Ted Whisler Obit

Name: Theodore Herbert Whisler Gender: Male Age at Death: 81 Date of Birth: 3 May 1929 Birth Place: Williams, Oregon, USA Date of Death: 11 Jan 2011 Source Location: West Jordan, Utah, USA Spouse: Marilyn Walker Children: Sandra (Susan) Richmond CA, Charlotte Carper (Brian) of Anchor Point AK, Debbie Lund (Bob), Sandy UT, and Earlene Rhien (Scott) Farmington NM Parents: Earl Whisler [Doris Edna Hedgepeth] Full Obituary: Theodore H. Whisler 5/3/1929 ~ 01/11/2011 Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away January 11, 2011. Ted was born on May 3, 1929 to Earl Whisler and Doris Edna Hedgepeth in Williams, Oregon. He graduated from Lakeview Oregon High School in 1947. He attended the University of Oregon and Southern Oregon College. He went to work at Safeway Stores at the age of 14 and worked for them for 9 years. He then fulfilled a dream by becoming a Police Officer in Medford, Oregon and worked there as a shift commander and started their Identification Division. In 1959, he went to work as an Insurance Adjuster for the worlds largest Insurance Adjusting firm and spent 35 years handling property claims, then went to work for the Travelers Insurance Company where he retired. He married Marilyn Walker, later divorced, and they were the parents of 3 daughters. In 1978, he married Carole Davis whom had a daughter. He is survived by: his wife, Carole; daughters, Sandra (Susan) Richmond CA, Charlotte Carper (Brian) of Anchor Point AK, Debbie Lund (Bob), Sandy UT, and Earlene Rhien (Scott) Farmington NM; 8 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 15th at 2:00 p.m. at Redwood Memorial Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, UT, with a viewing one hour prior to services. Online condolences at www.memorialutah.com

Theodore Herbert Whisler

Theodore Herbert Whisler passed away of COPD on January 11, 2011.  He resided in Taylorsville, Salt Lake county, Utah and was buried in West Jordan, Utah.

Earl Whisler Sr. with Ted, Marilyn, and granddaughter Ruthie

Ruthie Whisler, Earl Whisler Sr., Marilyn Walker, Ted Whisler

The negative was old and had to be split to fit in the scanner, so 2 pictures.

Marilyn Walker and Ted Whisler Wedding Day

This is from a very rare color slide of Marilyn Walker and her parents Marian and Art Lusk.  September 4, 1949, Medford Oregon.  There is a black and white photo of this event elsewhere on the blog.

Dwayne Taylor ??, Earl Whisler, Jr., Ted Whisler, Marilyn Walker, Ted's father Earl Whisler, Sr.

Ted's sister Edna Whisler, two other girls

Ted Whisler with his sister Edna Whisler Belveal 1946 - 47

This photo is of Ted Whisler and his sister, Edna Whisler Belveal in 1946 or 1947

Doris Hedgepeth 1977

Doris Hedgepeth in August 1977 at her home in Culver, Oregon.

She would be 82 on her birthday November 17.

Shortly after this, she suffered a serious stroke that left her completely debilitated.

She died on May 6, 1978 in Gladstone, Oregon

Doris and son Teddy - same day August 1977

Doris, Ted, Edna in Culver 1959

Doris Hedgepeth, with son Ted Whisler and daughter Edna Whisler

at Doris' house in Culver, Oregon in August 1959

Note the baby kitty, Pie-Whack-It to the left

Whisler family return to visit Medford 1964

The Whisler family traveled to Medford from Montana in 1964 to visit Grandma and Grandpa.  By this time, Grandma Bendixen (Georgia McIntyre) had moved to Medford as well.  Charlotte was taking this photo.

Earlene standing in front.

from left:  Georgia McIntyre, Marian Greenlee, Art Lusk, Janine Lusk, Sandra Whisler, Ted Whisler, Marilyn Walker

Ted Whisler High School Graduation 1947

Ted Whisler Graduation from Lakeview, Oregon High School in May 1947

Go HONKERS ! ! !

Ted feeding chipmunk 1957

One of our favorite places to drive to was Crater Lake.  We always had to try to feed a chipmunk.  This picture is of Ted trying to feed the chipmunk at Crater Lake, Oregon around 1957.  You can barely see the blur of the chipmunks tale on the left side.

Sandra and Susan's Wedding

Sandra Whisler and Susan Newman's wedding ceremony September 1996
(This ceremony wasn't recognized by the state of California, so they repeated their vows several times until the union was finally recognized as legal on  October 28, 2009.)

Susan's mother Betty on far left in black dress, Susan's sister-in-law Karla in black jumper and Linda's son, Dan, in baseball cap.

Behind Dan is Susan and next to her Sandra and Earlene Whisler is in front row.

Behind Earlene's left shoulder are Ted and Carole Whisler.

To Ted's right is Susan's brother Drew, on Drew's right Susan's sister Linda and behind Susan's right shoulder is Marilyn Walker.

The man in the back on the far left is Susan's cousin, John Newman.

Ted Whisler's parents

Doris Edna Hedgepeth Whisler
Born:  7 November 1895 in Marysville, Yuba county, California
Died:  6 May 1978 in Gladstone, Clackamas county, Oregon

Earl Leroy Whisler

Born:  20 December 1891 in Clearfield, Taylor county, Iowa

Died:  2 August 1959 in Grantspass, Josephine county, Oregon

Ted Whisler

Theodore (Ted) Whisler around 1968

Billings Montana

Whisler Family 1957

Ted Whisler, Marilyn Walker Whisler

Earlene, Sandra, Charlotte

Medford Oregon 1957