Services for Everett Wharton will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 17, in First Baptist Church, Luverne. The Rev. Ron Moffitt will officiate. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Everett M. Wharton, 84, Luverne, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Everett Wharton was born to Clarence and Ruby (Snodgrass) Wharton on Aug. 24, 1917, in Miller, S.D. He attended country school near Miller.
He married Sara May Norton on March 9, 1940, in Luverne. After their marriage the couple farmed northwest of Luverne. In 1963 they moved southwest of Luverne. He started his own water business. He worked for Culligan. After his heart attack in 1997 he retired and they moved to Centennial Apartments in Luverne.
Mr. Wharton was an active member of First Baptist Church in Luverne where he had been a Sunday School teacher, deacon, trustee and usher.
Survivors include his wife, May Wharton, Luverne; one son, Robert Wharton, Kansas City, Mo.; one daughter, Virginia (John) Allen, Newman, Ga.; two brothers, Eugene Wharton, Papa, Mich., and Ervin (Lorna) Wharton, Glenwood; one sister, Eva Moerke, Hardwick; and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Wharton was preceded in death by his parents.
A tree will be planted in memory of Everett Wharton by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.