EUNICE C. Topsy STOKES, 91, of WEST ALLENHURST, died Sunday, December 16, 2007 at the Imperial Care Center, Neptune. Mrs. Stokes was born on December 10, 1916 in Hopewell, VA and spent her youth in Elizabeth, NJ. She attended Batten High School in Elizabeth where she was president of both the National Honor Society and her Methodist Youth Group. She worked for Prudential Insurance Company in Newark where she met Howard K. Stokes. They married and spent over 50 years in Allenhurst. She spent most of her life renovating their home at 214 Allen Avenue. Mrs. Stokes was a member of the First United Methodist Church on Grand Avenue in Asbury Park and a member of the Allenhurst Beach Club. She was predeceased by her husband Howard K. Stokes in 1997. Surviving are her daughter, Carol S. Steinat of West Allenhurst, her three sons, H. Kemble Stokes, Jr., of Rockville, MD, Ronald C. Stokes of Jamison, PA and Philip N. Stokes of Plano, TX, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 27th at 10:00 AM at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue Ocean Grove, with interment following at Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 PM Wednesday.