Obituaries
April 14, 2026

DONALD ROYCE STOUT

By From JT Staff Reports 

Donald Royce Stout, Age 90 of Bellefontaine, formerly of Marysville, passed away peacefully at Otterbein Green Hills SeniorLife Community in West Liberty, Ohio on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Known to most as Don, he was born in Ostrander, Ohio on December 21, 1935, to the late Glenn H. and Bessie M. (...

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