ROBERT RUSSELL STOUGH, 85, of 608 Gronlund Place of Dorothy Love, Sidney, OH, passed away Wednesday,
January 12, 2011 at 8:20 p.m. at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community.
He was born on May 22, 1925 in Weston, Ohio, the son of the late Christian and Freeda (Russell) Stough.
On June 6, 1947 he married Carol Jeanne Yea, who survives along with two children, Russell R. Stough and
wife Marianne of San Juan Capistrano, CA, and Claudia Devore and husband Mike of Marblehead, OH, five
grandchildren, Ryan and fiancée Laura of Chicago, Kevin of Irvine, CA, Meghan and husband Vince of
Tustin, CA, Bailey and fiancée Reece of Marion, OH, and Corey Robert of San Juan Capistrano, CA, one
step-granddaughter, Stephanie and Sri of Cleveland, OH, and one sister, Mary Kirkpatrick of Escondido,
CA.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Harold Eugene Stough.
Mr. Stough served as a navigator and pilot in the 422nd Bomb Squadron, and 305th Bomb Group in the Eighth
Air Force in Europe in WWII. He also served in the 112th Bomb Squadron of the Ohio Air National Guard in
Cleveland, OH, from 1947 to 1949.
In February of 1949 Mr. Stough graduated from Western Reserve University. He became the former director
and vice president of marketing and sales for Mansfield Brass & Aluminum Corporation in
Mansfield, OH, and was listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1969 to 1970. He was co-founder and owner of
C R Frame Gallery, Inc., in Sidney, OH, in 1983 until 1996.
Mr. Stough was a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, President of Mansfield Aviation
Club, member of the Sidney Pilots Association and Sidney Airport Advisory Board, past president of the
Sidney Downtown Retail Business Association, past treasurer of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce, past
member of the Board of Directors for Dorothy Love Retirement Communities, past treasurer and president
of Main Street Sidney, member and past president of Sidney Noon Kiwanis Club, and member of Sidney
American Legion Post 217 and the Singing Soldiers.
In keeping with Robert’s wishes, his body will be cremated. A memorial service will be held February 5,
2011 at 11 a.m. at the Amos Chapel, Dorothy Love Retirement Community, in Sidney, with Rev. Joe Sharp
officiating.
Arrangements are in care of the Cromes Funeral Home & Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney.
Memorials may be made to the Life Care Fund of Dorothy Love Retirement Community, 3003 W. Cisco Road,
Sidney, OH 45365, or Senior Independent Hospice of Dayton, 6520 Poe Ave., Dayton, OH 45414, in memory of
Robert Russell Stough.
Condolences may be expressed to the Stough family at our website, www.cromesfh.com.
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