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- Daily Courier
May 31, 2002
Vera Stout, 96, of Merlin died Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center.
She was born Vera May Warner, Jan. 20, 1906, in Tacoma, Wash. In 1927 she moved to Grants Pass from California. She was a pioneer who was self sufficient in country living. On Oct. 1, 1945, in Grants Pass she married Everett Stout, who died before her.
She was instrumental in founding, and was active in, the Merlin Grange. She also participated in many activities at the Merlin Community Hall. She enjoyed gradening, hunting, fishing and the outdoors.
Survivors include three daughters, Betty Dinsmore, of Merlin, Marian Coomes of Oxnard, Calif., and Diana Girard of Tulate, Calif.; a son Gerald Stout of Merlin; 28 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Dorothy Smith, and two sons, Harry Ross and Richard Dilly, died before her.
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