Obituaries
"CHARLES E. STOUT RAILROADER DIES; FUNERAL RITES"
Spencer Evening World: "June 9, 1966"
Funeral rites for Charles E. Stout, 81 years old, of Indianapolis, widely known in Spencer as a railroader on the I & V Railroad was held last week at the Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel in Indianapolis. The retired railroader died in General Hospital. He was employed 46 years by the Pennsylvania Railroad and injury forced his retirement in the year 1946. Mrs. Stout, the former Miss Lou Beem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beem, preceded him in death several years agol Mr. Stout was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Moose Lodge and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Posted by Kathy Bargerhuff
REV. C. R. STOUT DIES SATURDAY MORNING
1 May 1946 "Owen County Leader"
Rev. Clarence R. Stout, a retired minister of the Methodist Church and former pastor of the Spencer Methodist Church died Saturday morning at his home in Madison, Indiana, following a long illness of carcinoma. For several weeks he was a patient in the Methodist Hospital where it was found that medical care and treatment would not restore him to health. Survivors include the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Wood, and one grandson. Funeral rites were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Madison Methodist Church in charge of Rev. William E. Brown and interment was made there. During Rev. Stout's stay in Spencer he made many friends. He was a fine christian man possessed of a pleasing personality and was a most pleasing fluent speaker. Many Spencer friends will be shocked to hear of his passing and expressions of sympathy are extended to the bereaved family.
Posted by Kathy Bargerhuff
"LAST RITES FOR DAVID L. STOUTE"
Owen County Leader: "June 27, 1954"
Funeral services were held at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Gosport Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for David L. Stoute with the Rev. Richard Whelan and Lloyd Livingston officiating. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Paragon. Mr. Stoute died at his home here on Wednesday. He was 82 years old. He was born in Morgan County, February 18, 1872, son of George and Sarah Davis Stoute, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by the widow, Lilly Earls Stoute, who Mr. Stoute married in 1919; three sons, Cecil Stoute of Greenwood, Delmar Stoute of Martinsville and Robert Stoute of Lawrence; one daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Cox of Seattle, Wash; three step-daughters, Mrs. Charles Campbell of Martinsville, Mrs. Mary Mount of Gosport, and Mrs. Carl Magee of Indianapolis; three brothers, John Stoute of Martinsville, Thomas and Henry Stoute, both of Indianapolis; and a sister, Mrs. Edith Weltie of St. Louis.
Posted by Kathy Bargerhuff
"MRS. FAYE STOUT DIES TODAY"
Spencer Evening World: "February 8, 1963"
Mrs. Faye Stout, age 71, died at 2:30 this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Franklin on Rural Route 1, Spencer. She had been ill for the past eight years. Mrs. Stout was born August 30, 1881 in Monroe County, a daughter of Robert and Margaret Welch. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank. Those who survive are the daughter, Mrs. Betty Franklin of Spencer, a brother, Winfield Welch of Appleton, Wisconsin, a sister, Mrs. Eva De Wein of Decatur, Illinois and two grandchildren. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services will be at 1 o'clock Sunday, February 10 at the West and Son Funeral Home with Rev. William Rodefer officiating. Burial will be held in the Chambersville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o'clock this evening.
Posted by Kathy Bargerhuff
"MRS SARAH STOUT DIES SUNDAY"
Owen County Democrat: "December 7, 1939"
Funeral services were held here at ten o'clock this morning at the Whitaker Funeral Home for Mrs. Sarah Stout, 87, who died Sunday afternoon at Gosport. Burial for the former Bloomington resident was in Rosehill Cemetery in Bloomington. The deceased had been a lifelong resident of Monroe County, but moved here in 1916. Her husband, William B. Stout, died 28 years ago. Survivors include two children; Mrs. Sylvian Taylor of Bloomington, and Frank S. Stout of Gosport; a step-son, George Stout of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, one brother; three great grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew.
Posted by Kathy Bargerhuff