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Charles Edward Whitington (son of John Sherman Whitington and Lela Pearl Mourer) was born May 23, 1906 in Danville, IL, and died January 28, 1983 in Fairmount, IL. He married (1) Daisy. He married (2) Ella Rosetta Collins on September 1939 in Vermillion County, IL, daughter of Clarence Merle Collins and Lena Mae Schaff.

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Charles E. Whitington
Fairmount, Ill - Services will be at 2p.m. Monday at Carrington Funeral Home in Fairmount for Charles E. Whtington, 76 of 407 E. State. He died at 2:30 pm. Friday (Jan 28, 1983) at his home. He had been ill four (4) years.
The Rev. Kenneth Merrick will officiate assisted by the Rev. Philip Shank. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Whitington was employed by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad shop in Danville for 42 years. He had worked as a boilermaker for 25 years and as a car man 12 years before retiring in 1965. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Retired Railroad Employees.
Whtington was reared and educated in the Danville area. He was well-known for building and creating items from wood, including porch swings and toys. He enjoyed making gifts for children.
Born May 23, 1906, in Danville, he was the son of John and Lela Mourer Whtington. On September 30, 1939, he was married to Ella R. Collins in Covington, Ind. She survives.
Other survivors include five sons, Russell of Matoon, Gary of Muscatine, Iowa, Terry of Covington, Daniel of Oakwood and James, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Feezor of Gary, Ind.; a stepson, John Collins of Danville; a stepdaughter, Barbara Shank of Samson, Ala.; a sister, Doris Wantland of Chicago; 23 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sons, a great-granddaughter, four sisters and two brothers.

More About Charles Edward Whitington and Daisy:
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More About Charles Edward Whitington and Ella Rosetta Collins:
Marriage: September 1939, Vermillion County, IL.

Children of Charles Edward Whitington and Daisy are:
  1. Naomi Mae Whitington.
  2. Charles Leroy Whitington.
  3. Russell Earl Whitington.

Children of Charles Edward Whitington and Ella Rosetta Collins are:
  1. John Ray Collins, b. November 15, 1936, Indiana, d. August 1984.
  2. +Barbara Jo Collins.
  3. Larry Edward Whitington, b. November 18, 1942, Vermillion County, IL, d. August 1966, Viet Nam.
  4. Gary Lee Whitington.
  5. Terry Gene Whitington.
  6. Ronald Dean Whitington, b. March 24, 1948, Vermillion County, IL, d. October 1973, Danville, Vermillion County, IL.
  7. Daniel Allen Whitington.
  8. Dennis James Whitington.
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