Muncie, IN
Paul Whitaker, 71, passed away unexpectedly on Monday,
November 10, 2014 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
Paul was born on March 2, 1943 to Orville Eugene and Pearl
May Whitaker in Muncie. He attended
Muncie Central High School before serving his country in the Army.
On June 6, 1971, he married Freida Cooper in the Eaton First
Baptist Church. Paul worked for Meadow
Gold Dairy, and Ball State University, retiring in 2006.
Paul was a member of the Eaton First Baptist Church, loved
to go camping and go to old car shows. He especially loved his grandkids and
dogs.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Freida; sons, Paul
Whitaker Jr., Lonny (Sandy) Whitaker, Troy (Melissa) Whitaker, and a daughter,
Paula Whitaker; his mother, Pearl Koger, a brother, Gene (Laura) Whitaker, a
sister, Marla (Don) Norton, 9 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews. Extended family
members include: the Payne family, Toomey family, West family, Dunn family,
Harper family and Grubbs family, Paul’s four legged babies: Peggy Sue, James
Dean and grand-dog, Zeus, all of which he loved very much,
He was preceded in death by his father, Orville, two sons,
Mark and Bradley Whitaker, two sisters, Rosemary Carr and Helen Hardin, and 3 grandsons, Todd, William, and Hunter.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014
at 1:00 P.M. at the Eaton First Baptist Church, 510 E. Columbia Ave., with
Pastor Mark Wilkerson officiating. Burial with Military Rites by the Delaware
County Veterans Honor Guard will follow in Union Cemetery, Eaton.
Visitation for family and friends will be held on Friday,
November 14, 2014 from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200 S.
Hartford St., and one hour prior to the start of the service on Saturday at the
church.
Memorials may be made in his name to the Eaton First Baptist
Church.
