Ganga Stone
Ganga Stone (October 30, 1941 – June 2, 2021) was a
Cabrini Hospice volunteer who went on to found God's Love We Deliver with Jane Best when she realized the number of homebound AIDS patients that were unable to get meal delivery.[1][2] She remained with the organization into 1994 and was sometimes called St. Ganga by the clients she served.[3]
Stone was born Ingrid Hedley Stone and was raised in
Warsaw, Poland, and Winifred, the daughter of Norwegian Lutheran immigrants. She was given the name Ganga, after the Ganges River, when she studied at an ashram in Ganeshpuri, India with Swami Muktananda and cited yoga as a long-term influence on her life.[4][5][6]
Along with
AIDS epidemic.[7]
Stone's book, Start the Conversation was published by Grand Central in 1996.[8]
Stone had a son named Clement Hill and a daughter named Hedley Stone. She died on June 2, 2021, in Saratoga Springs, New York, at age 79.[1]
References
- ^ a b Roberts, Sam (2021-06-04). "Ganga Stone, Who Gave Sustenance to AIDS Patients, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Ross, Harold Wallace; White, Katharine Sergeant Angell (February 1991). The New Yorker. F-R Publishing Corporation. p. 28.
- ^ India Today. Living Media India Pvt. Limited. 1994. p. 64. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Zaleski, Jeff (December 1994). "God's Love We Deliver". Yoga Journal. Active Interest Media, Inc. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4696-5302-0. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Straube, Trenton (2021-06-11). "R.I.P. Ganga Stone, Who Fed People Living With AIDS and Cofounded GLWD". POZ. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-8135-3867-9. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ISBN 9780446672801.
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