Roy Denver Stout

A memorial service is tentatively scheduled for Roy D. "Corky" Stout on March 16, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home in Gillette, Wyoming. Corky, age 82, died at home February 7, 2014 after an extended battle with COPD and pneumonia. Corky was born October 4, 1931 in Welch, Oklahoma to Elijah and Mary (Graham) Stout. The family moved to Colorado when Corky was a young child, where he later attended school.On September 13, 1950 he married Thelma Irene Love in Walden, Colorado. They lived in Rand and Walden, Colorado where he worked falling and skidding trees for a local sawmill. In 1966 they moved to Craig, Colorado when he started driving water truck. The family followed Corky to Miles City, Montana in 1967 and to Gillette, Wyoming in 1968 as the water trucks followed the oil drilling. For several years he owned Corky's Water Service in Gillette. Corky and Thelma moved to Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1988 and operated the Wood River Lodge before returning to Gillette in 1990. After returning to Gillette he drove trucks of all types for various companies.Corky loved elk hunting, fishing, and camping. For many years Corky took his children and later his grandchildren and great grandchildren on a yearly fishing/camping trip to the Big Horn Mountains. He also spent as many weeks as he could every year, elk hunting in the Wilderness area by Meeteetse, Wyoming. These elk hunting trips included many, many good friends as well as his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was able to celebrate his birthday every year while hunting. In 2013 he spent his last week at elk hunting camp with his nephews Whitey Stout of Gillette, and Ora and Troy Stout from Oregon as well as the usual family and friends. As Corky became less active you could find him at home watching the Western channel. Corky liked to travel to Deadwood, South Dakota on at a monthly basis for his lottery tickets and a little gambling, as well as a trip to Las Vegas as often as he could.Corky was a member of the Gillette Moose Lodge and Fraternal Order of Eagles for many years and a past member of the Elks. Corky is survived by his sons Ernie (Verna) and Freddie (Tina); daughter Linda (Jeff) Johnson; grandsons Lucas (Tracy), Adam and Michael Stout and Michael Peterson; granddaughters Crystal Reeg (Justin), Amber Mauch (Anthony), Brittney Boyd (Basil Reynolds), great grandchildren Kincaid and Kaimon Donaldson; Deavon and Elyxia Mauch; and Caliana Reynolds.He was preceded in death by his son Kenneth in 1962, his beloved wife Thelma in 2008; his five brothers Andy, Bill, Ora and Les Stout, and Edward Knapp, his mother, father and several stepfathers.A dinner will be held at the Moose Lodge following the service.Memorials and Condolences may be sent in Corky's name in care of Walker Funeral Home, 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website: www.walkerfuneralgillette.comFuneral Home:Walker Funeral Home410 Medical Arts CourtGillette, WYUS 82716