ELDERLY MAN IS FOUND DEAD AT ROADSIDE
"Body of a 76-year-old Silverdale resident, possibly the victim of a heart attack, was found in a ditch beside the Clear Creek road near his home yesterday shortly before noon.
"The body of Warren W. Whitaker, Silverdale, was found by a passing motorist, Robert W. Staples, Silverdale.
"Coroner Al H. Segerquist and sheriff's detectives said Whitaker's body was in a partially water-filled drainage ditch in a face-up position. He had been dead for several hours.
"There was no evidence of foul play, and sheriff's detectives speculated that Whitaker suffered a seizure and fell into the ditch.
"The coroner's office said an autopsy was planned for this afternoon to determine the cause of death.
"Mr. Whitaker is survived by a daughter at Silverdale and a son in Bremerton."
The Bremerton Sun, Monday, March 1, 1954
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"Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Silverdale Bible church for Warren W. Whitaker, 76, of Silverdale.
"Coroner Al Segerquist said that Mr. Whitaker died Sunday as the result of a heart ailment while walking on the Clear Creek road.
"He is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Johnson, Silverdale; a son, Keith B., Bremerton; a brother, Sylvester K., Lone Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Berigan, Coupeville (Island county); Mrs. Loretta Harper, Yakima, and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Detroit.
"Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery."
The Bremerton Sun, Tues., March 2, 1954
∼Warren married Petronella (Nellie) Rush 27 December 1903 Olympia, Thurston, Washington
"Body of a 76-year-old Silverdale resident, possibly the victim of a heart attack, was found in a ditch beside the Clear Creek road near his home yesterday shortly before noon.
"The body of Warren W. Whitaker, Silverdale, was found by a passing motorist, Robert W. Staples, Silverdale.
"Coroner Al H. Segerquist and sheriff's detectives said Whitaker's body was in a partially water-filled drainage ditch in a face-up position. He had been dead for several hours.
"There was no evidence of foul play, and sheriff's detectives speculated that Whitaker suffered a seizure and fell into the ditch.
"The coroner's office said an autopsy was planned for this afternoon to determine the cause of death.
"Mr. Whitaker is survived by a daughter at Silverdale and a son in Bremerton."
The Bremerton Sun, Monday, March 1, 1954
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"Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Silverdale Bible church for Warren W. Whitaker, 76, of Silverdale.
"Coroner Al Segerquist said that Mr. Whitaker died Sunday as the result of a heart ailment while walking on the Clear Creek road.
"He is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Johnson, Silverdale; a son, Keith B., Bremerton; a brother, Sylvester K., Lone Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Berigan, Coupeville (Island county); Mrs. Loretta Harper, Yakima, and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Detroit.
"Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery."
The Bremerton Sun, Tues., March 2, 1954
∼Warren married Petronella (Nellie) Rush 27 December 1903 Olympia, Thurston, Washington
ELDERLY MAN IS FOUND DEAD AT ROADSIDE
"Body of a 76-year-old Silverdale resident, possibly the victim of a heart attack, was found in a ditch beside the Clear Creek road near his home yesterday shortly before noon.
"The body of Warren W. Whitaker, Silverdale, was found by a passing motorist, Robert W. Staples, Silverdale.
"Coroner Al H. Segerquist and sheriff's detectives said Whitaker's body was in a partially water-filled drainage ditch in a face-up position. He had been dead for several hours.
"There was no evidence of foul play, and sheriff's detectives speculated that Whitaker suffered a seizure and fell into the ditch.
"The coroner's office said an autopsy was planned for this afternoon to determine the cause of death.
"Mr. Whitaker is survived by a daughter at Silverdale and a son in Bremerton."
The Bremerton Sun, Monday, March 1, 1954
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"Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Silverdale Bible church for Warren W. Whitaker, 76, of Silverdale.
"Coroner Al Segerquist said that Mr. Whitaker died Sunday as the result of a heart ailment while walking on the Clear Creek road.
"He is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Johnson, Silverdale; a son, Keith B., Bremerton; a brother, Sylvester K., Lone Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Berigan, Coupeville (Island county); Mrs. Loretta Harper, Yakima, and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Detroit.
"Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery."
The Bremerton Sun, Tues., March 2, 1954
∼Warren married Petronella (Nellie) Rush 27 December 1903 Olympia, Thurston, Washington
"Body of a 76-year-old Silverdale resident, possibly the victim of a heart attack, was found in a ditch beside the Clear Creek road near his home yesterday shortly before noon.
"The body of Warren W. Whitaker, Silverdale, was found by a passing motorist, Robert W. Staples, Silverdale.
"Coroner Al H. Segerquist and sheriff's detectives said Whitaker's body was in a partially water-filled drainage ditch in a face-up position. He had been dead for several hours.
"There was no evidence of foul play, and sheriff's detectives speculated that Whitaker suffered a seizure and fell into the ditch.
"The coroner's office said an autopsy was planned for this afternoon to determine the cause of death.
"Mr. Whitaker is survived by a daughter at Silverdale and a son in Bremerton."
The Bremerton Sun, Monday, March 1, 1954
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"Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Silverdale Bible church for Warren W. Whitaker, 76, of Silverdale.
"Coroner Al Segerquist said that Mr. Whitaker died Sunday as the result of a heart ailment while walking on the Clear Creek road.
"He is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Johnson, Silverdale; a son, Keith B., Bremerton; a brother, Sylvester K., Lone Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Berigan, Coupeville (Island county); Mrs. Loretta Harper, Yakima, and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Detroit.
"Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery."
The Bremerton Sun, Tues., March 2, 1954
∼Warren married Petronella (Nellie) Rush 27 December 1903 Olympia, Thurston, Washington
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