Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014The Emporia Gazette
Wayne W. Whitaker, 87, Emporia, died Friday morning at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 87.
A complete obituary with service times will be announced later. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the arrangements.
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Wayne W. Whitaker
(April 30, 1926 - January 24, 2014)
Funeral services for Wayne W. Whitaker will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lee Hoskins. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Masonic Rites will be presented by Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M.
The family will receive friends Friday evening, January 31, 2014 from 7:00 until 8:00 at the funeral home.
Mr. Whitaker, 87, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
Wayne Wade Whitaker was born on April 30, 1926 in Liberty County, Texas, the son of James and Neola (Baldwin) Whitaker. He married Jean M. Pendergraft in Emporia on May 31, 1949. She died November 25, 2006.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his daughter, Gay Clark, and her husband, Randy, of Emporia, and grandchildren, Aaron and Kendra Clark.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean; a son, Gary W. Whitaker, who died May 25, 2000; three brothers, Fred, Curtis, and James Whitaker; and a sister, Phyllis Fisher.
Wayne received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the former College of Emporia. He worked a number of years as the manager of Reeble's South, then later was Personnel Director at Sauder Industries, both in Emporia.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps in the North African Theater, and was a member of the American Legion.
Wayne was a member and Past Master, having recently received his 50 year pin, of Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M. and a member and Past Patron of Miriam Chapter #14, Order of the Eastern Star.
A memorial has been established for the Emporia State University Lady Hornets Basketball Team, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 about Wayne Wade Whitaker
Name: Wayne Wade Whitaker
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1926
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Dayton, Liberty, Texas, USA
Father: J M Whittaker
Father Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas
Mother: Neola Baldwin
Mother Birth Place: Douglas County, Texas
Mother Residence: Dayton, Texas
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Wayne W Whitaker
Name: Wayne W Whitaker
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Kansas
County or City: Lyon
Enlistment Date: 6 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 000
Wayne W. Whitaker, 87, Emporia, died Friday morning at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 87.
A complete obituary with service times will be announced later. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the arrangements.
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Wayne W. Whitaker
(April 30, 1926 - January 24, 2014)
Funeral services for Wayne W. Whitaker will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lee Hoskins. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Masonic Rites will be presented by Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M.
The family will receive friends Friday evening, January 31, 2014 from 7:00 until 8:00 at the funeral home.
Mr. Whitaker, 87, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
Wayne Wade Whitaker was born on April 30, 1926 in Liberty County, Texas, the son of James and Neola (Baldwin) Whitaker. He married Jean M. Pendergraft in Emporia on May 31, 1949. She died November 25, 2006.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his daughter, Gay Clark, and her husband, Randy, of Emporia, and grandchildren, Aaron and Kendra Clark.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean; a son, Gary W. Whitaker, who died May 25, 2000; three brothers, Fred, Curtis, and James Whitaker; and a sister, Phyllis Fisher.
Wayne received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the former College of Emporia. He worked a number of years as the manager of Reeble's South, then later was Personnel Director at Sauder Industries, both in Emporia.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps in the North African Theater, and was a member of the American Legion.
Wayne was a member and Past Master, having recently received his 50 year pin, of Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M. and a member and Past Patron of Miriam Chapter #14, Order of the Eastern Star.
A memorial has been established for the Emporia State University Lady Hornets Basketball Team, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 about Wayne Wade Whitaker
Name: Wayne Wade Whitaker
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1926
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Dayton, Liberty, Texas, USA
Father: J M Whittaker
Father Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas
Mother: Neola Baldwin
Mother Birth Place: Douglas County, Texas
Mother Residence: Dayton, Texas
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Wayne W Whitaker
Name: Wayne W Whitaker
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Kansas
County or City: Lyon
Enlistment Date: 6 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 000
Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014The Emporia Gazette
Wayne W. Whitaker, 87, Emporia, died Friday morning at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 87.
A complete obituary with service times will be announced later. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the arrangements.
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Wayne W. Whitaker
(April 30, 1926 - January 24, 2014)
Funeral services for Wayne W. Whitaker will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lee Hoskins. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Masonic Rites will be presented by Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M.
The family will receive friends Friday evening, January 31, 2014 from 7:00 until 8:00 at the funeral home.
Mr. Whitaker, 87, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
Wayne Wade Whitaker was born on April 30, 1926 in Liberty County, Texas, the son of James and Neola (Baldwin) Whitaker. He married Jean M. Pendergraft in Emporia on May 31, 1949. She died November 25, 2006.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his daughter, Gay Clark, and her husband, Randy, of Emporia, and grandchildren, Aaron and Kendra Clark.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean; a son, Gary W. Whitaker, who died May 25, 2000; three brothers, Fred, Curtis, and James Whitaker; and a sister, Phyllis Fisher.
Wayne received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the former College of Emporia. He worked a number of years as the manager of Reeble's South, then later was Personnel Director at Sauder Industries, both in Emporia.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps in the North African Theater, and was a member of the American Legion.
Wayne was a member and Past Master, having recently received his 50 year pin, of Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M. and a member and Past Patron of Miriam Chapter #14, Order of the Eastern Star.
A memorial has been established for the Emporia State University Lady Hornets Basketball Team, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 about Wayne Wade Whitaker
Name: Wayne Wade Whitaker
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1926
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Dayton, Liberty, Texas, USA
Father: J M Whittaker
Father Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas
Mother: Neola Baldwin
Mother Birth Place: Douglas County, Texas
Mother Residence: Dayton, Texas
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Wayne W Whitaker
Name: Wayne W Whitaker
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Kansas
County or City: Lyon
Enlistment Date: 6 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 000
Wayne W. Whitaker, 87, Emporia, died Friday morning at Flint Hills Care Center. He was 87.
A complete obituary with service times will be announced later. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has the arrangements.
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Wayne W. Whitaker
(April 30, 1926 - January 24, 2014)
Funeral services for Wayne W. Whitaker will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Lee Hoskins. Interment will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion, and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Masonic Rites will be presented by Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M.
The family will receive friends Friday evening, January 31, 2014 from 7:00 until 8:00 at the funeral home.
Mr. Whitaker, 87, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia.
Wayne Wade Whitaker was born on April 30, 1926 in Liberty County, Texas, the son of James and Neola (Baldwin) Whitaker. He married Jean M. Pendergraft in Emporia on May 31, 1949. She died November 25, 2006.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his daughter, Gay Clark, and her husband, Randy, of Emporia, and grandchildren, Aaron and Kendra Clark.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean; a son, Gary W. Whitaker, who died May 25, 2000; three brothers, Fred, Curtis, and James Whitaker; and a sister, Phyllis Fisher.
Wayne received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the former College of Emporia. He worked a number of years as the manager of Reeble's South, then later was Personnel Director at Sauder Industries, both in Emporia.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps in the North African Theater, and was a member of the American Legion.
Wayne was a member and Past Master, having recently received his 50 year pin, of Emporia Masonic Lodge #12, A.F. & A.M. and a member and Past Patron of Miriam Chapter #14, Order of the Eastern Star.
A memorial has been established for the Emporia State University Lady Hornets Basketball Team, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 about Wayne Wade Whitaker
Name: Wayne Wade Whitaker
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1926
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Dayton, Liberty, Texas, USA
Father: J M Whittaker
Father Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas
Mother: Neola Baldwin
Mother Birth Place: Douglas County, Texas
Mother Residence: Dayton, Texas
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Wayne W Whitaker
Name: Wayne W Whitaker
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Kansas
County or City: Lyon
Enlistment Date: 6 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 000
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