Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Whitney, W. Grant 1908
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Payette Independent 3-13-1908
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Friday, March 13, 1908        
 
Obituary
 
In the death of our neighbor and fellow townsman W. Grant Whitney, this 
community has lost one of its enterprising citizens.  His many years of labor 
in our midst have left the impress of progress.  His numerous acts of 
kindness, especially to those less fortunate in life's conflicts than himself, 
usually unknown to the general public, brought many messages of comfort to the 
bereaved family.  He had been successful in a business way, having accumulated 
through years of industry, an ample fortune to protect and provide for those 
dependent upon him.  Mr. Whitney possessed many qualities of mind and heart 
that endeared him to those who knew him best, and judging from the many kindly 
messages to the stricken wife and daughter, his sympathies with the friendless 
become quite apparent, as he seems not to have let his right hand know of the 
kindnesses done by the left.
 
He was one of a family of ten children, five boys and five girls.  He was born 
near Girard, Pennsylvania, July 20th, 1863.  Three sisters and three brothers 
survive him, two brothers living at Spokane Washington, and one at Walla 
Walla, Washington.  His father now lives at Walla Walla.  About three years 
ago his parents celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage, with 
their children around them, but his mother passed away about a year ago.  
 
Mr. Whitney, like many other courageous men who have made the West what it is 
to-day, went first to California and subsequently came to Payette about 1884 
when there were but a few buildings here, and engaged in the nursery business 
with his brother J. G. Whitney.  The business became quite extensive but the 
death of his brother caused him to close out the nursery business.
 
On December 20th, 1888, he was married to Miss Mamie Lamb at Stuart, Montana, 
who, with their little daughter Marguerite, survives him.
 
Mr. Whitney lost his life February 25th, 1908.  The funeral services were held 
at the home of his old friend Captain Irvin, at Payette, under the auspices of 
the Masonic lodge of which he was a member.  His remains were taken to Walla 
Walla, Washington, the home of his father, where they were laid to rest with 
Masonic honors on February 28th, 1908.  Thus passes away a thoughtful strong 
man in a time of usefulness.
 
Those who knew him best will remember him as a kind, brave and generous man, 
indulgent almost to a fault to those he loved.       J. H. RICHARDS

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