WENDELL WITTEN
  
Former Resident Dies Sunday
Services Here Tuesday For Wendell Witten
  
Wendell Witten, 33, Lexington, formerly of Paintsville, died at
2:10 a.m. Sunday at St. Anthony Hospital, Louisville, following an
illness of several months.
  
Born at White House, he was the son of Mrs. Verlia Johnson Witten
and the late Raleigh H. (Ham) Witten.
  
A graduate of Paintsville High School, class of 1941, he attended
Berea College, Berea, KY, and was graduated from the University of
Kentucky in 1947.
  
He was veteran of World War II and a member of the Central
Christian Church of Lexington.
  
He was a former partner in the firm of Witten and Litten, Frozen
Food Dealers, Lexington.
  
Surviving besides his mother who now resides in Lexington, are his
wife, Willie Smith Witten, Lexington, one brother, Dr. R.E. Witten,
Louisville, and his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Johnson. Funeral
services were held in Lexinton, Tuesday morning and at the First
Christian Church of Paintsville at 3:00 Tuesday afternoon with the
Reverend Joseph Zavadsky officiating.
  
Burial was made in Johnson Cemetery at Thelma under the direction
of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home and the Milward Funeral Home
of Lexington.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 19, 1955 

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