Marvin Whitmore

MARVIN WHITMORE Catonsville, Maryland On April 17, 2009, Marvin Whitmore, of Catonsville, MD. Beloved husband of Ruth S. Whitmore; loving father of Jean (David) Allen of Wheaton, IL, Stewart Whitmore of Burbank, CA, Janet (Harold) Weinberg of Potomac, MD, Bradford (Mary Ann) Whitmore of Wilmette, IL, Dr. Elizabeth Whitmore of Baltimore, MD; cherished grandfather of nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; dear brother of Nancy Sutton, Charles (Lauralee) Whitmore and the late Robert S. Whitmore; uncle of several nieces and nephews. Mr. Whitmore was born on February 19, 1919 in Baltimore, MD, the son of Otho and Janet Sheen Whitmore. Mr. Whitmore was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Michigan City, IN having served as Chair of the Trustees, Chair of the Administrative Board and Lay Leader. He also served as a member of the Rotary Club of Michigan City, a member of the Board of Trustees of DePauw University, a member and past president of the Advisory Board of St. Anthony Hospital (Michigan City), a Life Member of the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, a director of Sand Creek Club and a director of the Calumet Engineering Education Association. Mr. Whitmore was a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a mechanical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He retired as Assistant General Manager of Bethlehem Steel, Burns Harbor Plant (Burns Harbor, IN) after 41 years of service, having worked in various maintenance, engineering and operations positions at the Sparrows Point Plant in Baltimore, at Home Office in Bethlehem, PA, and then at Burns Harbor. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, from 3-5, and 7-9 PM, at STERLING-ASHTON-SCHWAB-WITZKE FUNERAL HOME OF CATONSVILLE, INC.; 1630 Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228, and on Friday, from 10:30-11 AM, at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Charlestown Retirement Community. A memorial service will follow at 11 AM, on Friday. Interment is private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First United Methodist Church; 121 E 7th Street, Michigan City, IN 46360.