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Reed Whipple Best

Reed Whipple Best

Male 1918 - 2005  (87 years)

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  • Name Reed Whipple Best 
    Birth 6 Apr 1918  Shepherd, Isabella Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Dec 2005  Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Sullivan Township Cemetery, Ravenna, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I131680  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2024 

    Father Lorin Best,   b. 23 May 1897   d. Sep 1977, prob, Mission, Hidalgo, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Hildred Rose Whipple,   b. 16 May 1899   d. 1942 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 25 May 1916 
    Family ID F13597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Donna Jean "Peg" Shavalier,   b. 28 Mar 1928, Sullivan, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 2013, Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1946  Sullivan, Muskegon, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Private
     2. Private
     3. Private
    Family ID F65206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 21 Jan 2010. Cites Social Security Death Index: "Reed W. Best {son of 26350} b. 6 Apr 1918 d. 21 Dec 2005 prob. Fruitport, Muskegon, MI (last residence). He was a WWII veteran (PFC US Army) and is bur. in Sullivan Twp Cemetery in Muskegon, MI."

      !SOURCE: Email from Matthew O. Kingsley (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 5 Apr 2017. Cites 1920 census (gives state of birth).

      !SOURCE: Email from Matt Kingsley (email hidden) to the Whipple One-Name Study, 12 Sep 2024. Adds birth place, citing https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQJ-N9ZS

      !SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 54778945, cited 12 Sep 2024.


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