{"id":7500,"date":"2020-11-27T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:24:59","slug":"thomas-charles-tommy-whalen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/thomas-charles-tommy-whalen\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Charles \u201cTommy\u201d Whalen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thomas Charles \u201cTommy\u201d Whalen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 13, 1947 \u2013 Nov. 24, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TOPEKA \u2014 Thomas Charles \u201cTommy\u201d Whalen, Osage City, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was73.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy was born July 13, 1947, in Emporia, the son of Robert Lawrence and Lavern Marie (Smith) Whalen.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Robert Joseph Whalen and James Raymond Whalen.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by two sisters, Florence Barner, Delaware, and Constance Whalen Mauer, Austin, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews in Missouri, Colorado, Delaware, and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe worse thing about a disability is that people see it before they see you.\u201d Easter Seals.<\/p>\n<p>A private family service and burial was held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Osage City.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to Osage Nursing Activity Fund or Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation and sent in care of VanArsdale Funeral Chapel, 107 N. Sixth St., Osage City, KS 66523.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at Vanarsdalefs.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Charles \u201cTommy\u201d Whalen July 13, 1947 \u2013 Nov. 24, 2020 TOPEKA \u2014 Thomas Charles \u201cTommy\u201d Whalen, Osage City, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was73. Tommy was born July 13, 1947, in Emporia, the son of Robert Lawrence and Lavern Marie (Smith) Whalen. 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