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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Paul C. Stout of Chatham, who passed away
4on May 3, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born February 15, 1922; his parents were
6Frank Lewis Stout and Katherine Bellinger Edwards; he graduated
7from Ball Township High School in 1939 and from the University
8of Illinois College of Agriculture in 1943 with a B.S. degree;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, He served 3 years as Ball Township Trustee and was
11a member for 4 years of the first Soybean Promotion Board,
12which was the first check-off program in Illinois; he served as
13a member of the Producers Livestock Commission Board at the
14Springfield stockyards, and was a member of the committee that
15helped write the first zoning laws for Sangamon County; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He served on the Sangamon County Farm Bureau board
17for 3 years as president and was on the Ball Chatham school
18board for 7 years, during which time Glenwood High School was
19built; he was a member of First United Methodist Church in
20Springfield for 57 years, serving in many capacities before
21transferring to Sugar Creek Methodist Church in Chatham in
222003; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, He was secretary-treasurer of the Philemon Stout
2Cemetery Association for 50 years; he was also a member of the
3University of Illinois President's Council and held season
4football and basketball tickets for over 40 years; on April 29,
52012, he was inducted into the Glenwood High School Hall of
6Fame, where he was selected in the Lifetime Recognition
7category; he gave a brief address on the history of the school
8district during his induction; and
 
9    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Paul Stout is survived by his daughter, Dorothy
11Jean Culver (Tom); his son, Richard Paul Stout (Ellen); his
12brother, James Stout (Patricia); his sister, Jean Stout Chase
13(Ted); his granddaughters, Beth Foster (Aaron), Christina
14Culver (fiance, Mike), and Emily Stout; his step-daughters,
15Susan Moore (Mike) and Nancy Teates (Cory); his stepson,
16Michael Bramlet; his great-grandson; 5 step-grandchildren; 7
17step-great-grandchildren; and Marcella Poludniak, his special
18friend of many years; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21his family and friends, the passing of Paul Stout; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Paul Stout as a symbol of our
3sincere sympathy.