John G. Whinery Sr., 88, of Amarillo died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jeff Conway, pastor, officiating. Private burial will be at Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
John was born March 18, 1921, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Dr. Frank B. Whinery and Helen Swisher Whinery. Dr. Whinery was one of three children in a musical family. His mother and sister played harp, his aunt was professor of piano at the University of Iowa and all the men sang well. Iowa roots were deep on both sides of the family - law profession for the Swishers, dentistry for his father and grandfather.
Dr. Whinery's education included degrees of Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa in 1942 and 1944. He received his Master of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948.
In 1950, he married Mary Van Vliet, from Pella, Iowa, who came to the university in Iowa City to work on her master's degree. They shared a great and growing love for 60 years.
Dr. Whinery taught oral surgery at the University of Iowa until he resigned as head of the department. It was at that time that he and his bride moved to Amarillo to begin a home and raise a family.
Dr. Whinery practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Amarillo from 1952 through 1989. During this time he published papers in professional journals and lectured at state, national and several times internationally to dental and oral surgery audiences.
He served as president of the Amarillo Dental Society, Panhandle District Dental Society, Association of American Dentists, Southwestern Society of Oral Surgeons, Medical and Dental Staffs of Northwest Texas Hospital and High Plains Baptist Hospital and as a trustee of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Dr. Whinery was a member of the Texas Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was a Fellow of the American College of Dentistry, and Fellow of the International Society of Oral Surgeons. He was a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Locally, Dr. Whinery belonged to the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club, Gideon's International, and he served as an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He played saxophone in concert, marching and dance bands until WWII ended it. He enjoyed golf all his life. When Lake Tanglewood was new and his children were still at home, sailing small boats was a main action. He enjoyed the peace of being in the breeze on the water and the excitement and challenge of racing in regattas with each of his children, in turn, as crew.
From the early '60s he was an activist in support of the conservative movement.
He did woodworking, building parts of his home and furniture. Then, in his 40s when his friend showed him hunting, he fell for that. Countless outings and hunts he relived, enjoyed again by writing about them. Many of his short stories and 60-some poems were published in outdoor magazines.
John will be greatly missed by his golfing friends, hunting friends, Gideon friends, dentist and physician friends, but mostly by his family with which he spent much time going to harp recitals, football and basketball games, volleyball games and tennis matches. He enjoyed car trips, originally for golf outings with his wife and later golf and sightseeing; then, driving alone many times to Montana for hunts. John and Mary were very close and enjoyed doing many things together. He loved his church, a member of Westminster Presbyterian church since 1951 when they met in the Children's Home and the Wednesday evening dinners and Bible study classes with Christian friends.
Dr. Whinery had a deep love for the dental profession and his country superseded only by his love for his family and his God.
Dr. Whinery first experienced death from sudden cardiac arrest in 2002 while hunting elk on a Montana mountain. Resuscitation, then surgery restored his health for many more hunting outings.
Dr. Whinery was able to attend his 60th wedding anniversary celebration last Saturday, Jan. 23, where most of his family was able to come and celebrate with him and Mary. His family will always remember his happiness and joy on that evening.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; three children, John Whinery and wife Judeanne, Janie Whinery and Tom Whinery and wife Lisa. He was a beloved grandfather to seven grandchildren, Matt Whinery and wife Christine, Andrew Whinery, Sarah Jane, Graham Whinery, Ches Whinery, Kate Upchurch and husband Caleb and Claire Whinery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International, 2200 S.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 1, 2010
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jeff Conway, pastor, officiating. Private burial will be at Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
John was born March 18, 1921, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Dr. Frank B. Whinery and Helen Swisher Whinery. Dr. Whinery was one of three children in a musical family. His mother and sister played harp, his aunt was professor of piano at the University of Iowa and all the men sang well. Iowa roots were deep on both sides of the family - law profession for the Swishers, dentistry for his father and grandfather.
Dr. Whinery's education included degrees of Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa in 1942 and 1944. He received his Master of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948.
In 1950, he married Mary Van Vliet, from Pella, Iowa, who came to the university in Iowa City to work on her master's degree. They shared a great and growing love for 60 years.
Dr. Whinery taught oral surgery at the University of Iowa until he resigned as head of the department. It was at that time that he and his bride moved to Amarillo to begin a home and raise a family.
Dr. Whinery practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Amarillo from 1952 through 1989. During this time he published papers in professional journals and lectured at state, national and several times internationally to dental and oral surgery audiences.
He served as president of the Amarillo Dental Society, Panhandle District Dental Society, Association of American Dentists, Southwestern Society of Oral Surgeons, Medical and Dental Staffs of Northwest Texas Hospital and High Plains Baptist Hospital and as a trustee of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Dr. Whinery was a member of the Texas Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was a Fellow of the American College of Dentistry, and Fellow of the International Society of Oral Surgeons. He was a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Locally, Dr. Whinery belonged to the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club, Gideon's International, and he served as an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He played saxophone in concert, marching and dance bands until WWII ended it. He enjoyed golf all his life. When Lake Tanglewood was new and his children were still at home, sailing small boats was a main action. He enjoyed the peace of being in the breeze on the water and the excitement and challenge of racing in regattas with each of his children, in turn, as crew.
From the early '60s he was an activist in support of the conservative movement.
He did woodworking, building parts of his home and furniture. Then, in his 40s when his friend showed him hunting, he fell for that. Countless outings and hunts he relived, enjoyed again by writing about them. Many of his short stories and 60-some poems were published in outdoor magazines.
John will be greatly missed by his golfing friends, hunting friends, Gideon friends, dentist and physician friends, but mostly by his family with which he spent much time going to harp recitals, football and basketball games, volleyball games and tennis matches. He enjoyed car trips, originally for golf outings with his wife and later golf and sightseeing; then, driving alone many times to Montana for hunts. John and Mary were very close and enjoyed doing many things together. He loved his church, a member of Westminster Presbyterian church since 1951 when they met in the Children's Home and the Wednesday evening dinners and Bible study classes with Christian friends.
Dr. Whinery had a deep love for the dental profession and his country superseded only by his love for his family and his God.
Dr. Whinery first experienced death from sudden cardiac arrest in 2002 while hunting elk on a Montana mountain. Resuscitation, then surgery restored his health for many more hunting outings.
Dr. Whinery was able to attend his 60th wedding anniversary celebration last Saturday, Jan. 23, where most of his family was able to come and celebrate with him and Mary. His family will always remember his happiness and joy on that evening.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; three children, John Whinery and wife Judeanne, Janie Whinery and Tom Whinery and wife Lisa. He was a beloved grandfather to seven grandchildren, Matt Whinery and wife Christine, Andrew Whinery, Sarah Jane, Graham Whinery, Ches Whinery, Kate Upchurch and husband Caleb and Claire Whinery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International, 2200 S.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 1, 2010
John G. Whinery Sr., 88, of Amarillo died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jeff Conway, pastor, officiating. Private burial will be at Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
John was born March 18, 1921, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Dr. Frank B. Whinery and Helen Swisher Whinery. Dr. Whinery was one of three children in a musical family. His mother and sister played harp, his aunt was professor of piano at the University of Iowa and all the men sang well. Iowa roots were deep on both sides of the family - law profession for the Swishers, dentistry for his father and grandfather.
Dr. Whinery's education included degrees of Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa in 1942 and 1944. He received his Master of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948.
In 1950, he married Mary Van Vliet, from Pella, Iowa, who came to the university in Iowa City to work on her master's degree. They shared a great and growing love for 60 years.
Dr. Whinery taught oral surgery at the University of Iowa until he resigned as head of the department. It was at that time that he and his bride moved to Amarillo to begin a home and raise a family.
Dr. Whinery practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Amarillo from 1952 through 1989. During this time he published papers in professional journals and lectured at state, national and several times internationally to dental and oral surgery audiences.
He served as president of the Amarillo Dental Society, Panhandle District Dental Society, Association of American Dentists, Southwestern Society of Oral Surgeons, Medical and Dental Staffs of Northwest Texas Hospital and High Plains Baptist Hospital and as a trustee of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Dr. Whinery was a member of the Texas Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was a Fellow of the American College of Dentistry, and Fellow of the International Society of Oral Surgeons. He was a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Locally, Dr. Whinery belonged to the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club, Gideon's International, and he served as an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He played saxophone in concert, marching and dance bands until WWII ended it. He enjoyed golf all his life. When Lake Tanglewood was new and his children were still at home, sailing small boats was a main action. He enjoyed the peace of being in the breeze on the water and the excitement and challenge of racing in regattas with each of his children, in turn, as crew.
From the early '60s he was an activist in support of the conservative movement.
He did woodworking, building parts of his home and furniture. Then, in his 40s when his friend showed him hunting, he fell for that. Countless outings and hunts he relived, enjoyed again by writing about them. Many of his short stories and 60-some poems were published in outdoor magazines.
John will be greatly missed by his golfing friends, hunting friends, Gideon friends, dentist and physician friends, but mostly by his family with which he spent much time going to harp recitals, football and basketball games, volleyball games and tennis matches. He enjoyed car trips, originally for golf outings with his wife and later golf and sightseeing; then, driving alone many times to Montana for hunts. John and Mary were very close and enjoyed doing many things together. He loved his church, a member of Westminster Presbyterian church since 1951 when they met in the Children's Home and the Wednesday evening dinners and Bible study classes with Christian friends.
Dr. Whinery had a deep love for the dental profession and his country superseded only by his love for his family and his God.
Dr. Whinery first experienced death from sudden cardiac arrest in 2002 while hunting elk on a Montana mountain. Resuscitation, then surgery restored his health for many more hunting outings.
Dr. Whinery was able to attend his 60th wedding anniversary celebration last Saturday, Jan. 23, where most of his family was able to come and celebrate with him and Mary. His family will always remember his happiness and joy on that evening.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; three children, John Whinery and wife Judeanne, Janie Whinery and Tom Whinery and wife Lisa. He was a beloved grandfather to seven grandchildren, Matt Whinery and wife Christine, Andrew Whinery, Sarah Jane, Graham Whinery, Ches Whinery, Kate Upchurch and husband Caleb and Claire Whinery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International, 2200 S.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 1, 2010
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jeff Conway, pastor, officiating. Private burial will be at Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
John was born March 18, 1921, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Dr. Frank B. Whinery and Helen Swisher Whinery. Dr. Whinery was one of three children in a musical family. His mother and sister played harp, his aunt was professor of piano at the University of Iowa and all the men sang well. Iowa roots were deep on both sides of the family - law profession for the Swishers, dentistry for his father and grandfather.
Dr. Whinery's education included degrees of Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa in 1942 and 1944. He received his Master of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948.
In 1950, he married Mary Van Vliet, from Pella, Iowa, who came to the university in Iowa City to work on her master's degree. They shared a great and growing love for 60 years.
Dr. Whinery taught oral surgery at the University of Iowa until he resigned as head of the department. It was at that time that he and his bride moved to Amarillo to begin a home and raise a family.
Dr. Whinery practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Amarillo from 1952 through 1989. During this time he published papers in professional journals and lectured at state, national and several times internationally to dental and oral surgery audiences.
He served as president of the Amarillo Dental Society, Panhandle District Dental Society, Association of American Dentists, Southwestern Society of Oral Surgeons, Medical and Dental Staffs of Northwest Texas Hospital and High Plains Baptist Hospital and as a trustee of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Dr. Whinery was a member of the Texas Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was a Fellow of the American College of Dentistry, and Fellow of the International Society of Oral Surgeons. He was a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Locally, Dr. Whinery belonged to the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club, Gideon's International, and he served as an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He played saxophone in concert, marching and dance bands until WWII ended it. He enjoyed golf all his life. When Lake Tanglewood was new and his children were still at home, sailing small boats was a main action. He enjoyed the peace of being in the breeze on the water and the excitement and challenge of racing in regattas with each of his children, in turn, as crew.
From the early '60s he was an activist in support of the conservative movement.
He did woodworking, building parts of his home and furniture. Then, in his 40s when his friend showed him hunting, he fell for that. Countless outings and hunts he relived, enjoyed again by writing about them. Many of his short stories and 60-some poems were published in outdoor magazines.
John will be greatly missed by his golfing friends, hunting friends, Gideon friends, dentist and physician friends, but mostly by his family with which he spent much time going to harp recitals, football and basketball games, volleyball games and tennis matches. He enjoyed car trips, originally for golf outings with his wife and later golf and sightseeing; then, driving alone many times to Montana for hunts. John and Mary were very close and enjoyed doing many things together. He loved his church, a member of Westminster Presbyterian church since 1951 when they met in the Children's Home and the Wednesday evening dinners and Bible study classes with Christian friends.
Dr. Whinery had a deep love for the dental profession and his country superseded only by his love for his family and his God.
Dr. Whinery first experienced death from sudden cardiac arrest in 2002 while hunting elk on a Montana mountain. Resuscitation, then surgery restored his health for many more hunting outings.
Dr. Whinery was able to attend his 60th wedding anniversary celebration last Saturday, Jan. 23, where most of his family was able to come and celebrate with him and Mary. His family will always remember his happiness and joy on that evening.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; three children, John Whinery and wife Judeanne, Janie Whinery and Tom Whinery and wife Lisa. He was a beloved grandfather to seven grandchildren, Matt Whinery and wife Christine, Andrew Whinery, Sarah Jane, Graham Whinery, Ches Whinery, Kate Upchurch and husband Caleb and Claire Whinery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International, 2200 S.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 1, 2010
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