FARMINGTON —
Fred E. Whittemore, 88, formerly of Dixfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at the Sandy River Rehabilitation Center, where he had been a resident for three years.
He was born in South Portland on May 11, 1923, the son of Frederick and Evelyn Littlejohn Whittemore.
He was educated in the Dixfield school system. On Sept. 3, 1940, at the age of 17, he joined the Army National Guard. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, doing jumps in Italy, Sicily, North Africa and southern France. He was at the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne on Christmas in 1944, where they were surrounded by the Germans.
He worked at Diamond Match in Peru and the Oxford Paper Mill in Rumford. He was an independent house painter, retiring in 1988 from Logan Painters in Portland.
On Oct. 12, 1996, he married Betty Robbins White of Strong. He is survived by his wife, Betty, of Freeman Township; one daughter, Gay Pictou, of Lexington, Ky.; three sons, Terry Whittemore of Cape Cod, Mass., Cash Whittemore of Farmington, N.H., and Kevin Whittemore of Livermore Falls; a stepson, Robert Grover, of Veazie; a stepdaughter, Noni Badershall, of Freeman Township; several grandchildren, stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren; and two nieces.
He was predeceased by his parents; a sister, Ruth York; a brother, Francis Shaw; and several half brothers and half sisters.
Graveside services with military honors will be held at Riverside Cemetery in Dixfield.