Earl William Whistman

  General Notes:

Obituary, from March 8, 2005 Hawaii Star-Bulletin (paper misspelled Harlan, Ky as Harlen, Ky):
Earl William Whistman
March 4, 2005
Earl William Whistman, 85, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired mechanic, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Harlen (sic), Ky. He is survived by wife Dorothy M., sons Roy and Ron, daughters Kathleen Carvalho and Earlene Needham, brothers Curt and Berl, sister Grace Carrico, 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Jehovah Witnesses Pahoa Congregation Kingdom Hall located at Paradise Drive and 25th Street in Paradise Park, Keaau.

  Research Notes:

http://starbulletin.com/2005/03/08/news/obits.html

  Medical Notes:

Grandpa was born premature (fit in a shoebox and his mother kept him on the open oven door to keep him warm). He quit school after the 5th or 6th grade to work in the coal mines to help his family financially. He had a lung removed (in the 1970's?), not sure if it was due to black lung from coal mining or smoking (which he quit in the late 70's).

Earl married Dorothy May Gilliam. (Dorothy May Gilliam was born on 9 Aug 1925 in Gurly, Nebraska.)