Peggy Stout, the mother of Iditarod musher DeeDee Jonrowe and wife of the late Anchorage political leader Ken Stout, died in Anchorage Wednesday of breast cancer, which she'd had for five years.
Stout, 86, was well known within the Alaska mushing community for her support of her daughter Jonrowe, a breast cancer survivor and 30-time Iditarod finisher.
Funeral arrangements are pending, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
Stout was born Peggy Benedum in December 1928, in Virginia. An educator for 55 years, she moved to Alaska in 1971 with daughters DeeDee and Linda when Stout's husband was assigned to Fort Richardson. He later served as an East Anchorage assemblyman and head of the Alaska Republican Party from 1980 to 1985. He died in 2013.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be sent to the Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission at P.O. Box 230510, Anchorage, AK 99523.