Dennis Whitlow

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dennis R. Whitlow, 63, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, Oct. 21,2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 10, 1949, in Fairfield, Ill., to the late LeRoy and Mary Johnson Whitlow. He married Flora White on Nov. 23, 1968.

He was a member of the U.S. Army, Chaffee American Legion Post 389 and Country CBers. He was a retired painter for Lloyd Slinkard Painting Co. in Cape Girardeau.

Survivors include his wife of the family home; one son, Michael R. (Jeannie) Whitlow of Chaffee; one daughter, Danni (Mike) Jobe of Chaffee; one brother, John (Glenda) Whitlow of Fairfield; two sisters, Linda (Warren) Thomason of Aurora, Ill., Brenda (Wesley) Lee of Fairfield; six grandchildren, Monica, Melissa and Ryan Jobe, Ashley (Lee) Everett, Brittany and Chelsie Whitlow; four great-grandchildren, Ashtyn and Audryna Rhodes, Sophia Whitlow and Tristen Everett.

He was also preceded in death by a sister, Doris Riddle.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with Rev. Bob Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee.