"Edd" Edmund Lester Whitney, suddenly Oct. 27. Husband of Doris Whitney of the family home, 1702 West 15th. Father of Miss Dorothy Whitney, Denver; Mrs. Wilma Griffin, Texas, and Mrs. Hazel Sanders, 311 West 22nd, where the family may be contacted. Grandfather of seven. Brother of Mrs. Mae Gragoo, Hemet, Calif. Member of Silver State Lodge 95, AF&AM; Pueblo Chapter no. 3, RAM; Pueblo Council no. 6, R&SM; Pueblo Chapter No, 7, OES; honorary of South Pueblo Lodge 31 and Pueblo Lodge 17, AF&AM; and the pueblo Chamber of Commerce;. Life member of Pueblo Lodge Knights of Pythias. A resident of Pueblo since 1921. A veteran of World War I, U.S. Army. An inspector for the Santa Fe railway, retiring in 1951. Services 10 a.m. Monday, Davis Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Floyd McClare, pastor of the Foursquare Gospel church officiating. Masonic rites at Valhalla. The body will be in state Sunday.
---Pueblo Chieftain, October 29, 1961---
"Edd" Edmund Lester Whitney, suddenly Oct. 27. Husband of Doris Whitney of the family home, 1702 West 15th. Father of Miss Dorothy Whitney, Denver; Mrs. Wilma Griffin, Texas, and Mrs. Hazel Sanders, 311 West 22nd, where the family may be contacted. Grandfather of seven. Brother of Mrs. Mae Gragoo, Hemet, Calif. Member of Silver State Lodge 95, AF&AM; Pueblo Chapter no. 3, RAM; Pueblo Council no. 6, R&SM; Pueblo Chapter No, 7, OES; honorary of South Pueblo Lodge 31 and Pueblo Lodge 17, AF&AM; and the pueblo Chamber of Commerce;. Life member of Pueblo Lodge Knights of Pythias. A resident of Pueblo since 1921. A veteran of World War I, U.S. Army. An inspector for the Santa Fe railway, retiring in 1951. Services 10 a.m. Monday, Davis Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Floyd McClare, pastor of the Foursquare Gospel church officiating. Masonic rites at Valhalla. The body will be in state Sunday.
---Pueblo Chieftain, October 29, 1961---
Inscription
Colorado Pvt US Army World War I
Gravesite Details
Single stone
Family Members
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Emma Jane Whitney Henderson
1857–1945
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Ida Ann Whitney Hess
1860–1918
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Jennie A. Whitney Voller
1864–1917
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John William "Bill" Whitney
1866–1957
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Jessie Adeline Whitney White
1877–1930
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Harry E Whitney
1880–1945
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Maude Whitney Seibert
1882–1920
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Don Thomas Whitney
1885–1958
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Mae Ella Whitney Dragoo
1889–1981
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