Obit: Whipple, Robert O. (1879 – 1956)

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Surnames: Whipple, Wyatt

----Source: Rockford Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois), Tuesday, May 15, 1956, page 6A

Whipple, Robert Olin (25 July 1879 – 13 May 1956)

Former Sheriff Dies; Served In 1917-‘18

JANESVILLE, Wis. – Robert O. Whipple, 76, former Rock county sheriff, died Sunday in Sacred Heart hospital, Tomahawk. Services and burial will be held Wednesday in Tomahawk.

Mr. Whipple served as sheriff in 1917 and 1918. He also was a former Beloit police officer. After leaving here, Mr. Whipple operated an oil distributing agency for 5 years.

Surviving are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Wyatt, Milwaukee, and Lilas Whipple, Tomahawk; and two grandchildren.


Robert Olin Whipple son of Robert A. Whipple & Elizabeth Sybil Olin
BIRTH: 25 July 1879, Malone, Franklin, New York
DEATH: 13 May 1956, Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin

1st wife of Robert O. Whipple (married 19 December 1906)
Linda M R Gering daughter of Charles (Carl) Gering & Katherine E Bauer
BIRTH: 6 December 1889, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin
DEATH: 2 September 1918, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin

Their daughter:
Margaret Roberta Whipple
BIRTH: 29 August 1912, Wisconsin; DEATH: 03 June 1963, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, WI
Married: Harry Andrew Wyatt
BIRTH: 29 April 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
DEATH: 24 June 1982, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

2nd wife of Robert O. Whipple
Leah M.
BIRTH: 19 May 1896, Wisconsin; DEATH: 11 Jan 1988 • Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, WI

Parents of Linda Gering Whipple
Charles / Carl Gering
BIRTH: November 1852, Wisconsin; DEATH: 03 Oct 1897 • Dodge County, Wisconsin
Katherine E Bauer
BIRTH: December 1856, Wisconsin; DEATH: Unknown

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Linda M R Gering Age: 10 Birth Date: Dec 1889
Birthplace: Wisconsin Race: White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child) Marital Status: Single
Home in 1900: Beloit Ward 5, Rock, Wisconsin
Charles Gering 47 WI
Kate E Gering 43 WI
Margaret E Gering 24 WI
Linda M R Gering 10 WI

1905 Wisconsin, State Census
Name: Linda Gering Birth Location: Wisconsin Marital Status: Single
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889 Race: White Relation: Daughter (Child)
Census Date: 1 Jun 1905 Locality: Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin
Kate Gering 48
Linda Gering 16

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Linda Whipple [Gering] Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1910: Beloit Ward 5, Rock, Wisconsin
Robert Whipple 30
Linda Whipple
Kate Gering 53
Margaret Bittel 33 (1903, married Edward A Bittel (1871-1954) in Belvidere IL)

Katherine Gering
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Katherine Gering Age: 63 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: White Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Germany, Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Able to Speak English: Yes Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Home in 1920: Beloit Ward 5, Rock, WI, Street: Middle Ave, House Number: 118
Katherine Gering 63
Robert Whipple 40
Margaret Whipple 7

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Kathrine Gerring Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Wisconsin
Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head Homemaker?: Yes Age at First Marriage: 19
Home in 1930: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, Street address: Middle, Ward of City: 7th
House Number in Cities or Towns: 152, Dwelling Number: 461, Family Number: 491
Home Owned or Rented: Owned Home Value: 4000 Radio Set: Yes
Kathrine Gerring 73
Edward Bittel 57
Margaret Bittel 54

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Catherine E Georing Age: 83 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Wisconsin
Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law (Mother)
Home in 1940: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin
Street: Middle, House Number: 152; Inferred Residence in 1935: Beloit, Rock, WI
Edward A Bittel 68
Margaret E Bittel 63
Catherine E Georing 83

 

 


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