Raymond Leon Stone (September 2, 1923 – June 17, 2013) was an American politician,

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and

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. He served as the mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for two consecutive terms from January 1986 to January 1994. Stone was awarded the

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by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 for his part in the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp during World War II, as well as the campaign by the city of Coeur d'Alene against local Neo-Nazi groups in the northern

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Biography

Stone was born in Craigmont, Idaho, on September 2, 1923, to Myra and Elmer Stone. He became a

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during high school. Stone graduated from high school in 1941 and enrolled in college in Lewiston State Normal School (present-day Lewis–Clark State College). However, he decided to leave college and enlist in the United States Army following the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Ray 1923 births 2013 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Idaho Coeur d'Alene People from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho American jazz musicians United States Army personnel of World War II Whitworth University alumni