Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Whitley, Ray And Virginia 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Ray And Virginia Whitley

Date Of Photograph: June 11, 2015
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WHITLEY
Virginia I.
June 27, 1933 - July 22, 1998

Ray C.
July 29, 1927
no death date on stone






Virginia Steenbergh and Ray C. Whitley were married in 1950.  They had five
children.

OBITUARY
Virginia Illene Whitley, 65, of Charlevoix, died July 22, 1998, at her home.
Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Friday, July 24, at the Community Church of God
in Charlevoix with the Rev. Bruce E. Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in
Brookside Cemetery, Charlevoix.

Virginia was born June 27, 1933, in Hamtramck, the daughter of Omar F. and Nora
May (Justice) Steenbergh. She was raised in Horton Bay and attended area schools
including the Undine School.

On Dec. 9, 1950, she married Ray Whitley in Detroit and they made their home in
Charlevoix since that time.
Virginia was a Cub Scout den mother and helped with the Girl Scouts in
Charlevoix. She loved the outdoors, enjoyed camping and was devoted to her
grandchildren.In the mid-1960s, Virginia owned and operated the Kountry Kitchen
Restaurant in Charlevoix. Most recently, she was chef at the Holiday Inn in
Petoskey and Jensen Beach, Fla.

Survivors include her husband, Ray; two daughters, Penny (Robert) Doan of Harbor
Springs, and Marcia Zeitler of Charlevoix; three sons, Ray Whitley and his wife,
Barbara, of Conway, Gary Whitley and his wife, Char, of Mancelona, and Marc
Whitley of Petoskey; nine grandchildren, Linda, Lisa, Amy, Alicia, Jennifer,
Jeremiah, Kassandra, Allen and Molly; four brothers, Floyd, Omar, and Frank
Steenbergh, and Leon Steenbergh and his wife, Adele; and three sisters, Luella
Barnes, Reva Sarasin and her husband, Clayton, and Rose Fitch.
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OBITUARY
Ray Whitley was welcomed into the arms of the Lord and to his eternal home
Tuesday, Aug. 13,2013.
He was born July 29,1927, in Charlevoix and lived there his whole life.  He
served honorably in the U.S. Army in Okinawa, 

Japan, in World War II.

In 1950, he married Virginia Steenbergh and raised five children; Penny (Doan)
of Holland, Mich., the late Ray Sr., Gary of 

Mancelona, Marcia (Belcher) of Charlevoix and Marc of Holland, Mich.; many
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and 

nephews and finally his little four-legged buddy — Lucky.

Ray was a stone mason by trade his whole life and worked hard to provide for his
family. Dad was the epitome of a kind-

hearted person and generous to a fault and helped anyone in need.

Dad always stopped to help stranded people on the road and often could repair
their cars on the spot. He was quite a 

handyman and could fix anything. He enjoyed reading, camping and was a Tiger
fan. From skipping stones with his family at 

Lake Michigan to building the Earl Young homes — he was a "Charlevoix" man.
A family celebration of his life is planned for a later date.  Memorials may be
made to Hospice of Northwest Michigan.
The family was assisted by Charles G. Parks Funeral Home.


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