SR0767 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Paul C. Stout of Chatham, who passed away on May 3, 2012; and

WHEREAS, He was born February 15, 1922; his parents were Frank Lewis Stout and Katherine Bellinger Edwards; he graduated from Ball Township High School in 1939 and from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture in 1943 with a B.S. degree; and

WHEREAS, He served 3 years as Ball Township Trustee and was a member for 4 years of the first Soybean Promotion Board, which was the first check-off program in Illinois; he served as a member of the Producers Livestock Commission Board at the Springfield stockyards, and was a member of the committee that helped write the first zoning laws for Sangamon County; and

WHEREAS, He served on the Sangamon County Farm Bureau board for 3 years as president and was on the Ball Chatham school board for 7 years, during which time Glenwood High School was built; he was a member of First United Methodist Church in Springfield for 57 years, serving in many capacities before transferring to Sugar Creek Methodist Church in Chatham in 2003; and

WHEREAS, He was secretary-treasurer of the Philemon Stout Cemetery Association for 50 years; he was also a member of the University of Illinois President's Council and held season football and basketball tickets for over 40 years; on April 29, 2012, he was inducted into the Glenwood High School Hall of Fame, where he was selected in the Lifetime Recognition category; he gave a brief address on the history of the school district during his induction; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol; and

WHEREAS, Paul Stout is survived by his daughter, Dorothy Jean Culver (Tom); his son, Richard Paul Stout (Ellen); his brother, James Stout (Patricia); his sister, Jean Stout Chase (Ted); his granddaughters, Beth Foster (Aaron), Christina Culver (fiance, Mike), and Emily Stout; his step-daughters, Susan Moore (Mike) and Nancy Teates (Cory); his stepson, Michael Bramlet; his great-grandson; 5 step-grandchildren; 7 step-great-grandchildren; and Marcella Poludniak, his special friend of many years; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Paul Stout; and be it further

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