Forrest W. Whalen
Jan. 1, 1889-Dec. 20, 1953
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 22, 1953, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Forrest W. Whalen, 64, of Gary, Ind., father of Donald Whalen of Niles, died Sunday in Gary.
Whalen was born Jan. 1, 1889, in Niles, and was employed by the Elgin-Joliet and Eastern Railroad.
[Illegible] . .grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Curtis and Mrs. Kathryn Smith, both Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Eva Harrah Zimmerman and Mrs. Grace Higgins, both of Three Rivers.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home here with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.