The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday February 3, 1952 William H. Whittelsey. William H. WHITTELSEY, 87 of 1121 West 10th, died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born December 5, 1864 in Red Bank, N.J., and had lived in Topeka since 1881. At one time Mr. Whittelsey, with his late brothers, Harry and Bert, and his late sister, Susan, owned the nine Owl groceries in Topeka. Mr. Whittelsey had been retired sice 1925, when the stores were sold. He was a member of the Capitol Post No. 3, AOUW. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carl Mezger, 1121 West 10th, and Mrs. Scott Dougherty of McAllen, Texas; a grandson, Frederick Scott Mezger, 1121 West 10th; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Agnes Whittelsey, 1423 Washburn, and several nieces and nephews.