FLORENCE, Ala. – Beverly Jane Trout, age 81, of Florence, Ala., passed away Monday, Oct. 26, 2020.
Beverly was born in Grant County on Feb. 5, 1939, to Franklin and Lavelle Schweikhardt.
She graduated from Van Buren High School, earned her Bachelor of Science from Huntington College, and Masters of Arts from Saint Francis University and gifted education endorsement from Ball State University.
Her professional career included teaching elementary school at Lincoln and Horace Mann schools in Huntington and gifted education teacher and consultant for Huntington County Community School Corporation.
Active participation in her church community was always important to Beverly. Through the years, she was a member of Dillman United Brethren, Baptist Church in Warren, College Park United Brethren in Huntington and Presbyterian Church in Warsaw. In Alabama, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Florence.
Her social activities included volunteering for seven years in the clothing department of the Help Center in Florence, Ala. She especially enjoyed traveling, shopping and music, but her first love was spending time with her family.
Beverly leaves to mourn her passing her beloved husband, Robert Trout; children, Cynthia Wray (Dean), of Portsmouth, Ohio; Laura Ramsey (Brian), of Killen, Ala.; and Charles Trout (Pamela), of Osceola; grandchildren, Sarah Betten (Adam), of Vandalia, Ohio; Jessica Bender (John), of Portsmouth, Ohio; and Reagan Ramsey, of Killen, Ala.; great-grandchildren, Chloe Betten, Lucas Betten, Maya Betten, Caleb Partin and Liam Partin; and siblings, Betty Roush (Melvin), of Blackford County; and Richard Schweikhardt (Linda), of Van Buren.
A celebration of Beverly’s life will be held at Myers Funeral Home, Huntington, on Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:30 p.m., with family receiving visitors an hour before the service. A memorial service will be held in Florence, Ala., at a later date.
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In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Help Center, 621 S. Court St., Florence, AL 35630; or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or stjude.org/memorial.
