Obit.Cherokee County,OK Ella Elmira WHITTMORE ================================================================================ USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================== Compiled, Transcribed & Submitted by: Shelley Lynch on 24Apr2007 Published April 24, 2007 Muskogee Phoenix Ella Elmira Whittmore 1909 - 2007 Funeral services for Ella Elmira Whittmore, 97, of Muskogee will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at Tahlequah City Cemetery with Reverend Marion Graves officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home. Ella Elmira Whittmore was born September 27, 1909 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma and died April 23, 2007 in Muskogee. She married Dave Whittmore in 1927 in Tahlequah, they were married for 70 years. When Dave retired they moved to Toppers in Wagoner. She was a housewife and a member of the First Baptist Church in Wagoner. She enjoyed traveling, fishing and sewing. She is preceded in death by her parents, one son John Dave Whittmore and his wife Robbie; four brothers, one sister and two grandchildren. Survivors include her daughters, Maxine Tracy of Muskogee, Mary Dunlap of Broken Arrow; two sisters, Verda Clark of Tahlequah; Mollie Rahm of Bartlesville; four grandchildren Joyce Marlow, Ralonda Strawmyer, Terri Zehr and Tony Whittmore; five great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Arrangements are under the direction of Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home at 2801 Chandler Road, Muskogee.