Gerald Patrick Bone

Gerald Patrick Bone, died in Kansas City, MO, on April 28th of heart failure. He was 83 years old. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1931, to James Joseph and Estelle Wilomena (Suttmoeller) Bone. He was preceded in death by his brother, John James Bone, of Red Lodge, MT. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Nancy Elizabeth (Lester), and by two nieces (Mickey Moret of Bozeman, MT, and Kelly Miner of Red Lodge, MT), one nephew (Patrick Bone of Red Lodge, MT), and several great nieces and nephews. He attended St. Cronans Parish school and McBride High School in St. Louis before joining the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1949. As a Jesuit scholastic, he taught at Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School in Wichita, Kansas, from 1956 to 1959. After completing his training and being ordained in 1962, he was assistant novice master at St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, MO; assistant academic principal at St. Louis University High School in St. Louis, MO; and first principal of DeSmet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur, MO. He left the Jesuits in 1969 and moved to Maryland where he taught psychology at Anne Arundel Community College near Annapolis, MD, for five years. He subsequently moved to Virginia and taught both psychology and philosophy at Northern Virginia Community College. He retired from full-time teaching in 1996. He and his wife lived in Reston, Virginia, from 1972 until 1997 when they moved to Canberra, Australia, for two years. They retired to Kansas City, MO, in January 2000. His remains were donated to St. Louis University School of Medicine. Donations in his memory can be made to Jesuits USA Central & Southern Province, 4511 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108-2191; Call to Action, 2135 W. Roscoe #1N, Chicago, IL 69618; or Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP), 6320 Brookside Plaza, Suite 185, Kansas City. MO 64113. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.muehlebachchapel.com