WHITNEY, Dorothy L. 1906-1982

WHITNEY, WEARRY, FISHER, ALLERDICE, WAKE, BENNINGHOUSE, ANDERSON

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Date: 2/21/2012 at 16:30:32

Fairfield Ledger
May 27, 1982

Private rites for D. WHITNEY

Private family services will be held Saturday morning for Dorothy L. WHITNEY, former Fairfield resident who died Tuesday at her home in Minneapolis, Minn.

The service will be held at the Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. Clair Odell officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Dorothy L. WHITNEY, 76, was born Feb. 12, 1906, in Fairfield. She was the daughter of Wilson E. and Sophia WEARRY FISHER. Her marriage to Harry E. WHITNEY took place July 3, 1925, in Memphis, Mo. He preceded his wife in death Oct. 12, 1948.

Mrs. WHITNEY is survived by a son, Lewis E. WHITNEY, Fairfield; and two daughters, Mary Ellen ALLERDICE, San Pedro, Calif., and Linda WAKE, Oskaloosa.

She is also survived by six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, two sisters and a brother: Edna BENNINGHOUSE, Minneapolis, Minn.; Jane Ann ANDERSON, Clear Lake; and George FISHER, Orange, Calif.

Mrs. WHITNEY had lived in Fairfield 50 years before movin to Minneapolis. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.

(Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)

Admin. note: Buried in Lot 3rd.005 with husband Harry.