Full Text of SR0767 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Paul C. Stout of Chatham, who passed away | 4 | | on May 3, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 15, 1922; his parents were | 6 | | Frank Lewis Stout and Katherine Bellinger Edwards; he graduated | 7 | | from Ball Township High School in 1939 and from the University | 8 | | of Illinois College of Agriculture in 1943 with a B.S. degree; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served 3 years as Ball Township Trustee and was | 11 | | a member for 4 years of the first Soybean Promotion Board, | 12 | | which was the first check-off program in Illinois; he served as | 13 | | a member of the Producers Livestock Commission Board at the | 14 | | Springfield stockyards, and was a member of the committee that | 15 | | helped write the first zoning laws for Sangamon County; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He served on the Sangamon County Farm Bureau board | 17 | | for 3 years as president and was on the Ball Chatham school | 18 | | board for 7 years, during which time Glenwood High School was | 19 | | built; he was a member of First United Methodist Church in | 20 | | Springfield for 57 years, serving in many capacities before | 21 | | transferring to Sugar Creek Methodist Church in Chatham in | 22 | | 2003; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was secretary-treasurer of the Philemon Stout | 2 | | Cemetery Association for 50 years; he was also a member of the | 3 | | University of Illinois President's Council and held season | 4 | | football and basketball tickets for over 40 years; on April 29, | 5 | | 2012, he was inducted into the Glenwood High School Hall of | 6 | | Fame, where he was selected in the Lifetime Recognition | 7 | | category; he gave a brief address on the history of the school | 8 | | district 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 | 11 | | Jean Culver (Tom); his son, Richard Paul Stout (Ellen); his | 12 | | brother, James Stout (Patricia); his sister, Jean Stout Chase | 13 | | (Ted); his granddaughters, Beth Foster (Aaron), Christina | 14 | | Culver (fiance, Mike), and Emily Stout; his step-daughters, | 15 | | Susan Moore (Mike) and Nancy Teates (Cory); his stepson, | 16 | | Michael Bramlet; his great-grandson; 5 step-grandchildren; 7 | 17 | | step-great-grandchildren; and Marcella Poludniak, his special | 18 | | friend of many years; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Paul Stout; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Paul Stout as a symbol of our | 3 | | sincere sympathy.
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