Lloyd L. Doolittle, 89, 5401 Barley Court, died today in the Fountain View Place following an extended illness.
He was born in Cumberland, Wis., and came to Muncie as a child with his parents, Sylvester and Alice Fairbanks Doolittle. He attended Garfield Elementary School.
Mr. Doolittle retired as a salesman in the hardware department at Ross Corner in 1965, and earlier for 20 years, was superintendent of ground maintenance at Ball State University. He was a member of Avondale United Methodist Church, Delaware Lodge F&AM, and a former member of Carpenters Local 1016.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Erwin (Barbara) Mueller, Muncie; five sons, Kenneth and Donald Doolittle, both of Muncie, Sylvester, Artesia, N.M., John, Houston, and Fred, Port Charlotte, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Rita Waechter, Muncie; two brothers, Earl Doolittle, Muncie, and George Doolittle, Jackson, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Corrello, Lima, Ohio; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Bessie Doolittle, died in 1976.
Services will be held at Meeks Mortuary at 11:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Martin Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and any time before services Monday.
He was born in Cumberland, Wis., and came to Muncie as a child with his parents, Sylvester and Alice Fairbanks Doolittle. He attended Garfield Elementary School.
Mr. Doolittle retired as a salesman in the hardware department at Ross Corner in 1965, and earlier for 20 years, was superintendent of ground maintenance at Ball State University. He was a member of Avondale United Methodist Church, Delaware Lodge F&AM, and a former member of Carpenters Local 1016.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Erwin (Barbara) Mueller, Muncie; five sons, Kenneth and Donald Doolittle, both of Muncie, Sylvester, Artesia, N.M., John, Houston, and Fred, Port Charlotte, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Rita Waechter, Muncie; two brothers, Earl Doolittle, Muncie, and George Doolittle, Jackson, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Corrello, Lima, Ohio; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Bessie Doolittle, died in 1976.
Services will be held at Meeks Mortuary at 11:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Martin Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and any time before services Monday.
Lloyd L. Doolittle, 89, 5401 Barley Court, died today in the Fountain View Place following an extended illness.
He was born in Cumberland, Wis., and came to Muncie as a child with his parents, Sylvester and Alice Fairbanks Doolittle. He attended Garfield Elementary School.
Mr. Doolittle retired as a salesman in the hardware department at Ross Corner in 1965, and earlier for 20 years, was superintendent of ground maintenance at Ball State University. He was a member of Avondale United Methodist Church, Delaware Lodge F&AM, and a former member of Carpenters Local 1016.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Erwin (Barbara) Mueller, Muncie; five sons, Kenneth and Donald Doolittle, both of Muncie, Sylvester, Artesia, N.M., John, Houston, and Fred, Port Charlotte, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Rita Waechter, Muncie; two brothers, Earl Doolittle, Muncie, and George Doolittle, Jackson, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Corrello, Lima, Ohio; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Bessie Doolittle, died in 1976.
Services will be held at Meeks Mortuary at 11:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Martin Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and any time before services Monday.
He was born in Cumberland, Wis., and came to Muncie as a child with his parents, Sylvester and Alice Fairbanks Doolittle. He attended Garfield Elementary School.
Mr. Doolittle retired as a salesman in the hardware department at Ross Corner in 1965, and earlier for 20 years, was superintendent of ground maintenance at Ball State University. He was a member of Avondale United Methodist Church, Delaware Lodge F&AM, and a former member of Carpenters Local 1016.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Erwin (Barbara) Mueller, Muncie; five sons, Kenneth and Donald Doolittle, both of Muncie, Sylvester, Artesia, N.M., John, Houston, and Fred, Port Charlotte, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Rita Waechter, Muncie; two brothers, Earl Doolittle, Muncie, and George Doolittle, Jackson, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Corrello, Lima, Ohio; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Bessie Doolittle, died in 1976.
Services will be held at Meeks Mortuary at 11:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Martin Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and any time before services Monday.
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