Eileen Viola "Vi" Whitmire

Mrs. Eileen Viola Vi Whitmire, 83 died Easter Sunday April 24, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville, NC. Born June 4, 1927 in Madison, Wisc. she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Mary Catherine Walsh Whittemore of Chicago, Il. Funeral Services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday April 30 in the Chapel of Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. She leaves Behind to cherish her memory her daughters, Barbara Jean Gruver and husband Walter of La Mirada California, Nancy Scott of Pineville, NC and Cheryl Stroben and Mike of Huntersville; grandchildren, Teddy Gruver, Eli and Hannah Scott and Jason Medlin; seven great grandchildren; brother, Clarence Whittemore of Chicago; sister, Luci Cole of Issaquah, WA. She was a devoted wife, mother and friend. She enjoyed traveling with her husband in the US and Europe, first as an Army wife and later with the American Red Cross. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Whitmire brother, Robert Bud Whittemore and sister Mary Batjes.