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OBITUARY FOR LENA (ZIELER) WHITING

Mrs. Lena Adeline Whiting, 81, of 210 South Pleasant, Independence, Missouri died Sunday, April 12, 1981 at the Medical Center of Independence. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Speaks Memorial Chapel, with burial in the Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel.
Lena was born on April 27, 1900 in Pleasant Mound, Minnesota to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zieler, and lived in the area for 35 years. She married John Keller in 1928, and they resided east of Wadena where they were the parents of six children. Following her husband's death, she married Lester Whiting of Clitherall, Minnesota and they moved to Independence, Missouri. She was a member of the RLDS Second Church in Independence.
Survivors include a son, Alvin Keller of Raymore, Missouri; three daughters, Mrs. Isabel Tomporowski of Duluth, Minnesota, Mrs. Lloyd (Zella) Drake of Nashwauk, Minnesota, and Norma Stephenson of Kansas City, Kansas; two stepchildren, Norma Tucker of Arcadia, California and Malcolm Whiting of Forest Grove, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Lily Marquardt of Deer Creek, Minnesota, Mrs. Lucy Brasel of Perham, Minnesota and Mrs. Lydia Dickhoff of Esco, Minnesota; a niece, Myrtle Johnson of Wadena, Minnesota; 21 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by two sons, Leslie and Leonard Keller; her first husband, John Keller; and her late husband, Lester Whiting.

This obituary was submitted by Mrs. Julian (Ilo) Whiting.

Lena married Whiting, Francis Lester on 4 Jun 1943 in Clitherall, Ottertail County, Minnesota. Francis (son of Whiting, Francis Lewis and Burdick, Ann Janette or Nett) was born on 29 Sep 1874 in Clitherall, Ottertail County, Minnesota; died on 21 Dec 1960 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]