Iris Stout

I promised a link to Iris' obituary and here it is:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=iris-stout&pid=153303631

Go and read about this incredible women, and you will understand how proud I was to not only be her neighbor but also related to her.  Iris was never a woman who needed to be 'liberated' not only did she get her bachelor's degree, she obtained a masters, and and worked for the Bureau of Reclamation as an editor for the Colorado River Project, a report that defines how water is appropriated, even to this day.  And she did this in the 1930's long before being an educated, working woman was the acceptable norm.

But more important than her professional accomplishments were her family.  I never had a visit with Iris when she was not talking about her children, and grandchildren and how proud of them she was.  If she was not talking about them she was talking about her wonderful, handsome husband, and how much she loved him.

When I grow up I want to be just like Iris.