Harry Gordon WHITTINGTON

WHITTINGTON, ORY, ADAMS, DEARTH, ZIMMERMAN, RIDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/11/2008 at 11:10:46

EUREKA, Illinois - Harry Gordon Whittington, 81, of 407 S. Henry St., Eureka, died at 9:25 p.m. Monday (April 3, 1995) at Eureka Apostolic Christian Home, where he had lived since Jan. 9. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Otto-Argo Funeral Home, Eureka, the Rev. Dalene Kuebler officiating. Burial will be in Olio Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.

He was born Nov. 25, 1913, at Belmond, Iowa, a son of Harry and Chloe Ory Whittington. He married Olga Adams May 20, 1940, at Eureka. She survives. Other survivors include one son, Neil, Naperville; one daughter, Carol Dearth, Pontiac; three brothers, Delmer, Howard and Donald, all of Metamora; two sisters, Mable Zimmerman, Eureka, and Oneida Rider, Metamora; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four sisters.

He was an electrician for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He attended Eureka United Methodist Church and was a member of the William C. Hobbs Masonic Lodge, Eureka, Eureka Sportsman Club and the Eureka Fire Department for 35 years. Memorials may be made to the Eureka Sportsman Club.

Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL)
April 5, 1995