THE OBITUARY OF

Levi Whitaker


Levi Whitaker

Funeral service were held here Saturday afternoon for Levi Whitaker, 68, whose body was shipped here from Omaha for burial in the Avoca cemetery. Old settlers of this locality, who were acquainted with the Whitaker family in the early days of homesteading, attended the services. Mr. Whitaker's death was caused by a weak heart and complications following an operation and the extraction of a number of teeth.

Mr. Whitaker's father was one of the pioneer physicians of Avoca and the family is well known in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Mr. Whitaker is survived by five brothers and two sisters as follows: Albert Whitaker of Fremont, NE; Edwin Whitaker of Alliance, NE; Mrs. Charles Wright of Atlantic, IA; Mrs. George Stodard of Summit, SD; Edward Whitaker of Campbell, MN, and Henry and Stephen Whitaker of Stoneham, CO.

[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published April 15, 1930, submitted by Ann]

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