McWhirter, Robert 1897-1980

MCWHIRTER, RUSSELL, WILSON, REXROAT, TROTTER, NASS

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 1/6/2005 at 08:44:25

R. McWhirter dies Monday; rites Thursday

Robert McWhirter, 83, of Waterville, Minn., a Jasper County area farmer until moving to Waterville 23 years ago died Monday at his home in Waterville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wallace Funeral Home in Newton.

The Rev. Randy Sanders, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Minn., will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Wallace Funeral Home in Newton.

Survivors are his wife, Zelpha; four daughters, Mrs. Harold (Ruth) Nass of California; Mrs. Enoch (Helen) Rexroat and Mrs. Dave (Clarice) Trotter, both of Newton; and Mrs. Ronald (Alice) Trotter of Akin, Minn.; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Robert (Lillian ) McWhirter of Baxter; 19 grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Robert Jr.; two grandchildren; a brother; and six sisters.

Mr. McWhirter had operated a resort in Waterville for 23 years.

The son of John and Rebecca Wilson McWhirter, he was born July 8, 1897 in Metz.

He was married to Zelpha Russell Nov. 14, 1916 in Newton. ~ Newton Daily News, July 29, 1980.

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