Paul C. Stout

His wife, Carol, preceded him in death in 1995. He was born February 15, 1922. His parents were Frank Lewis Stout and Katherine Bellinger Edwards.

He is survived by daughter Dorothy Jean Culver (Tom), Marietta, Ga., son, Richard Paul Stout (Ellen), Delafield, Wisconsin, brother James Stout (Patricia) Park Ridge, Illinois, sister Jean Stout Chase (Ted) Chatham, granddaughters Beth Foster (Aaron) Kennesaw, Ga., Christina Culver (fiancé Mike) Woodstock, Ga., and Emily Stout, Springfield, step daughter Susan Moore (Mike), Springfield, Nancy Teates (Cory) Leesburg, Va., stepson Michael Bramlet, Springfield, one great grandson, five step grandchildren and seven step great grandchildren and Marcella Poludniak, Springfield, his special friend of many years.

Paul graduated from Ball Twp. High School in 1939 and from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture in 1943 with a B.S. degree. He served three years as Ball Twp. Trustee, was a member for four 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. He served on the Sangamon County Farm Bureau board for three years as president and was on the Ball Chatham school board for seven years during which time Glenwood High School was built. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Springfield for fifty years serving in many capacities before transferring to Sugar Creek Methodist Church in Chatham in 2003. 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 forty years.

On April 29, 2012 he was inducted into the Glenwood High School Hall of Fame having been selected in the Lifetime Recognition category and gave a brief address on the history of the school district.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

Friends may call Monday May 28, 2012 at Sugar Creek United Methodist Church from 1:00 PM until the time of memorial services there at 3:00 PM with Rev. Allen Miller officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to Sugar Creek Methodist Church, 1022 New City Rd. Chatham, IL 62629 or to the charity of your choice. Boardman-Smith Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements (www.boardman-smith.net).