Biography

1897 - 04/20/1963

STONIER, William J., a Representative from Lackawanna County; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., 1897; graduated, Central High School; graduatd, Scranton-Lackawanna Business College (Lackawanna College); salesman and executive, automobile business; assignment officer, Scranton Department of Public Assistance; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1942, 1944 and 1946; appointed, Joint State Government Commission Sub-Committee on Strip Mining (1945-1946); appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Tax-Exempt Real Property (1947-1948); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1948); employed, office of the Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Scranton (1948-1953); supervisor, State Sales and Use Tax office, Scranton (1953-1955); died, April 20, 1963 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Newton Cemetery, Newton Center, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.