Submitted by: Dan Rich

Robert Dwain Whitmer

March 5, 1929 - Oct. 31, 1999

South Bend Tribune 11/3/1999

Robert Dwain Whitmer, 70, of Fort Myers, Fla., passed away after a lengthy illness at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, in Lee Memorial Hospital. He was born in North Liberty, Ind., on March 5, 1929, to Richard and Helen (Naragon) Whitmer. He was sales manager for the F.W. Means Company for 20 years and, in 1968, founded the Whitmer Sales and Service Company in South Bend. He married Carol Bierly on June 23, 1956, in North Liberty. She survives. He is also survived by two sons, Jeff (Christina) Whitmer of North Liberty and Tom (Karen) Whitmer of Madison, Wis.; three grandchildren, Jeff, II, Justen and Jenna Whitmer of North Liberty; and by two sisters, Josephine (Myron) Davis and Barbara (Darwin) Davis, both of North Liberty. Mr. Whitmer served in the armed forces in Korea from 1951-52. He served as a trustee of Liberty Township for eight years and was a school board member of the John Glenn School Corporation. He was a member of the Whiskey Creek Country Club, the V.F.W., and the American Legion, all in Fort Myers. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in North Liberty. He was a very loving husband, father and grandfather, and was much beloved by his family.