Ronald A. Stella, M.D.

Published 3:38 pm Thursday, March 10, 2016

A mass of Christian burial for Ronald A. Stella, M.D., 64, of Hanceville will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2016, at Christ the King Abbey, with interment in the abbey cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with a rosary at 5 p.m.

Hanceville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Stella worked many years as an emergency physician at Augusta’s University Hospital and was a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. After moving to Alabama, and working several years at Cullman Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, poor health caused him to retire. He died in his sleep March 7.

He is survived by three children, Aaron Adam Stella, Miriam Veronica (Stella) Hunter and Angelina Clare Stella; and granddaughter, Azélie Genevieve Hunter.

In lieu of flowers, send mass requests and memorial donations to St. Bernard Abbey, 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE, Cullman, AL 35055.