Karen L. Stout

Karen L. Stout, 70, of Elizabethtown, died at 5:56 a.m. Monday, August 22, 2016, at Silver Oaks Health Campus. Karen was born December 21, 1945, in Seymour, the daughter of Gene J. and Betty J. Ackeret Stout. She graduated in 1964 from North Vernon High School and in 1966 from Southern Ohio Business College. She retired from Cummins Engine Company January 31, 2012, after 47 years of service. She was a member of Elizabethtown Christian Church. Survivors include her sister, Phyllis (Bob) Crase of Columbus; an aunt, Lena Kilgas of Reddington; nieces, Kristina (Bill) Bergman of Elizabethtown and Karen (Tom) Wetherald of Columbus; a great-niece, Ashlyn Bergman; and a great-nephew, Crase Bergman. She was preceded in death by her parents and her fiancé, Arthur Reece.