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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Nancy Jane Halstead Stout of Chatham, who
4passed away on March 31, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was born October 19, 1919, in Dale
6County, Alabama; she was the daughter of Nallie Dora Galloway
7Halstead and Charles Carson Halstead; she moved to Eufaula,
8Alabama, as a young child, where she lived until she married
9John Sprague Stout in 1943; and
 
10    WHEREAS, After her husband finished his service in the
11United States Army, Nancy Stout and her husband moved to
12Illinois to farmland that has been in the Stout family since
131836; for the past decade, she spent her summers in Illinois on
14her farm and winters with her daughters in North Carolina; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout attended Montevallo College (now part
16of the University of Alabama); she later earned multiple
17master's degrees from the University of Illinois in
18Springfield; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout taught history, math, and other
20subjects in the Ball-Chatham School District for over 25 years;
21and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was a member of Chatham Presbyterian
2Church, where she served as pianist, organist, and music
3director for many years; she also served as an Elder at the
4church; she was a member of the Captain William Penny Chapter,
5National Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and
6the Philanthropic Education Organization; she also served as an
7organizer of Central Illinois School Regional History contests
8for many years; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was the author of numerous published
10and unpublished books; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was preceded in death by her husband;
12her parents; and her siblings, Bessie White, Peasie Thompson,
13Myrtle Jones, Daniel Halstead, and Rex Halstead; and
 
14    WHEREAS, At the time of her death, Nancy Stout was survived
15by her daughter, Joan Johnson-Blackwell (Bob); Joan passed away
16on April 2, 2012; Nancy Stout is also survived by her other
17daughters, Phyllis Stout, Melissa Stout, and Janifer Stout Day;
18her grandchildren, Jo Ellen Johnson, John Scheitler (Marlo),
19Andrewe Johnson (Stephanie), Jennifer Scheitler Waters (Lee),
20Lindsay Kinkade-Gigantino (Joshua), Phyllis Day Kastle (Alan),
21Amanda Kinkade Obusan (Dan), and Joshua Day; her
22step-grandchildren, Sarah Kinkade Meyer-de Ville (Jeremie),

 

 

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1Barry Blackwell (Teresa), and Steve Blackwell (Pam); and her
2many beloved great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren;
3therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6her family and friends, the passing of Nancy Jane Halstead
7Stout; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Nancy Stout as an expression of our
10sympathy.