Reed Whipple Best

1918 - 2005  (87 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Lorin Best,   b. 23 May 1897   d. Sep 1977, prob, Mission, Hidalgo, Texas (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 d. 12 Jul 2013, Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1946	Sullivan, Muskegon, Michigan
  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.