Born on September 19, 1929 in Valdalia, IL, Stan was the son of Gladys M. Moore and John P. Malan.

He was married to his longtime sweetheart Nancy Camilla Harris (deceased) of Greenville, Il just before enlisting into the Army.

Expecting to be sent to the Army school for physical/athletics instructors at Ft. Lee, VA, he was instead sent to Okinawa. As Stan would always say, "God's timing-not mine."

Along with his regiment, Stan received a Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon. He was a member of the most traveled division in the Far East. In eight months of action, the seventh division made two amphibious landings, traveled all the way from Pusan to the Manchurian border and fought on both coats of the Korean Peninsula.

Back home, Stan began his long career as an aeronautical design engineer, working at such places as Lockheed in Atlanta, GA., Pratt + Whitney in West Palm Beach, FL, Gulfstream in Savannah, GA among many other companies.

Stan is survived by his daughter Sydney Janette Keirstead and her husband Herb, his daughter Vicki Diane Hammett and her husband Cliff, his daughter Jo Ellen Malan and her partner Jack Pacot and his son Curtis Allan Malan; grandchildren Bradley Myers, Benjamin Myers, Christina Dumont, Rebecca Chambers, Renee Keirstead, Michelle Keirstead, Patrick Keirstead and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings Lynn Malan, Avis Bergen and husband Delmar and Donna Bellinger and husband Greg.

Stan's life was a blessing in so many ways, from his time in the service, throughout his career, the love of his family and knowing he would be going to his "Heavenly Home" in "God's timing-Not Mine."