Charlean Blanche Crain Whiddon Obituary
EASTLAND – Charlean Blanche Crain Whiddon, 81 years old, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
Private service and burial will be held in Eastland, Texas on Saturday, December 20, 2014.
Charlean was born in Elmira, New York on January 29, 1933, one of eight children to Frank and Helen Crain. Charlean married Samuel Whiddon in 1953 in Charleston, South Carolina where he served in the United States Navy. They lived in Florida and Louisiana before making their home in Pasadena, Texas in 1963. Charlean began working for the Pasadena Independent School District in 1974, managing the district's test kitchen and multiple school kitchens before retiring in 2001. Charlean graduated from San Jacinto College and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Pasadena. She loved people and mentoring others throughout her career. Charlean loved to say "Everyone needs ten hugs a day” and after retirement she helped host large annual gatherings of food service friends. Charlean and her husband moved to Fort Worth in 2005 to be near family members. Samuel Whiddon died in 2007 and has now been joined by his beloved wife. The suffering is over, and God is good. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”. Psalm 23:4
The family will always be grateful for the compassionate care provided by Encompass Home Health, Valley View Healthcare Center, Hendrick Hospice Care, and many loving caregivers.
Charlean was also preceded in death by her parents and siblings, son Stanley Whiddon, and daughter in law Cynthia Whiddon. She is survived by son Philip “Red” Whiddon and wife Chris Frost Whiddon of Eastland, son Nathan Whiddon of Denison, daughter Pamela Whiddon Cruz of Fort Worth, grandsons Frank Cruz and Nick Cruz of Fort Worth, sister in law Elaine Crain of Bonneau, SC , many beloved nieces, nephews, and friends. Memorials may be made to Hendrick Hospice Care, 1682 Hickory, Abilene, Texas 79601.