This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WHITNEY, LEAVITT, NELSON, SUTTER, COOPER, CORCORAN, GIBBONS, STORE, PETERSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12025 Message Board Post: PJ Obit 2/12/2001 Oliver V. Whitney, 80, of 1844 Mann Road, died at 4 a.m. Monday (Feb. 12, 2001) in Corry Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 9, 1920, in the town of French Creek, the son of Warren W. and Hannah Leavitt Whitney. He owned and operated the Lone Ranch Holstein Dairy Farm for 60 years. He was past president and a member of the Erie and Crawford County Dairy Association, a charter member of the Chautauqua County Breeders Association and a member of the West Mina Cemetery Association, where he served as president for 30 years. He was also president and a life member of the French Creek Historical Society and a life member of the National Rifle Association. He is survived by his wife, Florence A. Nelson Whitney of Clymer, whom he married Nov. 23, 1974; two sons: Daniel and Ben J. Whitney, both of Clymer; a daughter, Renee Whitney of Glendale, Ariz.; eight grandchildren: Charles and Arron Whitney, both of Corry, Warren Whitney of Panama, Jennifer, Jonathan, Jacob and Jason Whitney, ! all of Clymer, and Joshua Sutter of Glendale; a great-granddaughter; a stepson, Lorin Cooper of Falconer; a stepdaughter, Lucille Corcoran of South Stockton; nine stepgrandchildren; and a sister, Veneva W. Gibbons of Hillard, Fla. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley Store Whitney, who died July 12, 1973; a brother, Wilford Whitney on Dec. 3, 1954; a sister, Alice Peterson on April 8, 1997; and a stepson, Frederick Cooper March on March 27, 1995. Burial will be in Cutting Cemetery.