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Reed Whipple Best

BIRTH: 6 Apr 1918, Shepherd, Isabella Michigan
DEATH: 21 Dec 2005, Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan
BURIAL: Sullivan Township Cemetery, Ravenna, Muskegon, Michigan
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Father: Lorin Best (23 May 1897 - Sep 1977)
Mother: Hildred Rose Whipple (16 May 1899 - 1942)

Family 1: Donna Jean "Peg" Shavalier (28 Mar 1928 - 12 Jul 2013)

MARRIAGE: 7 Sep 1946, Sullivan, Muskegon, Michigan

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|--Reed Whipple Best 
|  (1918 - 2005)
|                                                                                              _Reuben Whipple _____+
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|                                                                      _Barton Olney Whipple _|_Molly Bass _________
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|                                                _Lewis Whipple ______|
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|                                               |                     |_Elizabeth Van Duzer __|_Martha Grissel _____
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|                        _Harry Arthur Whipple _|
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|                       |                       |_Maryette Coomer ____|
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|_Hildred Rose Whipple _|
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                        |_Linda Aldrich ________|
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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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