R. Dale Whetstone

5/27/1918 - 5/24/1996

R. Dale Whetstone, 78, died at 6:05 p.m. Friday [5/24/1996] in Adams County Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 27, 1918 in Adams County to Benjamin and Fern Daugherty Whetsone and married Pearl Kizer on April 8, 1939.  She survives.

He retired in February 1982 from Corning Glass Co. of Bluffton, Indiana, and was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Elks Lodge 993, and Moose Lodge 1311, all of Decatur, Indiana.

He is also survived by a son, Homer O., "Rusty" Whetstone, a daughter, Marceda I. Lybarger, a brother Olen Whetson, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and one step-great-granddaughter. A son, Harold O. Whetsone, is deceased.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN;   05-25-96
Contributed by Bob & Nancy Cannon

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R. Dale Whetstone, 78, 1121 Marshall St., died at 6:05 p.m. Friday in Adams County Memorial Hospital.

He was born on May 27, 1918 in Adams County to Benjamin and Fern Daugherty Whetsone and married Pearl Kizer on April 8, 1939. She survives.

He retired in February 1982 from Corning Glass Co. of Bluffton and was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Elks Lodge 993, and Moose Lodge 1311, all of Decatur.

Other survivors are a son, Homer O., "Rusty" Whetstone, Niceville, Florida; a daughter, Marceda I. Lybarger, Indianapolis; a brother Olen Whetson, Bryant; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and one step-great-granddaughter. A son, Harold O. Whetsone, is deceased.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mark's United Methodist Church, with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery, near Bryant. Visiting hours are 4-8 p.m. Monday in Haggard and Armes Funeral Home, Decatur, and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Preferred memorials are to the church or the Adams County Heart Club.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana;  Sat., May 25, 1996
Contributed by Karin King

Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery