WHITAKER, Thomas P 1939-2002

WHITAKER, PARRETT, DENMEAD, LEIDECKER, GILLASPIE, SUTTON

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 8/25/2010 at 14:59:15

Fairfield Ledger
Wednesday August 28, 2002

Thomas WHITAKER

Thomas P. WHITAKER, 63, of Keosauqua, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield with the Rev. Jan Burns-Hinze officiating.

A gathering of family and friends in the community room of the church will follow the service.

He willed his body to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for medical research on Alzheimer's and related diseases. Interment of cremains wil be at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Jefferson County Park, or the charity of the donor's choice.

Mr. WHITAKER was born April 23, 1939, in Fairfield, the son of Leland A. "Jack" and Esther L. PARRETT WHITAKER. He earned a B.S. in fish and wildlife biology from Iowa State University in Ames.

He worked as a conservation officer at Lake Mills. He worked for the Armour-Dial Corp. at Fort Madison, and as a line manager for Miller Brewing Co. in New York.

He married Deanna DENMEAD Aug. 19, 1962, at First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield. They later divorced. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and served in the Iowa National Guard.

Survivors include his father, of Fairfield; one daughter, Carin LEIDECKER and her husband Bill of Westerville, Ohio; one son, Kurt WHITAKER of Denver, Colo.; two granddaughters; and two sisters, Sandra GILLASPIE and her husband Rodger of Fairfield and Jean SUTTON and her husband Johnathan of Minneapolis.

He was preceded in death by his mother.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: A headstone inscription with name and dates for Thomas P Whitaker is on the reverse side of the joint headstone for his parents at Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa (Old.P.345). As of 2005 local records did not show that his cremains had been buried. It is presumed that they have since been buried, but clarification would be appreciated.

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