Lester C. Whitlow, 82, of Monon, died Thursday, December 26, 2002, at Jasper County Memorial Hospital, Rensselaer. He had been in ill health for eight months.
He was born on July 28, 1920, in Tompkinsville, Ky. He married Myrna Margaret Skibeli on May 16, 1942, in Crown Point. She died on June 12, 1994.
He served in the U.S. Army and was a Pvt. 1st Class. He served during World War II in the 171st Medical Bn. in northern Europe and central France.
He was employed as a bricklayer for 40 years and with LTDF Steel in East Chicago for 20 years, and was retired.
He moved to Monon in 1987 from East Chicago.
He was a member of Local 6 Bricklayers Union, Merrillville; 32-Degree Mason; Scottish Rite, South Bend; Orak Shrine, Michigan City; and Monon Eagles Lodge.
Surviving are daughters Linda Skaggs of Highland and Lorraine Nie1sen of Griffith; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday at Kellogg Funeral Home with Rev. Linda Skaggs officiating.
Burial with full military rites was at Monon Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Monon First Response.
Keith W. Pfeil
Keith W. Pfeil, 70, of Monticello died Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at Home Hospital Hospice.
He was born in Hammond on August 4, 1932, to Muriel A. and Myrtle Hasselbring Pfeil. He married Ruth L. Heins in Oahu, Hawaii on April 11, 1959. She survives.
He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and served as a naval pilot.
He was a 1950 graduate of Hammond High School. He graduated from Purdue University in 1954 with a BS degree in chemical engineering.
He was a chemical engineer with Union Carbide of Boundbrook, NJ for four years. After moving to Monticello in 1984, he was a chemical engineer with Alloy Rods of Monticello, and retired after 20 years of service.
He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, Reynolds.
Other survivors include a daughter, Karren Pass of Lafayette; a son, Kirk Pfeil of Noblesville; a sister, Dee Certa of Black Mountain, N.C.; and five grandchildren.
A brother is deceased.
Funeral services were Saturday at Kellogg Funeral Home, Monon, with Pastor Charles Blakey officiating.
Burial was in Hughes Cemetery, Monticello.