Funeral services for William C. Whitcher were held Saturday, August 11, 1979, at 11 a.m. at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, with Rev. Donald Jones of the United Methodist Church officiating. Organist was Mrs. Dorothy Kusel. Casketbearers were Herb Bruhn, Stanley Hansen, Doug Fischer, Lyle Jahn, Emil Ruhde and Tom Young, with interment in Manning Cemetery. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning was in charge of arrangements.

William, son of "Cap" and Alice (Moon) Whitcher, was born on May 13, 1881, in Aspinwall, Iowa. Had Bill lived, he would have celebrated his one hundredth birthday with the Manning Centennial.

He is survived by one daughter, Fergus Klein, Sioux City, Iowa, one son, Judson Whitcher, Gardena, California; 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Ruben Whitcher, Salinas, California.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 11, at the Ohde Funeral home in Manning with the Rev. Donald Jones, pastor of the United Methodist church officiating. Organist will be Mrs. Dorothy Kusel. Casket-bearers will be Herb Bruhn, Lyle Jahn, Stanley Hansen, Emil Ruhde, Doug Fischer, and Tom Young. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Mr. Whitcher is survived by a daughter, Fergus Klein, Sioux City; a son Judson Whitcher, Gardena, California; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren and a brother, Ruben Whitcher, Salinas, California. He was preceded by his wife on January 9, 1978, a son Ruel, about two weeks ago; his parents, a brother and five sisters.

Mr. Whitcher, who had been in long term care at the hospital for a year and a half, was born May 13, 1881, in Aspinwall, a son of "Cap" and Alice (Moon) Whitcher. He attended rural schools. On June 9, 1908, he was married to Effie Amelia Mitchel in Omaha. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad in Manilla for five years before moving to Manning where he operated a draying and trucking business and also served as night marshal for the city. During World War II, the Whitchers lived in Bellingham, Washington, where he worked in a furniture factory. After the war they returned to Manning and retired.