Full Text of SR0765 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
Nancy Jane Halstead Stout of Chatham, who | 4 | | passed away on March 31, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was born October 19, 1919, in Dale | 6 | | County, Alabama; she was the daughter of Nallie Dora Galloway | 7 | | Halstead and Charles Carson Halstead; she moved to Eufaula, | 8 | | Alabama, as a young child, where she lived until she married | 9 | | John Sprague Stout in 1943; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After her husband finished his service in the | 11 | | United States Army, Nancy Stout and her husband moved to | 12 | | Illinois to farmland that has been in the Stout family since | 13 | | 1836; for the past decade, she spent her summers in Illinois on | 14 | | her farm and winters with her daughters in North Carolina; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout attended Montevallo College (now part | 16 | | of the University of Alabama); she later earned multiple | 17 | | master's degrees from the University of Illinois in | 18 | | Springfield; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout taught history, math, and other | 20 | | subjects in the Ball-Chatham School District for over 25 years; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was a member of Chatham Presbyterian | 2 | | Church, where she served as pianist, organist, and music | 3 | | director for many years; she also served as an Elder at the | 4 | | church; she was a member of the Captain William Penny Chapter, | 5 | | National Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and | 6 | | the Philanthropic Education Organization; she also served as an | 7 | | organizer of Central Illinois School Regional History contests | 8 | | for many years; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was the author of numerous published | 10 | | and unpublished books; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Stout was preceded in death by her husband; | 12 | | her parents; and her siblings, Bessie White, Peasie Thompson, | 13 | | Myrtle Jones, Daniel Halstead, and Rex Halstead; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, At the time of her death, Nancy Stout was survived | 15 | | by her daughter, Joan Johnson-Blackwell (Bob); Joan passed away | 16 | | on April 2, 2012; Nancy Stout is also survived by her other | 17 | | daughters, Phyllis Stout, Melissa Stout, and Janifer Stout Day; | 18 | | her grandchildren, Jo Ellen Johnson, John Scheitler (Marlo), | 19 | | Andrewe Johnson (Stephanie), Jennifer Scheitler Waters (Lee), | 20 | | Lindsay Kinkade-Gigantino (Joshua), Phyllis Day Kastle (Alan), | 21 | | Amanda Kinkade Obusan (Dan), and Joshua Day; her | 22 | | step-grandchildren, Sarah Kinkade Meyer-de Ville (Jeremie), |
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| 1 | | Barry Blackwell (Teresa), and Steve Blackwell (Pam); and her | 2 | | many beloved great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | her family and friends, the passing of Nancy Jane Halstead | 7 | | Stout; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Nancy Stout as an expression of our | 10 | | sympathy.
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