Smyrna times., 1921-01-05
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
FRANK Stout State Probation Officer
and Widely Known Throughout th.
state Died in Wilmington SUNDAY

o'ate Died in Wilmington Sunday
FRANK Stout, one of the most vida
ly7known public officials in DeIawa1o
no0ed especially for his MANY ac+s -
cnarlty, died at his home. 1907 Dalo
ware avenue, at 1.30 o'clock Sundav
slternoon. He had been in i'll heal1I
-, months but refused to give nm III
WORK until December 16. From +ha+
uate his condition has been cr;t;o go !
ana Tor several days only his nnnr,,aI
Ei'aiiey Er% mas kept him alive. Mr.. Stout
mas mas been State probation officer fo,
Two years. For the better part of T..
~ enc mas been engaged in work tbat
I drought him into close contact ,,,;tL
elie poorer classes of peonle of a.
state. Through his constant soI;o;.a. 49,
.ion Tor the welfare of others an,
nahy unknown acts of charity he had
oecOme endeared to thousands NJ
ntout was II years old October 2 1000
ne was born in Delaware and hod hoaO
"a tne service of the State continues ~
y Tor nearly 81 years. He beosn
~ork with the S. P. C. C. and the 8 p
v A. about 80 years ago and Mo.
ihaoe State probation officer aho1+ t,.,o 49,,
ye"is ago. He was a trustee of +ba
poor Tor many years and was o1so =
Srus'ee C. OF Westminster Presbyterian
onurch Tor number of wears Ha
Vas w"s cnarter member of the cburcI,
re Is survived by mis- wife, two daugb-
1ers' Miss Marina and Miss Ec+ho,..
d sister, Mrs. Martha Grav and >
brother, Elmer Stout. "-U q
W. B. Collins Former Smvrnian Do.d
William B. Collins, aged 70 who
was Dorn and raised in this vicin;tv
ana spent his carry life in Snv,.us
was found dead in bed at his 49, ~,
ing house, No. 978 Winter st,aat
aa,llaIpdi' .niaoeiphla' on Thursday last. De.
Gember 5Oth. He was a son of ~
,aVe Feter s, and Sarah (Jonesl Col
iiliS and since he left Smyrna has hoe,
al over the world. Last sunonoo, - i,
was employed at the PhiIadeInh;.
cricket Club and when tbe Snaaa'
G,osed, he moved into PhiladeInb;o
necentiy he visited Smyrna and 70
lewed number of old acquaintance
ana visited some of the scenes of hi
ooyhood. Among his survivors or,
TWO sisters, Mrs. Rachel Collins =
l this town, and Mrs. s. M WiIcon = =
bldgelon, N. j. His remains wor
5 Drought to Smyrna and after br;a
5 services at the undertaking parlors !
: W. A. FAIRIES & Son, interment wo
: made in st. Peters cemetery
: Bury Clayton Boy Who Died in -Fr.n.
S Wilson Lloyd aged 25. son Of 20,
d W. Lloyd, of Chester, Pa, fornerIv
e larmer near Clayton, who died in So,
i vice IN France September "a. 1o1,
s VIII De buried Friday in Odd Fellow
i cemetery. The funeral will be mil
II tary. Sergeant Lloyd enlisted AZ ~
r, outbreak of the war and a few montI
r later left Camp Meade and we,
J. across. Seventeen days before +,
t. Armistlce was signed he contract,
), pneumonia due to his exposure in Il
le Argonne drive. Half starved and n
y ing IN mud and water he was pick,
ID up and taken to the base hospit
is where ne died. He was BURIED in II
ID Afgonne and later his body was ,
to NOV O to Romagne. He was a mer
lie per OF the 18th Regiment and w
be deeply interested in the American 7
m glon. His was the first body of
lg Chester boy to be shipped back to Il
r. country.