Betty Stout

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Betty Jean Stout, 73, of Mounds died Saturday, April 3, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Jan. 30, 1931, at Ullin, Ill., daughter of Charles M. and Stella Egner Calvin.

Stout was a retired bookkeeper for the Shawnee Development Council; she had been a secretary for the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk's office in Mound City, Ill.

Survivors include two sons, Joe Stout of Olive Branch, Ill., Jeff Stout of Dongola, Ill.; four daughters, Judith Ryan of Sacramento, Calif., Jan Stout of Mounds, Jean DuPree of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jheri Roth of Petersburg, Ill.; a brother, Bill Calvin of Mound City; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and a granddaughter.

Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. F.M. Speakman officiating. Burial will follow in the Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge.