Tonja Lynne Stockton, previously of Odessa, Missouri, died on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Missouri. She was 56. She was born on August 12, 1968, in Northridge, California, and later adopted in 1974 by Ronald and Barbara Albright. She attended Fort Scott schools, graduating from Fort Scott High School in 1987.
While a student at K-State University, Tonja did research leading her to a unique gift: she traveled to California where she met her sister Lynette Graff and her extended family. While in California, she married Chris Stockton and together they had two children, Tyler Christopher Stockton and Nickolas Reid Stockton. They divorced and Tonja was later re-married to Jeffrey Richter. Tonja will be greatly missed by her family. A loving Mother, she tried to give Tyler, Nick, Jayme, Aaliyah, and Harli all she could.
The loved ones listed in this obituary are a who’s who of her family, whether related by adoption, birth, or marriage: Surviving are her parents, sister, sons, and granddaughters; her brothers Chip (Jennifer) Albright, Des Moines, IA, and Andy (Shanna) Albright, Frontenac, KS; her aunts Judith Augustine, Liz Simons (Gary), her uncle Richard Albright (Paulette); her nieces Katelyn Norman, Lillian Albright, Annabel Albright, Abigail Albright, Emerson Albright, Lakin Albright; her nephew Scott Grunow; her cousins Simone Wisler, Mac Wisler, Hilary Velandia, Charity Long, Mike Wisler, Chris Simons, Sara Kohlstaedt, Joe’ Fritter, and Dani Vonfeldt.
Tonja was predeceased by her husband Jeffrey, her cousin Tess Wisler Keane, her grandparents Richard and Betty Hixon, Frank and Lillian Albright, and Delores Albright.
Following cremation, a Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the Konantz Cheney Funeral Home.
Memorial donations may be made in Tonja’s name to the Safehouse Crisis Center, Inc. and left in care of Konantz Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Friends and family may sign the online guest book and share memories at www.konantzcheney.com.