Fern H.Whittlesey
Fern H. Whittlesey, 83, of
1201 S. 8th Ave. E. died of a heart attach Wednesday, Oct. 31, at her home.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Congregational United Church
of Christ in Newton with Chaplain Merle Smith of Skiff Medical
Center officiating. Burial will be at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery. Wallace
Family Funeral Home in Newton is handling arrangements. Friends may call today
at the funeral home where family
will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accept to Progress
Industries or to the Congregational United Church of Christ.
The daughter of Roy H. and
Zilphia Brown Porter, she was born March 24, 1918, in Union County. She graduated from
Shannon City High School in 1936. On June 14, 1941, she married Rollan H.
Whittlesey in Kansas City, Mo. She was a homemaker and had worked as a
beautician. She was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ,
Jasper County Senior Citizens' ceramic group, Central Iowa Barbecue Club, and
past member of Kiwanis Queens and Newton Chapter 100 — OES.
Survivors
include her husband, two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard R. and Cathy of
Bettendorf and David E. and Kathy of Newton, a daughter and son-in-law, Diane K.
and Ron Marvelli of Newton, 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two
brothers and a sister-in-law, Daniel W. and June Porter of Fort Wayne, Ind., and
Roy Porter Jr. of Des Moines.
She was preceded
in death by her parents, an Infant grandson and a brother.
Newton
Daily News, Newton, IA, November 2, 2001.
