Roscoe R. WHIPPLE

WHIPPLE, DAVIS, SIMPSON, BANNER, CAQUELIN, HOWE, MOORE, DIXON, CONRAD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/6/2011 at 11:06:26

March 18, 1947 -- July 3, 2011

ACKLEY, IA - Roscoe R. Whipple, 64, of Ackley, died July 3, 2011, in rural Ackley. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m., at the Geneva United Methodist Church in Geneva. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. Burial will take place in the Northlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa Falls. Pastor Harry Imlay will officiate.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
July 5, 2011

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Roscoe R. Whipple, 64, of Ackley, Iowa, passed away July 3, 2011, in rural Ackley, Iowa. He was born March 18, 1947, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, to Gerald and Vera (Davis) Whipple. Roscoe graduated from Sheffield High School in 1966. He married Margaret Simpson on March 12, 1971, she preceded him in death. Roscoe later married Carolyn Banner on April 19, 2003, in Dows, Iowa. He served his country in the United States Navy. Roscoe was a construction worker and drove a dozer, he was also an over the road semi driver with his wife Margaret and their dog Mandy. He was a member of the Dows American Legion and affiliated with the Geneva United Methodist Church. He enjoyed camping, fishing, bowling, car races and most of all his family and spending time with them. Roscoe is survived by his wife Carolyn Whipple of Ackley, son Rodger Caquelin of Dows, daughter Corina Howe of Olathe, Kansas, son Bill Caquelin of Eagle Grove, daughter Pam Moore of Webster City, Iowa, daughter Kathy Dixon of Webster City, Iowa, brother Wilber (Doris) Whipple of Hampton, brother Merle (Mary Ann) Whipple of Geneva, brother Verle (Norma) Whipple Dows, Iowa, sister-in-law Shirley Whipple of Hampton, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Lorenzo (Bud), Virgil, sister Leorna (sis) Conrad and stepson Clair Caquelin. Burial will take place in the Northlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa Falls.

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