Life Story / Obituary
Passed away December 4, 2005. Martha was born August 22, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Patrick and Anna Cosgrove. She married Joe W. Stout, January 18, 1946 in Arlington, VA. Martha was a homemaker and retired from Intra-Space Designs in Kalamazoo. She served in the Waves - U.S.N.R and was a volunteer at the Kalamazoo Nature Center, and active in the Westwood Garden Club, Portage Senior Center and Circle of Hearts, and a member of St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church. Surviving are her husband, Joe; children, Joseph, of Boca Raton, FL, Martha (Vermeulen) of Grandville, Melenee (Waterman) of Kalamazoo; grandchildren, Andrea and Andrew Belden, Meryl and Alexandra Stout and Harrison J. Stout (deceased); brothers, Patrick Cosgrove of Dearborn Heights, MI, and John Cosgrove of Troy, MI. A Memorial Service will be held December 9, 2005, 10:30 a.m. at St. Martins of Tours Episcopal Church. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo.