John Thomas Whittaker (Whitaker)

WHITTAKER WHITAKER, WYKERT, BAUGESS, EMERSON, WILLIAMS, BAKER, CROUD

Posted By: Cyndie Whitaker (email)
Date: 2/23/2003 at 22:16:33

John T Whitaker died September 13,1934.

John Whittaker, Oakville, dies

John Thomas Whittaker, a resident of Oakville for the past 17 years, died at the Mt. Pleasant hospital last Thursday after a five months' illness.

He was born in Mahaska county on Sept. 25, 1857. He and his wife would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 9th.

Besides his widow he is survived by the following children: Mrs. Geo. Wykert, Levi and Albert, all of Oakville; John of Muscatine, Ia.; Chas. of Union Grove, Wis.; Mrs. Martha Baugess of New Boston, Ill.; Mrs. Nellie Emerson of Kewanee, Ill.; Mrs. Perry Williams of Wapello, Ia.; Mrs. Elsie Baker of Alexis, Ia.; and Mrs Minnie Croud of Clinton, Ia.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Ethel Salms of Mt. Pleasant in charge. Burial was in Creighton cemetery.