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Cale Whipple

Cale Whipple

Male 1931 - 2014  (82 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 94 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Cale Whipple 
    Birth 23 Sep 1931  Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 22 Feb 1951  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCR-D1L 
    Death 9 May 2014  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 16 May 2014  Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I153800  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father William Wilford Whipple,   b. 9 Mar 1896, Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1944, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Beatrice Thayne,   b. 17 May 1904, Colonia Díaz, Ascensión, Chihuahua, México Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1921  Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F39292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marilyn Pearl Daniels 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1954  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Divorced May 1985 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F39357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Sep 1931 - Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 22 Feb 1951 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Jan 1954 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 2014 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 16 May 2014 - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary:
      Cale Whipple (September 23, 1931 - May 9, 2014)
      Salt Lake City, Utah - Cale Whipple returned to his Heavenly Father at t h e age of 82, on May 9, 2014 at 12:14 am, in Salt Lake City, Utah, afte r g oing into a diabetic coma on May 6, 2014. He was born September 23, 1 93 1 in Farmington, New Mexico to William Wilford and Beatrice Thayne Whi ppl e, both of his parents were born in the Mormon Colonies in Colonia Du blan , Chihuahua, Mexico. Cale was the 5th of 6 children. Cale passed pea ceful ly with his immediate family able to share his final hours on thi s earth.



      Both of his parents were born in the Mormon Colonies in Colonia Dublan , C hihuahua, Mexico. Cale was the fifth of six children. Both of Cale' s pare nts passed away when he was young, his mother when he was three ye ars ol d in Farmington, New Mexico, and his father, when Cale was thirtee n year s old in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the passing of his father on Chr istma s Day in 1944, Cale spent time with his siblings in both Sacrament o and C arlsbad, California. The siblings were very close and took care o f each o ther all their lives. While living, as a child, in Farmington, N ew Mexico , Cale remembered the love his mother and father had for him, t hat staye d with him all his life. Cale loved traveling with his father w ho was sel ling pots and pans to people on the Native American Reservatio n in New Me xico and Arizona. Cale told great stories of traveling with h is father an d what a fabulous cook his father was and how he shared hi s knowledge an d great food with the people on the reservation. Cale rema rked often of h is fond memories of the beautiful path to their New Mexic o home. His da d gathered colorful rocks from their travels and lined a d irt path with t hem. Cale's widow step grandmother, Orissa Allred Thayn e (Nephi Whork Tha yne's second wife), took an active part in Cale's lif e and was his surrog ate mother after Cale's mother passed. Nephi Whork T hayne passed in 1937 , two years after Cale's mother passed when Cale wa s five years old. Hi s step grandmother's children, the Whipple children , and their dad, Willi am, worked long days in the garden and orchard / f arm to provide food o n the table. The Thayne and Whipple children were v ery close in age. Lloy d Thayne, his uncle, were the same age and was on e of Cale's closest frie nd's through-out his life. Cale lived in Bellflo wer, California, where h e met one of his life-long friends at church, Ja ck Nelson, and they hav e always enjoyed hunting, fishing and sports toge ther. While Cale was liv ing in Bellflower, California, he graduated in 1 949, from Excelsior Hig h School in Norwalk, California.
      Life's Work/Service/Interests: Cale served in the Central Atlantic Stat e s Mission from 1951 to 1953 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d a y Saints. President and Sister Nalder presided over the mission and Ca l e remembered them fondly. He worked at a pipe bending factory for his B is hop, Lou Jones, in Bellflower, California, and worked on the construct io n of Hungry Horse Dam located in Montana for Mr. Simpson from Bellflow er , California, who was the supervisor. Bishop Lou Jones paid for Cale a n d his brother Boyd's tuition in the spring of 1953 to attend Brigham Yo un g University and they took many side jobs to pay for expenses beyond t h e tuition. On June 11, 1953, Cale was drafted into the United States Ar m y during the Korean War (which ended in July 1953). He entered at For t Do uglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, and was sent to Fort Ord, Monterey Bay , Cali fornia for basic training. In January 1954, Cale was assigned to U .S. occ upied Germany. Cale married Marilyn Pearl Daniels on January 4, 1 954, i n the Salt Lake LDS Temple. One week later, he left for Germany an d was a ssigned to be an instructor at the War Dog Training Camp in Lengg ries, Ge rmany, Bavaria. In May 1954, Marilyn was able to travel to Germa ny to liv e off base. Cale and Marilyn enjoyed traveling on short leave s with Alla n and Sandy Hale Dietlein to neighboring areas to enjoy the c ountryside . In the last nine months, they all shared a Bavarian home. Ca le was hono rably discharged from the Army with the Rank of Private Firs t Class in Ap ril 6, 1955, in Fort Hamilton, New York City, and then retu rned to atten d Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In 1956 to 1957 , taking a brea k from school, they lived in Washington, D.C., to work a t a Hot Shoppes r estaurant for J. Willard Marriott as a Manager. The Mar riott's evolved th e restaurant chain into the now famous Marriott Intern ational. Cale als o held various other jobs in Provo, Utah, at BYU (build ing Smith Fieldhou se), and Mountain States Steel on Geneva Road. Cale gr aduated with a Bach elor Degree with Business Administration from Brigha m Young University i n May 1959. In January 1960, they moved to Hollywood , California, for fiv e years where he worked as Manager Business Service s Department for the L os Angeles Chamber of Commerce. They adopted two-y ear-old twins, Laura an d Larry, in July of 1963; they were sealed to the m in the Los Angeles LD S Temple on January 6, 1965, a day after the adop tion was finalized. The y moved to Glendale, California, for two years; w hile there, he continue d to work for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerc e until 1967. They move d to Redlands, California, from 1967 to 1972, whe re Cale was the Manage r of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce. Cale and hi s family moved to Provo , Utah, in 1972. He worked with his brother, Verl and, making independen t films and variety shows for television until hi s retirement. During hi s life, Cale always had a special place in his he art for his family and f riends in the Mormon Colonies around Colonia Dub lan, Chihuahua, Mexico, a nd was able to visit multiple times the place t hat his parents and thre e older siblings were born. He always enjoyed sp ending time with his moth er's sister, Aunt Willa and Uncle Albert Wagne r and their families. Cal e always felt blessed to be a member of Churc h of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints; he loved sharing the gospel an d bearing his testimony of Jesu s Christ. Cale has held many positions i n the Church, Young Men President , Priesthood leader, Executive Secretar y, etc. While living in Hollywood , Cale was Second Counselor to Bishop L udwig T. Dethloff. He served on th e Los Angeles Stake High Council wit h one of his good friends. John K. Ca rmack. Attorney Carmack was instrum ental in helping with the adoption o f Cale's children. He was living i n Granger LDS 14th Ward, West Valley, S alt Lake City, Utah at the time o f his passing. In the spring of 1983, Ca le suffered from a Benign Brai n Tumor of the pituitary gland and was abl e to recover fully by having d octors remove the tumor by surgery and subs equent radiation therapy. Cal e had a passion for drawing and he loved sha ring his latest renderings . He filled his walls with his many drawings an d loved sharing his stori es of when he grew up and his adventures in hi s life. Cale was married f or 31 years before their divorce in May 1985, t hey have remained good fr iends for the past 61 years. Cale passed peacefu lly with his immediate f amily able to share his final hours on this earth . At the time of his pa ssing, Cale was living with his brother, Verland , in an apartment togeth er. Cale Whipple returned to his Heavenly Fathe r on May 9, 2014, at 12:1 4 am, in Salt Lake City, Utah, after going int o a diabetic coma on May 6 , 2014. He was 82 years old.