Alice Charlotte Elizabeth Stout

The eight siblings grew up spending summers at their cottage at Long Lake while Dad worked as an engineer in Detroit, coming home on the weekends. She graduated from Union High School and married in 1950 to Robert Stout. She took a few semesters at college while Bob earned his degree in business. They moved to Grand Rapids and bought their first house in Wyoming, Michigan, raising three children there. Alice went to work at Mark-Maker Company when the family business was started in 1970 and it continues to thrive 50 plus years later. She was an integral part of the new business, being secretary, bookkeeper, and occasional delivery person. She retired after 20 plus years and decided to take up figure skating. Robert and Alice enjoyed sailing their boat in Macatawa Bay, traveling, golfing, and staying at their cottage on Gun Lake. She was widowed just before her 79th birthday and found many projects to occupy her time. She was a voracious reader and loved sudoku puzzles. At 94, she decided she was done driving and let the kids do it. She had a very happy 96th birthday with a pizza party and all the family in attendance. She passed away 20 days later.

Alice was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Robert Stout, and six siblings Edna (Willard) Church, Harold (Wilma ) Wieck, Chet (Peggy) Wieck, Elliott (Florence) Wieck, Annette (Robert) Ensley, Edgar (Betty) Wieck. She is survived by her brother, Keith (Freida) Wieck; three children Ronna Schultz and Mike O’Meara, Steven (Carole) Stout, Charlotte Willyard and Bart Froehlke; five grandchildren Krista Stout and Zachery Stout, Elizabeth (Chris) Coleman, Valerie (Dan) Kowalski, Brian (Megan) Springer; seven great-grandchildren Declan and Calvin Coleman, Everett and Ethan Kowalski, Ava, Annabelle, and Aiden Springer.

Alice passed away in her home on January 27, 2026 of natural old age. She stayed in her home just as she wanted. A private ceremony for immediate family will be held at Cook Funeral Home in Byron Center, MI on Monday February 2, 2026. She will be laid to rest at Rosedale Memorial Park in Walker, MI in the afternoon. Peace be with her. The family welcomes memories and messages at www.cookcaresbyron.com in their guestbook online.