Bill Text: IL SR0767 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Paul C. Stout of Chatham.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR0767 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0767-Introduced.html

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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

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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

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