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Obituary Online notes for “Ernie” Earnest Charles WHITESELL
(Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio, Thursday, Nov 5, 1992)
Former Middletown resident Earnest C. Whitesell, 74, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati, after a lengthy illness.
The Carlisle native lived most of his life in Middletown. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; a daughter, Marcia Bailey of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two sons, Marc of Middletown and Randy of Orlando, Fla.; a stepson, Michael Krauss of San Francisco; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Pauline Whitesell, Verna Jackson and Emma Haddix; and two brothers, Wayne and Corliss.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Charles Miller Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Private burial will be at Germantown Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of services Saturday at the funeral home.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, a donation be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105. 470, Earnest Charles “Ernie” Whitesell