Robert E. Whitney, age 90, of Mt. Prospect, formerly of Chicago, died July 5, 2019, at the Rainbow Hospice Ark Inpatient Unit, Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago. Veteran, US Army Corporal in the Korean War, retired sheet metal worker, and avid roller-skater. He was born October 31, 1928, in Chicago, to Hobart and Harriet, nee Dahlmann, Whitney.
Beloved husband of the late Elsie, nee Carlson; loving brother of Janette Martin and the late Hobart Whitney; fond uncle of seven, great-uncle of nine, great-great-uncle of two.
Visitation, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, from 9 a.m. until time of Funeral Service, 11 a.m., at HABEN Funeral Home & Crematory, 8057 Niles Center Rd., Skokie. Interment with military honors, Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.
Funeral info: 847.673.6111.