Robert Earle Whipple

1928 - 2004  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Earle Whipple
  Birth	27 Feb 1928	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Mar 2004	Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island
  Burial	18 Mar 2004	Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Route 2, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I92013	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Claude Herman Whipple,   b. 2 Apr 1892, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire d. Jun 1964, , , Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Effie Helen Ballou,   b. 13 Jan 1893, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire d. 2 Oct 1982, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F38944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Manning
  Marriage	1954
  Children	1. Private   2. Private   3. Private
  Family ID	F38943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Feb 1928 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Death - 15 Mar 2004 - Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island Burial - 18 Mar 2004 - Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Route 2, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Obituary of Robert Early Whipple, submitted to Weldon Whipple by Beth Hurd, 16 Mar 2004. The obituary reads: from the "Providence (RI) Journal" ROBERT EARLE WHIPPLE - Portsmouth Tuesday, March 16, 2004 ROBERT EARLE WHIPPLE, 76, of 27 Donna Drive, formerly of Earley Street, a career Navy man and retired maintenance worker, died yesterday at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, in Bristol. He was the husband of Mabel Manning) Whipple; they had been married for 50 years. Born in Boston on Feb. 27, 1928, he was the son of the late Claude and Effie (Blue) Whipple. A Navy veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, he had served for more than 20 years before retiring from the service in 1967 as a chief petty officer. He was a member of the Fleet Reserve, Branch 19; the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5390; and the AllVets. After returning to civilian life, he had worked at the Naval War College, in Newport, in the maintenance department, until retiring in 1992. Mr. Whipple was a member of the Newport Lodge of Elks. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Michael S. Whipple of Newport and Brian K. Whipple of Tiverton; a daughter, Gail Whipple of Middletown; and two grandsons. The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport. Burial, with military honors, will be in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Carl Clifford Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 17 Apr 2017.