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| Name |
Cale Whipple |
| Birth |
23 Sep 1931 |
Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Feb 1951 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCR-D1L |
| Death |
9 May 2014 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
16 May 2014 |
Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I153800 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
William Wilford Whipple, b. 9 Mar 1896, Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México d. 25 Dec 1944, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
Beatrice Thayne, b. 17 May 1904, Colonia Díaz, Ascensión, Chihuahua, México d. 6 Aug 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Oct 1921 |
Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
| Family ID |
F39292 |
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 | Birth - 23 Sep 1931 - Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Feb 1951 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 4 Jan 1954 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 9 May 2014 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 16 May 2014 - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
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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.
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