Obit of Dr. Samuel J. Whitmore 1967
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
DR. WHITMORE
JULY 27, 1967
Dr. Samuel J. Whitmore, 91, a former Chatsworth dentist, died Saturday afternoon, July 22, to the Champaign County Nursing Home.
Dr. Whitmore was born on December 12, 1875, in Jackson, Miss. He had practiced dentistry in Rantoul, Chicago, and Chatsworth. He was a member of the Rantoul Masonic Lodge for 48 years. He joined the Chatsworth Lodge in 1906 and left here in 1913.
Funeral services were held at Culkin memorial Home in chatsworth Wednesday morning with Rev. Leroy Bula officiating. Masonic rites were conducted at the Memorial Home Tuesday night.
Mrs. H.M. Trinkle was organist and Lee Maplethorpe, Kr.R. Poeterfield, Charles Tinker, Albert Faragher, John Rupple, Curt Stoller, Chatsworth, were pallbearers. Burial was in Chatsworth cemetery.
Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Dorthea Whitmore of Danville.
Preceding him in death was his wife in 1904.