Chevrolet sedan that he had restored.
His life's adventures included travels to Europe and white-water rafting. He also was an accomplished musician who touched many lives with his music, the newspaper article stated.
He is survived by his parents, Elmer and Annie Stone of Victor, Idaho; his sisters - Louise Wrathall and her husband Don of Las Vegas; Beth Osborne and her husband Al of Bluffdale, Utah; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were June 13 in the Victor Second Ward Chapel in Idaho.
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