William Donald “Bill” Whited was born on September 13, 1941, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Donald P. and Bonnie L. Whited, the oldest of two children. After a sudden recent illness and with family by his side, he passed peacefully into Heaven on Thursday evening, October 19, 2023, at Maryville Living Center, Maryville, Missouri.

Bill grew up around Tarkio, Missouri where he graduated from Tarkio High School in 1959. He was a talented athlete, musician, and he enjoyed entertaining many with his trumpet for several years throughout his life. He married Barbara E. Jones from Fairfax, Missouri on December 1, 1961. They resided in Tarkio while he was working on earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, Mathematics, and Science at Tarkio College in 1963. They had one daughter together, Lora Dawn (Whited) Ceperley. While in High School, all through college and through many summers after, Bill worked closely with his father as a heavy equipment operator for Whited & Sons, doing land excavations, and assisting throughout his life with the family farm.

After college, Bill began teaching Mathematics at Essex High School in Essex, Iowa in 1963 and continued as a student favorite until 1970. The family then moved to Emerson, Iowa where Bill began what would become his ultimate career path in the Banking industry at the Bank of Emerson. In 1973, Bill and the family next moved to Elm Creek, Nebraska where he had the opportunity to take the lead in opening a brand-new community bank. He greatly enjoyed the friendships he developed in Nebraska and always cherished the times spent hunting in the Platte River Valley. During this time, he also discovered his longtime hobby of golf, which he loved and enjoyed until his health issues in recent years prevented him from continuing.

In 1977, Bill moved to Maryville to serve as President of First Midwest Bank for several years, followed by independent consulting work, next leading the Bank of Craig from 1997 to 2002, then finishing at Citizens Bank & Trust in Rock Port until his retirement from Banking in 2007. During his business life, he was an active member of the Maryville Rotary Club, the Hospital Foundation Board, and served as long-time Treasurer of Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church for which has been a member since 1982.

He fell in love with and later married Jeanette Solheim on February 5, 1982. Together they enjoyed attending Church, travelling around to many locations for Square Dancing events, as well as to watch the many sporting events of grandchildren across multiple states throughout the country. Bill was a man of a Strong Faith, with a kind heart, and was a trusted and loyal friend to all. He had a wicked sense of humor, a fierce love of family, with an easy going, cheerful, disposition and almost always a smile on his face.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents Donald and Bonnie Whited, Tarkio. Bill is survived by Jeanette, his beloved wife of 41 years of the home; brother, Roger Whited (Susan) of Bonita Springs, Florida; daughter, Lora Whited Ceperley (Dana Buckner) of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; grandson, Nate Ceperley, granddaughter, Elizabeth Ceperley; stepson, Jim Solheim (Joyce) of Omaha, Nebraska, granddaughter, Jenny Solheim, grandson, Justin Solheim; stepson, Bob Solheim (Linda) of Scottsdale, Arizona; grandson, Jonathan Solheim (Sierra), granddaughter, Stephanie Solheim; stepdaughter, Jane Solheim Montoya (Alejandro) of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, grandson, Nico Montoya (Madeline), granddaughter, Monica Montoya Smith (Kevin), granddaughter, Annie Montoya Washburn (Dillon), grandson, Tomas Montoya, granddaughter, Natalia Montoya; four great-grandsons and six great-granddaughters.

Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maryville, Missouri

The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 25, prior to the service. Open visitation begins 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio.

Interment: Home Cemetery, Tarkio, Missouri.

In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials in Bill’s Memory to Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maryville.

Arrangements: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio.

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