TITLE:  David Weldon Whipple

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 5, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Master Chief Petty Officer, David Weldon Whipple, U.S. Navy, Ret., 64, of North Charleston, a 
construction representative with the Charleston Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southern 
Division, died Sunday in a local hospital. Born in LaCrosse, Wis., he was the son of Weldon 
Talman Whipple and Ruth Emma Willer Whipple Pretasky. Mr. Whipple served 22 years in the Navy 
and served two tours of duty in Viet Nam. He attended the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse 
and attended North Charleston United Methodist Church. Mr. Whipple was a member of the Fleet 
Reserve. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo Pearce Whipple; daughters, Linda Christine W. 
Ugaste of Lake Zurich, Ill., and Michelle Lynn Wolfram of Spring Grove, Ill.; a son, Thomas
David Whipple of Sterling, Va.; a step-daughter, Leslie B. Lovingood of Summerville; a sister, 
F. Diane George of LaCrosse, Wis., and a brother, Steven Douglas Whipple of Hazelhurst, Wis.; 
eight grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 5,
2001, at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to North Charleston 
United Methodist Church, 1125 East Montague Ave., North Charleston, S.C. 29405. Arrangements by
CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 7113 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, S.C.  (The Post and Courier
June 5, 2001)

WHIPPLE, David Funeral services for Master Chief Petty Officer David Weldon Whipple, (U.S. Navy 
Ret.) will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday (today) in CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME with full 
military honors. Mr. Whipple was a construction representative with the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command Southern Division. He died Sunday in a North Charleston hospital. Mr. 
Whipple is also survived by his mother, Ruth Emma Willer Whipple Pretasky of LaCrosse, Wisc. 
(The Post and Courier June 6, 2001)



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