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Clyde Estel Willhite

Male 1926 - 2007  (80 years)


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  • Name Clyde Estel Willhite  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Born 21 Feb 1926  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Race White  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8] 
    Residence 1930  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Age: 4; Age: 4 9/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Stepson 
    Residence 1935  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1935  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Military 18 Nov 1943  [1, 5] 
    Age: 17 
    Residence 1944  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age: 18; RelationToHead: Self; RelationToHead: Mother 
    Died 15 Jan 2007  Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I9625  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father John Durkin,   b. Abt 1880, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1952  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Relationship Stepchild 
    Mother Mona Devere Willhite,   b. 17 Jul 1901, Allen County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1980, Allen County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married May 1929  Kohoka, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Mother Mona Devere Willhite,   b. 17 Jul 1901, Allen County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1980, Allen County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lolita Ann McKnight,   b. 15 Dec 1930, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 2016, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F10304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Feb 1926 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 4; Age: 4 9/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Stepson - 1930 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Apr 1940 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Apr 1940 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 18; RelationToHead: Self; RelationToHead: Mother - 1944 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Jan 2007 - Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at the United Methodist Church of the Covenant to honor the life of Clyde Willhite, 80, who passed away peacefully on Monday, January 15th, 2007 at Lafayette General Hospital.

      Visitation will begin at 10:00 am and the Rev. Willis Dear, Pastor, will conduct the service.

      Clyde was born in Humboldt, Kansas on February 21, 1926. He joined the Army Air Force in 1944 where he developed his lifelong interest and skills in drafting. He then attended the University of Oklahoma before employment brought him to Shreveport, Louisiana where he met and married the love of his life, Lita Ann McKnight. In 1956, he moved to Lafayette and began Drafting Services Co., providing specialized drafting services for Lafayette’s growing independent oil businesses until he retired in 2000.

      Clyde also served the community as a Cub Scout leader, Boy Scout leader, Little League baseball coach and as long-term president of the Holiday Park and Gardens Neighborhood Civic Association.

      Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Lita and his three children, Corky Willhite and his wife, Patty of New Orleans, Lisa Ferguson and her husband, Leon of Lafayette and Danny Willhite and his partner, Claire Coyne, of San Francisco; his four grandchildren, Alana Willhite, Krista Willhite, Lee Ferguson and Camille Willhite; three brothers and three sisters, J. D. Durkin, Joe Durkin, Raymond Durkin, Phyllis Caler, Nancy Chandler and Maryann Mueller, all living in Kansas.

      In lieu of flowers, please send donations in the name of Clyde Willhite to the United Methodist Church of the Covenant or to Hospice of Acadiana.
      ---http://www.fountainmemorialfuneralhome.com/obituary/86436, accessed 17 May 2018

  • Sources 
    1. [S950] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 549.
      Record for Clyde Estel Willhite

    2. [S49] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas; Roll: 692; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 127.0; FHL microfilm: 2340427.
      Record for Mona D Durkin

    3. [S4] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas; Roll: 692; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 127.0; FHL microfilm: 2340427.
      Record for Mona D Durkin

    4. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas; Roll: T627_1218; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1-11.
      Record for Mona Durkin

    5. [S110] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Original data: Beneficiary Identificatio;).
      Record for Clyde Willhite

    6. [S409] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Clyde Estol Willhite

    7. [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Clyde Estol Sr Willhite

    8. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas; Roll: T627_1218; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1-11.
      Record for Clyde Durkin


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