Gordon C. (Shorty) Whiteaker, age 84 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Beverly Living Center-Westwood, Clinton. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Family will receive friends one hour before the service. Graveside services will be at 3:30 P.M. Friday at the Wamsley Cemetery, Cameron, Missouri. Family suggests contributions to Twin Lakes Hospice and may be left at the funeral home.

Gordon served in W.W. II and was stationed in Okinawa. he worked for Sears, Roebuck and Company in Kansas City and later worked for the Montrose School District. He was an Elder at the Chilhowee Restoration Branch of Jesus Christ Church.

He is survived by his wife, Ethel of Clinton, daughter, Virginia Lesmeister and two grandsons, Brad and Joey Lesmeister, all of Warrensburg, Missouri and three sisters, Minnie Pendelton of Kansas City, Missouri, Dorothy Whiteaker of Cameron, Missouri and Pauline Allen of Richmond, Missouri.