Stewart G. Stout Jr, an administrative assistant at the White House, died Dec. 30 at George Washington University Hospital after a heart attack. He lived on Wainfleet Court in Springfield.
Before his employment at the White House, he was an agent with the Secret Service. He had served as a state trooper in his native Pennsylvania.
During his government service, he served seven Presidents. He is remembered as the agent who stood with machine gun ready inside the Blair House doorway during the attempted assassination of President Truman in 1950.
As an agent he traveled with President Kennedy to the Berlin Wall, and was also with the President on his fatal trip to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
He also served on protective details with President Franklin Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mamie Eisenhower.
He served in the Army during World War II and received the Bronze Star. He was discharged as a first lieutenant and was a member of the Army Reserve until 1952.
He was a charter member of the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and his mother, Hazel, both of the home; and two sons, Stewart III of the home, and Michael, of Montana.
Info from the Washington Post.
Before his employment at the White House, he was an agent with the Secret Service. He had served as a state trooper in his native Pennsylvania.
During his government service, he served seven Presidents. He is remembered as the agent who stood with machine gun ready inside the Blair House doorway during the attempted assassination of President Truman in 1950.
As an agent he traveled with President Kennedy to the Berlin Wall, and was also with the President on his fatal trip to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
He also served on protective details with President Franklin Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mamie Eisenhower.
He served in the Army during World War II and received the Bronze Star. He was discharged as a first lieutenant and was a member of the Army Reserve until 1952.
He was a charter member of the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and his mother, Hazel, both of the home; and two sons, Stewart III of the home, and Michael, of Montana.
Info from the Washington Post.
Stewart G. Stout Jr, an administrative assistant at the White House, died Dec. 30 at George Washington University Hospital after a heart attack. He lived on Wainfleet Court in Springfield.
Before his employment at the White House, he was an agent with the Secret Service. He had served as a state trooper in his native Pennsylvania.
During his government service, he served seven Presidents. He is remembered as the agent who stood with machine gun ready inside the Blair House doorway during the attempted assassination of President Truman in 1950.
As an agent he traveled with President Kennedy to the Berlin Wall, and was also with the President on his fatal trip to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
He also served on protective details with President Franklin Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mamie Eisenhower.
He served in the Army during World War II and received the Bronze Star. He was discharged as a first lieutenant and was a member of the Army Reserve until 1952.
He was a charter member of the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and his mother, Hazel, both of the home; and two sons, Stewart III of the home, and Michael, of Montana.
Info from the Washington Post.
Before his employment at the White House, he was an agent with the Secret Service. He had served as a state trooper in his native Pennsylvania.
During his government service, he served seven Presidents. He is remembered as the agent who stood with machine gun ready inside the Blair House doorway during the attempted assassination of President Truman in 1950.
As an agent he traveled with President Kennedy to the Berlin Wall, and was also with the President on his fatal trip to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
He also served on protective details with President Franklin Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mamie Eisenhower.
He served in the Army during World War II and received the Bronze Star. He was discharged as a first lieutenant and was a member of the Army Reserve until 1952.
He was a charter member of the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and his mother, Hazel, both of the home; and two sons, Stewart III of the home, and Michael, of Montana.
Info from the Washington Post.
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