Again, it is our sad duty to report the passing of another longtime neighbor and friend—Mary Bea Stout. She passed away on March 26 after a long battle with cancer. It will be hard to replace her energy and her effervescence. Mary Bea leaves her husband and Ed and four children. The Stouts have resided on 61xx McPherson for almost three decades. Mary Bea was active in her church, St. Roch, and performed with several different theatrical companies in the St. Louis area. She loved acting and appeared as Promethea in a Skinker DeBaliviere dinner theater. She shared her husband’s concerns for the victims of crime and also worked for other progressive causes. Even while fighting her last fight, she remained active and participated in neighborhood activities.
Times columnist Billy Handmaker and his wife Betul Osrnat have welcomed their second child, another boy. Simon’s new brother is Lev, named for his grandmother who was born in 1899 and able to visit the hospital and hold her namesake.
George and Rose Storey enjoy eight children and sixteen grandchildren. Their youngest son, Matthew, a recent immigrant to southern California, will marry Denise Foley in mid-summer. One of their daughters-in-law, Pam Storey, a nurse-practitioner, is now director of health services at St. Patrick Center.
