Barbara Faxon Stout Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Barbara Ester Faxon Stout passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022, at Greenfield Reflections of Strasburg, suffering from cancer and COVID pneumonia. Barbara was born on her family’s farm near Albany, Oregon on February 5, 1933. She and her older brother Glen and their parents, Glen S. Faxon, Sr. and Lida Anne Coffey Faxon travelled to live in Baton Rouge, LA in 1939, and later, Kinston, NC, before settling in Alexandria, VA. Barbara graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria and started her studies at Mary Washington College in 1949. She graduated in 1953 with a B.A. in English, and minors in Spanish and Education. After working a year for the FBI, Barbara married then 2nd Lieutenant Herald “Hal” Franklin Stout, Jr. on June 9, 1954, at West Point, NY. Following a month-long honeymoon traveling across the country, the young couple began their Army Life together at Ft. Lewis, WA. Military moves followed to Alaska, Georgia, California, Kansas, Honduras, and Virginia. Barbara taught school full time and part time during many of her husband’s assignments, wrote columns for Army Wives’ and MWC newsletters, and raised her two children, Lida and Herald III. Barbara also was a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. She attended that institution alongside her husband prior to his military assignment to Honduras. Barbara retired after many years of teaching English and Spanish at Stonewall Jackson High School in Mt. Jackson, VA. She helped introduce many students to Europe on high school trips to Spain and France. Barbara was an avid reader, bridge player, Shakespeare enthusiast, and loved travelling far and wide. She and her husband Hal traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Central America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Her greatest pleasure came from spending time with family and traveling with them, or to see them. Her beloved parents, husband, brother, son Herald III, sister-in-law and college roommate Elizabeth Faxon, and nephew Michael Stout, all predeceased her. She is survived by her daughter Lida Stout Haskett and Lida’s husband Mark, her daughter-in-law Laura Stout, and her adored six grandchildren Dennis Savonarola, Jr., James Haskett, Barbara Haskett, Emily Stout, Liza Stout, and Sara Stout, She is also survived by her brothers in law Pete Stout (Elaine) and Bruce Stout (Susan); nieces and nephews Michael, Howard, Ron, Barbara, Beth, Carol, Rob, Natalie, Christopher and Jennifer; special friends Jack and Caroline Chesbro, and students whose lives she touched over the years. Finally, Barbara is survived by all the caregivers and staff at Greenfield Reflections of Strasburg who became family over the course of the almost six years she lived there. Services will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery, where Barbara will be interred at the gravesite of her dearly beloved husband Hal. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Blue Ridge Hospice, your local rescue squad, or your local library. And please read a book of your choice in her memory.

Barbara Faxon Stout

February 5, 1933 - June 27, 2022