Jennifer Tousant Stahl
February 8, 2024
Jennifer Tousant Stahl, 52, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, passed away on February 8th, 2024, at Piedmont Medical Center, Fort Mill, South Carolina, with her devoted husband, Donald Stahl, at her side.
Jennifer, daughter of JoAnn and Merle Tousant of Sackets Harbor, New York, grew up in the Syracuse, New York, area and graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School in 1989, where she was a member of both the swim and basketball teams.
Jennifer obtained her bachelor's degree from the School of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Potsdam. While attending college, Jennifer worked for five summers as a lifeguard at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville, New York. Following college, Jennifer worked at a local law firm and became interested in law. In 1995, she enrolled in the ABA Legal Assistant Program course at Syracuse University, graduating in June 1996 and beginning a career working at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Syracuse. Over the next eight years, Jennifer served in U.S. Attorney's Offices in Syracuse, Newark, and Albany. Jennifer loved to sail, and in 2003 she bought a sailboat from her future husband, Donald Stahl. Jennifer and Donald were married on a picturesque day in Sackets Harbor, New York, in June 2004. In 2007, she and Donald moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she began working for the U.S. Attorney's Office. She later moved on to work in the fraud division at Bank of America and as a paralegal, first at Brock & Scott and later at Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte. During the summers, Jennifer enjoyed working with young children, giving swim lessons and working as a lifeguard where she was most comfortable in or on the water.
Jennifer always had a passion for thrills, and she enjoyed the daring rides at amusement parks as well as skydiving. In recent years, she developed a passion for driving at road-course racetracks across the Southeast and also began working, as a corner worker, at a local racetrack. She was dedicated to building her skills in her Mustang GT, and not just keeping up with "the boys," but striving to beat them with her technical ability.
Jennifer had a wide range of talents, including cooking, baking, candy making, creating ice cream delights, working with stained glass, and letterboxing. She loved animals and never met a dog that she did not greet with a friendly hello. Jennifer and Donald provided a wonderful home to a number of pets over the years, rescued and fostered dogs, and most recently lived alongside two twin Brittanys.
Jennifer is survived by the love of her life, Donald; parents, Merle and JoAnn Tousant, Sackets Harbor, New York; brother Jeffrey Tousant, Watertown, New York, numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins, and countless friends. Her brother Christopher Tousant of Ennis, Montana, passed away on January 24th, 2024.
A memorial service will take place at First Presbyterian Church in Watertown, New York, on Saturday, April 20th at 11:00 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Online condolences may be made at www.reedbenoit.com.
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