John Marvin Whitney

1928 - 2004  (76 years)

• Name	John Marvin Whitney  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Jul 1928	Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Sep 2004	Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota   [1, 2]
  Burial	Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, Good Thunder, Blue Earth, Minnesota   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I341145	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Marvin Charles Whitney,   b. 8 Apr 1902, Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota d. 12 Apr 1974, Good Thunder, Blue Earth, Minnesota (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Irma Frieda Possin,   b. 6 Oct 1903, ..., Blue Earth, Minnesota d. 29 Oct 1996 (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F219731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edyth Johnson,   b. 23 Mar 1931, Stanley, Mountrail, North Dakota d. 6 May 2020, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1949	Stanley, Mountrail, North Dakota   [3]
  Children	1. Jinette Loraine Whitney,   b. 17 Jan 1955, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota d. 21 Feb 2011, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota (Age 56 years)   2. Kent Whitney   3. Elliot Whitney   4. Bryan Whitney   5. Carolyn Whitney   6. Laura Whitney   7. Leah Whitney
  Family ID	F219732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Faribault Daily News (MN) September 10, 2004 MANKATO -- John M. Whitney, 76, of Good Thunder, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. He was born in Mankato on July 10, 1928, to Marvin C. and Irma F. (Possin) Whitney. He grew up near Amboy. He married Edyth E. Johnson on Sept. 3, 1949, at Zion Lutheran Church in Lake Crystal. They farmed near Madelia until 1958 when they moved to Kenyon, and farmed there until 1993 when they retired and moved to Good Thunder. He also worked for Owatonna Manufacturing Company for 21 years. He was a member of Lakelanders Barbershop Chorus in Faribault. He was active in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and was a choir member at Trinity Lutheran Church of Lake Crystal and Trinity Lutheran Church of Medford. He is survived by his wife, Edyth Whitney; children, Kent Whitney of Grayson, Ga., Elliot Whitney of Blackduck, Jinette Whitney of Good Thunder, Bryan Whitney of Kenyon, Carolyn Jones of Eagle River, Alaska, Laura Matzke of Good Thunder, Leah Galaudet of Minneapolis and Toni Whitney of Bemidji; 16 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and other relatives.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77010] Cemetery index, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, Good Thunder, Blue Earth, Minnesota, (Find-a-Grave). [S77022] Obituary, Faribault Daily News (MN), John M. Whitney, (September 10, 2004). [S77021] Obituary, The Free Press (Mankato, MN), Edyth E. Whitney, (May 9, 2020).