\t\t\tLarry Craig Stone \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Born and raised in San Diego, Larry Stone grew up with his brother and sisters in a beautiful house hand-built by his father in El Cajon. His early passions in childhood served him all his years with a love of reading and history, local community, and the water. Throughout his life, Larry was loved for his sense of humor, his incredible cooking, his thoughtfulness in helping others, and having the sharpest mind in town. It was a guaranteed win if he was on your team for a trivia night. <\/p>\n
Larry graduated from Granite Hills in 1973 where he excelled at swimming and water polo with the varsity teams. He continued to play during his time at Grossmont College before finishing his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Editing and Production at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles in 1978. He served as a California State Lifeguard during college and once participated in the grueling two-man dory race from Catalina Island to Long Beach. <\/p>\n
In 1978, Larry began dating Heather Glismann and spent the following years living between Southern California and Estes Park, Colorado. They married in 1981 at a ceremony in Julian. After working in construction and development, he started Larry Stone Books in 1987, the same year that his son, Andy, was born. His love of history grew into a successful and noted career for the rest of his life, helping to build book and militaria collections across the country, and running the local San Diego Antique and Vintage Show.<\/p>\n
Larry was a devoted son to his mother and a beloved community member in East County, often spending his time to organize cookouts and fundraisers when others fell ill or when families were in need. He maintained a wide circle of friends throughout his life, and was always remembered for bringing about a quick laugh, great music, and a big smile to every room he walked into. <\/p>\n
Larry is survived by his siblings, Bruce Stone, Debbie Hobbs, and Diane Byrnes, and his son, Andy Stone. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Sue Stone, and his daughter, Kirsten Stone. <\/p>\n
A celebration of life will be held on Friday, July 24, 2026 at Alpine Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. followed by a lunch reception at Grand Ole BBQ in Flinn Springs for family, friends and community. Please come as you would to one of his cookouts\u2013ready to share, eat well, and celebrate a life fully lived. If you would like to donate in Larry\u2019s honor, consider Feeding San Diego and The Surfrider Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Larry Craig Stone OBITUARY Born and raised in San Diego, Larry Stone grew up with his brother and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-395475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}