Leonard E. Whittaker
Feb. 5, 1917-July 16, 1980
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 16, 1980, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library
Leonard E. Whittaker, 63, of 605 Platt St., died at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Michigan Veteran's facility, Grand Rapids, after an extended illness.
A retired employe of Electro-Voice, Inc., Mr. Whittaker was a veteran of World War II with the U.S. Army.
He was born Feb. 5, 1917-in Bremen, Indiana and had lived in the Niles area since 1945 coming from South Bend.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs Harry Whittaker of South Bend; three sons, Gary L. and Leonard E. Jr., both of Niles and William of Miller, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Gwin, of Miller, Mo., and Mrs. Charles Hilderbrant of Olympia, Wash.; four brothers, Nelson of Jacksonville, Ark., Robert of Edwardsburg, Dale of Tucson, Ariz. and Virgil of Arcanum, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Burnside of Kalispell, Montana, Mrs. Lucile Burlingham, Sawyer, Mich., Mrs. Gertrude Davey, Medford, Oregon, Mrs. Dorothy Long of Esparto, Calif., and Mrs. Fred Stump, Goshen, Ind., nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Halbritter Funeral Home with Rev. Paul A. Fisher of the First Assembly of God officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.