Rick Whittaker, 71, of Laconia, Indiana, died Friday, February 21, 2025, at his home near Laconia.  He was born October 4, 1953, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the late Charles and Virginia Bowles Whittaker.  He was a retired truck driver for Walmart and Gettelfinger Farms and liked listening to old Rock and Roll and restoring cars.

 

Survivors include his wife, Michelle Humphrey Whittaker; his son, Charlie Whittaker (Tonya); his daughter, Belinda H. Wiseman (Dennis); his brother, Michael Whittaker (Barbara); and his grandchildren, Mackenzie Curl (Kyle), Madison Whittaker, Maison Whittaker, and Derrick Wiseman.

 

Funeral services will be private at Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home in Corydon.

 

The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 or at https://www.stjude.org/ or the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516 or at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/.