Wasco-Umatilla County OR Archives Obituaries.....Whitman, Leo "Lee" Donald November 13, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 17, 2005
     Leo “Lee” Donald Whitman, 82, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005.
     He was born in Cass Lake Village, Minn., on Oct. 30, 1923, the oldest of 
four children to Donald Ralph and Melia (Schelke) Whitman. 
     He lived in a number of different places as a child, winding up in 
Pendleton. From Pendleton, he moved to the Washington coast, where he was 
living when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. He returned to Pendleton, where 
he joined the US Marines on Feb. 23, 1942. After eight weeks of boot camp in 
San Diego, Lee went overseas to American Samoa, where he spent six months in 
jungle training. 
     He was sent to Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian, before going to 
Pearl Harbor and on to the United States. He was stationed at the Bremerton 
Naval Depot and then Camp Pendleton, where he was discharged Feb. 26, 1946. 
     He returned to Pendleton, where he served as a city policeman for more 
than four years. He then moved to Reno, Nev., where he worked as maintenance 
superintendent for the city of Reno.
     He enjoyed fishing and hunting and was a member of the Eagles Lodge for 
45 years.
     He is survived by his son, Roger Whitman, Portland; sisters, Wilma Jean 
Kelley of Okeechobee, Fla., and Donna Micheals, Portland; his brother, William 
Whitman, Walla Walla, Wash.; special friends and caregivers, Bob, Patty, Stan 
and Jennie Pieckert.
     Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory with 
Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Meals-On-Wheels, PO Box 689, The Dalles, OR 
97058.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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