Friday, August 13, 2004 Washington, DC It is with great sadness that I must let all of our members and friends know that Rocky Stone went home to be with the Lord early this morning. Rocky, who was 79 years old, has had a critical illness for about three weeks. We have a profound sense of loss at SHHH and grieve with his wonderful family. I have no words to express the sorrow I feel for his wife of 52 years, Ahme, and his four children and ten grandchildren. Barbara Kelley shared this quote with me today that so captures the legacy that Rocky has left us, "SHHH is built on confidence in the human spirit and the determination to get hearing loss into a positive perspective. It's working because the great majority of persons with hearing loss who became members of SHHH just needed a little help; a little company; a little assurance that they are okay; a little education, information, shared experience and support." As I have been thinking about Rocky this afternoon, the thing that I continue to remember is that his first question to me was always to ask about my wife and children. I knew he was not just asking, I knew he really cared about them. Rocky talked about the importance of faith and family as a foundation on which a person could build their life. His life centered around people, and doing what he could to encourage them, and make their lives better. Details of the wake and the funeral are posted to our website at www.shhh.org. SHHH office will be closed on Friday, June 20. On Thursday, June 19, we will have open house from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for anyone who would like to stop by on the way to or way back from the wake.
Any cards, notes or letters to Ahme or the family should be sent to the SHHH offices. I will personally deliver those in the coming days.
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