WESLEY WHITESIDE 08/28/1932 - 09/25/2025 Wesley Earl Whiteside was born on the family farm outside of Chillicothe Missouri on August 28, 1932, the third child of Earl Franklin Whiteside and Bessie Amelia (Miller) Whiteside. He enjoyed a career in the Extension Service in Missouri and Iowa, and in 1974 became an independent home builder in Bettendorf, Iowa until retirement. He was a 1993 founding member of Quad Cities Habitat for Humanity, and headed the site selection committee for many years. He and Marilyn moved to Minnesota in 2014 to be closer to family. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years Marilyn Whiteside, brother Dale Whiteside, and his sister Virginia Lee Jones. Wes is survived by his two daughters, Shirley Whiteside (Byron Plumley) and Paula W. Holmes (Ted Holmes), four grandchildren: Anne Dubler (John), Katie Swartz (Paul), Emily Samsel (William) and Nick Holmes (Katie), seven great-grandchildren, his sister -in-law Marilou Whiteside, and many nieces and nephews. Wes died after a brief hospitalization following a major stroke. A memorial service is planned for October 16, 11:00, at the Ebenezer Care Center chapel in Burnsville, MN. A burial service will be held at a later date in Chillicothe, MO. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a memorial donation to Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities https://give.habitatqc.org/checkout/7269 or Liberty United Methodist Church in Chillicothe, Missouri.

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Published by Chillicothe News from Oct. 2 to Oct. 10, 2025.

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Memorial service

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Ebenezer Care Center

Burnsville, MN

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Kathy Renn

October 12, 2025

To the family of Wes,
My name is Kathy Renn, I live in the Ridgepoint Apartments here on the Ebenezer Campus. I had a couple good conversations with your father and grandfather, great grandfather and friend. We sat in our back patio area and chatted. He did tell me he had built some homes and was from Missouri talked a little bit about his faith and belonging to the Methodist Church. He was very kind to my grandchildren . they come to stay with me some during the summer and he would always speak to them if he saw them. Sometimes they´d be drawing with sidewalk chalk on the patio and he´d comment on their artist work. even though he didn´t always remember the details, I could tell from our conversations that he had had a fulfilling life and that he loved his wife very much! Truly, it seems like Wes was a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and friend to be proud of!!!! He was confident of his relationship with Jesus and I´m sure has joined Marilyn in heaven!
Kathy Renn

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