Lindsay Gazette, December 14, 1934: Local Matron Dies Tuesday At Home Here Plans for the funeral services of Mrs. Mary Della Whiting, 72, who passed away Tuesday, will not be made until the arrival of a daughter, Mrs. Belle Pierce, who is coming here from New York. Mrs. Whiting was born Nov. 28, 1862 in Delevan, NY, coming here twenty-three years ago with her husband, the late J.E. Whiting. Besides the daughter, two sons, G.W. Whiting of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Merle Whiting of Los Angeles, survive.