Mamie Whipple's Obituary
Mamie Whipple, 87, of Shobonier, passed away at 9:08am,
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, May 28, 2016
at Hohlt & File Funeral Home, Vandalia with Rev. Pete LeDuc
officiating. Visitation will be held from 11:00am-1:00pm
prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow
in Farmers Cemetery, rural Shobonier. Memorials may be made
to the family of Mamie Whipple.
Mamie was born February 5, 1929 in Fairmont City, IL, the
daughter of Oscar and Nora (Collins) Whipple. She was
of the Baptist faith and was a caretaker for her brother Frank.
She is survived by her brothers Frank Whipple of Shobonier,
Lonnie Whipple and wife Mary of Shobonier; sisters Betty Blake of
Ponchatoula, LA and Ollie and husband Walter Fulcher of Dawson
Springs, Kentucky; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Dolly Fulcher,
brother-in-laws James Fulcher and LW Blake.
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