The following obituary appeared in the June 7, 2001, edition of the Hutchinson (Kansas) News: Stanley Craig Stout ALDEN - Stanley Craig Stout, 91, died June 6, 2001, at Lyons District Hospital, Lyons. He was born Feb. 18, 1910, at Alden, the son of Thomas T. and Adeline E. Davis Stout. He spent his childhood in Alden, where he graduated high school and returned in 1953. He was an agent/telegrapher for the Santa Fe Railroad, Walsh, Colo., Bazine, Sterling, Alden and Nickerson for 43 years before retiring. He belonged to Alden First Baptist Church and Santa Fe Railway Amateur Radio Club. On Sept. 19, 1930, he married Sophia A. Schneider at Murdock. She died Aug. 24, 1968. On Aug. 3, 1970, he married Thelma V. Harrison at Alva, Okla. She survives. Other survivors include: two daughters, Patricia Ann Howard, Winfield, and June Lee Williford, Kokomo, Ind.; a stepson, Jerry Neihart, Alden; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Thomas Orval, James Melvin, Charles Arthur, Willis E. and Glen D. Stout; and two sisters, Edna Grady and Vera Swain. Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, Alden, with the Rev. William Stapleton presiding. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling. Burial will be in Alden Valley Cemetery, Alden. Memorials may be sent to Rice County Council on Aging, Lyons Good Samaritan Center or Alden United Methodist Church, all in care of the funeral home. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Live long and prosper http://www.lifeplus.com/kimwday =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=