Clarence E. Kouts

Clarence E. Kouts, 93, of Evansville, died Sept. 12, 2000, at Columbia Health Care. He retired in 1969 as a district engineer after 40 years with Indiana Bell. He was a 1929 graduate of Purdue University. 

He was a life member of Hoosier Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He was a former member of Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church. He was active in Boy Scouts all his life and recieved the Silver Beaver Award.

Surviving are a daughter, Constance Fenwick of Evansville, four sons, Russell E. of Carmel, Ind., Paul C. of Marion, Ill., Thomas P. of Eldorado, Ill., and John S. of Indianapolis; a brother Robert of South Bend, Ind.; and 15 gandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

His wife of 66 years, Florence, died in 1996 and a daughter Anne Atkins, died in 1991.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Browning Funeral Home, the Rev. Shane O'Neill officiating, with burial in Alexander Memorial Park. Friends may call 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association.

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, and FindAGrave.com

11/19/2023 EJS

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