Donald O. Whiteman [22010] ^130,350

   Cause of his death was natural causes.²³⁶⁸

  General Notes:

Buried inside "All Faith" Mausoleum, Level 2.
1971 Polk City Directory for South Bend, IN shows Donald as the owner of Whiteman Coal & Wood at 1011 S. Walnut Street (corner of Walnut and Sample Street). The same address is listed for Sanders Lumber & Sawmill. 1972-3 show no listings for Whiteman Coal & Wood, however, in 1974 and 1975, Donald is listed in the City Directory as an engineer for Sanders.

Today I went to what I thought was Sanders' Saw Mill and found that the name had been changed to Walnut Street Hardwoods, Inc. I spoke with Bob House, a lumber salesman who knew Don Whiteman. He said that Whiteman Coal & Wood and Sanders' Saw Mill were two separate businesses that co-existed in the same location. Whiteman Coal & Wood was located in a small shed type building that used to sit where the current parking lot is. There used to be a railroad track that ran beside the sawmill, and that used to bring in the coal. Behind the shed was an awning over a weigh scale where Don used to weigh out the coal. Mr. House told me that Don had a very rough last few years and had spent some time in the hospital. psg 7-26-2004

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: 2039 Southernview, South Bend, IN, 1975. ²³⁶⁸

• Social Member: St Joseph Lodge 45, F & AM. ²³⁶⁸

• Occupation: Treasurer, Whiteman Coal & Wood Co., Inc, 1953. ²³⁷⁰

• Soc Sec Num: 313-10-4791  . ²³¹

Donald married Vera Hirsch [22009] [MRIN: 10708] on 1 Aug 1931 in South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America ³⁵⁰.^,2368 (Vera Hirsch [22009] was born on 28 Nov 1910,^160,183,350 died in Nov 1995 in St Paul's Retirement Home, South Bend, IN ²³⁶⁹ and was buried in Riverview (Mausoleum) Cemetery, South Bend, IN ¹⁷⁷⁴.)