Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jack Whitehead

Oct. 29, 1927 - Jan. 3, 2001

South Bend Tribune 1/5/2001

Jack Whitehead, 73, of Hearthstone Drive, Mishawaka, Ind., died Wednesday morning, Jan. 3, in his home. Jack retired from AEP after 38 years as a sales representative, and was a World War II Army veteran. He was born on Oct. 29, 1927, in Carter County (Elizabethton), Tenn., to the late Ernest and Hettie (Largent) Whitehead. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Carl Whitehead.

On June 18, 1949, in Chicago, Ill., he married Edna Bohan, who died on July 4, 1981. He is survived by his close companion of 20 years, Rose Delahanty; a daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitehead of Mishawaka; and by a sister, Joretta Bough of Loma Linda, Calif.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, where friends may call from noon until time of services. A reception will follow for family and friends at Betsy Whitehead's home in Winding Brook Park, Mishawaka (15333 Carriage Lane), following the funeral home services. Memorials may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637; or to the American Lung Association, 319 S. Main, South Bend, IN 46601.