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Rites Jan 1, 1966

Vern Whalen, 75 of Bluford, died at 12:30 pm Saturday in Fairfield Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday at the Bluford Funeral Home with the Rev. Ross Patridge officiating.  Burial will be in Laird Cemetery near Bluford.

The body will lie in state at the Bluford Funeral Home where friends may call at any time.

Mr. Whalen was born Mar. 27, 1890, in Wayne County, the son of John and Mary (Maulding) Whalen.

On Dec 24, 1914, in Wayne City, he was married to Maude Butler, who survives.  He is also survived by two sons, Howard Whalen of Stockholm, NJ and Noel Whalen of Lockport, IL; two brothers, Roy Whalen of Rochelle, IL and Ed Whalen of South Roxanna, IL; a sister, Mrs. Goldie Jane Guthrie of Peoria; and seven grandchildren.

Mr. Whalen was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, three infant daughters, four brothers and four sisters.