KENNETH C. WHITNEY , 82, of Chadwick, former newspaper editor and publisher, died Friday morning June 3, 1988 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. He was a former editor and publisher of the Carroll County Review and member of the Illinois Press Association. He was also a member of the Chadwick Masonic Lodge, Chadwick community Club, Carroll County Historical Society and Thomson Depot Museum Committee. For 28 years he was Fairhaven Township clerk.
Born in Whiteside County on Dec. 15, 1905 he was the son of Ernest and Kate (Cole) Whitney. He married Helen Switzer in Chadwick on June 17, 1938.
Surviving are a son, Jonathan of Thomson; two daughters, Cynthia Whitney of Morrison and Amy Caroline Whitney of Milwaukee, Wis.; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Frank Funeral Home, Chadwick. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will begin at 8:30p.m.
Contributed by Alice Horner
Born in Whiteside County on Dec. 15, 1905 he was the son of Ernest and Kate (Cole) Whitney. He married Helen Switzer in Chadwick on June 17, 1938.
Surviving are a son, Jonathan of Thomson; two daughters, Cynthia Whitney of Morrison and Amy Caroline Whitney of Milwaukee, Wis.; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Frank Funeral Home, Chadwick. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will begin at 8:30p.m.
Contributed by Alice Horner
KENNETH C. WHITNEY , 82, of Chadwick, former newspaper editor and publisher, died Friday morning June 3, 1988 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. He was a former editor and publisher of the Carroll County Review and member of the Illinois Press Association. He was also a member of the Chadwick Masonic Lodge, Chadwick community Club, Carroll County Historical Society and Thomson Depot Museum Committee. For 28 years he was Fairhaven Township clerk.
Born in Whiteside County on Dec. 15, 1905 he was the son of Ernest and Kate (Cole) Whitney. He married Helen Switzer in Chadwick on June 17, 1938.
Surviving are a son, Jonathan of Thomson; two daughters, Cynthia Whitney of Morrison and Amy Caroline Whitney of Milwaukee, Wis.; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Frank Funeral Home, Chadwick. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will begin at 8:30p.m.
Contributed by Alice Horner
Born in Whiteside County on Dec. 15, 1905 he was the son of Ernest and Kate (Cole) Whitney. He married Helen Switzer in Chadwick on June 17, 1938.
Surviving are a son, Jonathan of Thomson; two daughters, Cynthia Whitney of Morrison and Amy Caroline Whitney of Milwaukee, Wis.; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Frank Funeral Home, Chadwick. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will begin at 8:30p.m.
Contributed by Alice Horner
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