This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#139843) John Patrick Whalen <http://iagenweb.org/boards/allamakee/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=139843> AUTHOR: Diana Henry Die DATE: 1/5/2007 at 18:38:22 Surnames: WHALEN,RACHOR,FITZPATRICK,HURM John P. Whalen John Patrick Whalen, resident of Marion six years, died Thursday morning in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born at Caledonia Jan 8 1883, he was a retired roadmaster of the Milwaukee railroad. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. P. J. Rachor of Des Moines, Mrs. Henry Fitzpatrick of Madison, Wis., and Mrs., Carl Hurm of Lansing, and a brother, William J. Whalen of Chicago. Mr. Whalen was a member of the Knights of Columbus. The body is at the Brady mortuary. Funeral announcement will be made later. Cedar Rapids Gazette; 20 Mar 1952 Transcribed by Diana Henry Diedrich