His Service of Committal was held at Hanley's Chapel in Forbes and Service of Thanksgiving followed at St Matthew's Anglican Church Eugowra on Monday December 17 with Rev'd Joy Harris conducting both services.

Following is the eulogy read by Stan's son Tim:

Born 16 September 1937 to Leslie John and Robina Mary (John and Venie) Cheney of “Stonebrook” Blayney. John purchased “Pinefield” Gooloogong, moving his family into its old home in 1942.

Stan’s brothers were Robert born in 1943, Gordon in 1945 and Peter in 1947.

The Cheney family moved back to the Blayney district 1952 to “Mayor’s Flat” for two years and then purchased a home in Eugowra and another property in the Gooloogong area.  Selling that farm they bought “Red Bank” in 1958 and it stayed in the family until Stan and Elaine sold it in 2001. Stan was educated at Gooloogong and Cowra.

At Gooloogong he would ride his horse to school each day. In his young adult years Stan was one of those wild wool classing Tech college students, and he managed to drive his father’s Land Rover through the dam in the showground. He was also a member of the Young Anglicans youth group and a keen golfer. Bill Toohey later encouraged Stan to take up bowls and he and Bill played well as a pair for a good number of years.

He married Elaine on Easter Monday 1960 and Kerrie was born Easter Day 1961, Christopher in 1962 and Tim in 1964.

Stan was a charter member of the now defunct Apex Club, and a member of the Eulimore Bushfire brigade.  Encouraged by his father in law Merv Crow he became interested in Rifle shooting, and when he returned from his honeymoon and he and Elaine were setting up house, he said to Elaine that he had purchased what would be known as the ‘lounge suite’, which turned out much to Elaine’s horror to be a Browning Automatic shot gun. The real lounge suite was not purchased for another 28 years.

The children were always around the machinery and livestock with Stan and their grandfather “Pa” John, who would still go out to the farm almost every day, from when Stan and Elaine married until his (John’s) death.

“Red Bank” on the Mandagery was well known for producing prime lucerne, fat lambs and, in the later years, beautiful Angus cattle.

Like most farmers in the 1970s and 80s, pigs were a sideline with the children doing a fair amount of the feeding and cleaning up. It was not until the children were grown that he gave up milking the jersey cow every morning.   

Certain things remained in the Cheney family possessions for years, including the Toyota one tonner, with the bright yellow paint fading away over a period of 37 years.

Following many years when he was plagued by ill health the decision was made to sell the much loved “Red Bank” and become a townie in 2001.

As Chris had purchased what had been Elaine’s family’s small property it meant that there was still some local connections with the dirt.  

Stan’s parents had passed away in 1989 and 1991, and his brother Peter died tragically in 1994, but the loss of Kerrie in 2010 left a great void in the lives of all the family including her husband and children. He watched Kerrie’s girls, his granddaughters, grow up and was now taking much interest in the five great grandchildren.

There had been quite a number of interstate holidays and, with Tim residing in WA for over 25 years, there was reason for including that state in the itinerary. 

When the local blokes had their Men’s Shed he enjoyed the cards and pool playing when he was able to stand, and acted as treasurer for a number of years. Also, he was a keen participant of the “Mandagery Men” social group with pub lunches and out-of-town visits.

He closely followed the advice of his local GP Vicki Wymer and many specialists and, with the support of Elaine and Tim, visits from Chris and assisted by community nurses, managed to live at home with his multiple health problems and amputation, until only four days before his passing with family and caring MPS staff by his side.  

Now he is in God’s care, without pain and leaving us many memories.