In 1924, he married Dorothy Cobbley, who had helped him become more involved in the LDS Church, in the Salt Lake Temple.

In 1931, Stone joined Safeway stores and advanced to being a vice president,[2][3] living and working out of Oakland, California.

[1] Stone was elected chairman of the Samuel Merritt Hospital Development Fund in 1963,[1][2] and president of the United Employers' Association of Oakland in 1962.

[2][7][8][4] From 1968 to 1972 he served as the president of the Salt Lake Temple[2][4][8][5] and was then called as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles;[4][8][9][10][5] he was also managing director of the church music department.

[4] He served as an Assistant to the Twelve until 1976, when the church eliminated the position and Stone became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.