Historical June–July 2002 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Dear Neighbors: In typical Skinker-Debaliviere fashion, there is a rumor going around the neighborhood that I am selling my house (6182 McPherson) after 31. years, getting married, moving to Wildwood, and taking up golf. Not a rumor! `Tis true! Even the golf, as long as it does not interfere with my fishing. Bea, Joe, Marty, and Dan have all grown up and moved out.
My trusty Cocker-Rotweiller, Gus, and I just don’t need a three story/6 bedroom house. And a long-term friend and colleague Maggie Menefee and I have grown very close and have decided to formally merge our lives in marriage. Maggie and I have known one another for over 10 years — as colleagues in the field of crime victim services. For the past two years, Maggie has opened and served as Executive Director for the St. Charles County Regional Child Assessment Center that works with children who have been victims of sexual assault: previously she had served as Coordinator of victim services in the St. Charles County Prosecutor’s Office.
When we decided to get married, I told her I was not moving to St. Charles and she told me she was not moving to the City. Guess what!
We compromised and bought a house in Wildwood — half way between my work in the City and her work in Wentzville.
Her real estate agent asked me what I wanted in a house and I. said: “Find Maggie the house of her dreams, put it on a lake stocked with bass, and i will be happy.” That’s exactly what she did and we are both very happy You all have been such great neighbors — as we watched our children grow up together, played ball on the “You Gotta Be Over 30 & Not Take The Game Seriously” Battling Beagles softball team for the past three decades, starred in the Rosedale Neighborhood Dinner Theatre productions together, organized paper drives and Rags-to-Riches yard sales, and you extended your hearts and hands giving Mary Bea and me strength all during her illness. .
There simply is no place like Skinker-Debaliviere.
I will miss the neighborhood but hope to see old friends from time to time, that means I expect you will continue to extend invitations to parties to Maggie and me in the future. Once a S-D neighbor, always Ed Stout
Original photograph caption
Ed Stout and fiancée Maggie Menesee at U.S. Senate after Aid for Victims of Crime received annual Crime Victim Service Award from Department of Justice. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June–July 2002.
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Archival transcription note: Letter names Maggie Menefee; photograph caption spells Menesee. Source variants preserved, no inferred change.
Original source: SD_Times2002_06.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
