Dorothy Stout McNamar, 1923-2002

Daily Iowegian - 4 March 2002

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  Dorothy McNamar, 78, of Waverly, formerly of Ottumwa, died Saturday, March 2, 2002, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.

  She was born March 24, 1923, in Clarkdale, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Phelps) Stout.

  She married John McNamar June 26, 1937, in Centerville.  He preceded her in death in 1993.

  Survivors include four sons, Robert McNamar and his wife, Carol, of Knights Landing, Calif., Al McNamar and his wife, Caroline, of Waverly, John McNamar and his wife, Janice, and Bill McNamar and his wife, Sheila, all of Ottumwa; five brothers, Fred Stout of Des Moines, Glen Stout and his wife, Ruth, of Des Moines, Ned Stout and his wife, Margaret, of Mitchelville, Donny Stout and his wife, Susie, of Des Moines and Jeff Stout and his wife, Julia, of Ottumwa; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

  She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Pearl and Merle Stout; and an infant sister, Kathryn.

  She attended county school near Clarkdale. She held various jobs.  She and her husband lived in Ottumwa.  She moved to Waverly after his death.  She moved to Shell Rock Health Care Center Jan. 30.

  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Centerville with Pastor Nathan Frazee officiating.  Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of services Tuesday.  Burial will be held in the Jerome Cemetery.

  Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly is in charge of services.

  Memorials may be directed to the McNamar family and a memorial fund will be established at a later date.

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  The editor sincerely appreciates the contribution to The Jerome Journal by Richard Inman of Hamilton, Ohio, of the obituary of Dorothy Stout McNamar.