Melvin Eugene Whalen

MELVIN EUGENE WHALEN, the son of the late Roger F. and Margret A. Whalen, was born on 31 March 1933 in Doubs, MD. After attending Doubs Elementary School in Pleasant View, MD, he graduated from Lincoln High School in Frederick, MD. Two years later, he jointed the U.S. Army and served in the Korea. After his military service, he became a member of the Army Reserve. He pursued a career with Baltimore City Police Department and retired after thirty-one years. While a police officer, he was in a serious traffic accident that caused him severe head injury and a broken hip. While recovering from his injuries, he met his wife, Dorothy. She was his Nurse. To remain active after retirement,he drove a school bus for Baltimore City Public Schools until he moved to Doubs to help care for his aging parents. Melvin had a very close ties to his family; there was no greater love than his family. He was the youngest of three children. Joyce W. Neal is his oldest sister, and the late Rudy A. Whalen was the middle child. When he was small, he called himself Ray-Ray and always asked his mother which sister was his boss if they were left alone. He loved people, enjoyed socializing, and making jokes. He adored children and loved having them around. People enjoyed being around him. He was easy-going and dislike upset and discord. He had a heart of gold and would do almost anything to help others. New neighbors moved in cross the street. Within a week, they were sharing their meals with him. He enjoyed simple things. Westerns, the weather channel, old movies, and his number one love- football... The Baltimore Ravens. he enjoyed nothing better than sitting in his easy chair in front of the television with the remote control and the telephone. He loved to cook and had an extraordinary palate; he could identify seasoning in most dishes. As he aged, the crock pot became his close friend. Pork chops and sauerkraut was his crock pot specialty. And he never got his fill of broccoli. Sometimes he would eat broccoli for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He could make something out of nothing with his crock pot, though. The last few years of his life he was comforted by his closest friends and family. James "Buster" Hardy, Kenneth Ray Hardy, Richard Shankle, Joann Thomas, and David and Linda Richardson, and close friend Willie Wheatley. Royal and Velma Lawson and the Pleasant View Methodist Church Family. He will be fondly remembered by these friends and family, and his daughter Leonor Thomas, son-in-law Davis Thomas, grandsons Charlton and Charles, and great-granddaughter Charlize. After a short stay in the hospital, Melvin went home to be with our Lord on 26 January 2014. The music has stopped, but the song will ever be in our hearts. It is only fitting to borrow the words of Smokey Robinson as we are gathered here. I'll miss you, my buddy. I'll miss you, my friend. Our love for you will never end.

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Melvin Eugene Whalen

March 31, 1933 - January 26, 2014