James Everette Whipple

METHUEN - James E. Whipple, 72, was born on Nov. 30, 1935 and died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 at the Merrimack Valley Hospital. He is survived by his loving wife, Gertrude Whipple; his three sons, Berthier Pelletier, Mike Andrews and his wife Anne Marie, William Whipple and his wife Suezanne; his five daughters, Jean and her husband Kenny Michaud, Mary Jane and her husband Eric Spaulding, Betty Whipple, Debra Whipple and Linda Whipple; his two brothers, Everette Whipple and Robert Whipple; his three sisters, Marylin and her husband Norman Berthel, Lorraine Watson and Lorraine Nelson; along with several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.