The funeral service for Chester "Dutch" Whitaker will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2024 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Jack Darnell officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Chester "Dutch" Whitaker, 78, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024, in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was born on February 4, 1946, in Duncan, Oklahoma, to Chester H. and Georgia Mae (Arbuckle) Whitaker. On February 5, 1965 he married Mary S. Williams in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Dutch dedicated his career to the automotive industry, working as an auto mechanic. He owned and operated W&W Auto and the Shamrock Station at 2nd and H Avenue for several years. He also worked at Weldon Cox Pontiac and spent 33 years at Milo Gordon Chrysler Plymouth. After retiring from Milo Gordon, he reopened W&W Auto, where he worked until his final retirement.

He was a member of the Cache Creek Cowboy Church.  He enjoyed fishing and was an avid reader, especially westerns.  He also enjoyed car racing and built several mini sprint cars.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; four children, Kelly Filer and husband Steve, Laurie Espinoza and husband Thomas, Allen Whitaker and wife Jackie, and Connie Whitaker and fiancé Jason McDonald; nine grandchildren, Chelsea Filer, Jeremy Crabtree and wife Emily, Taylor Espinoza, Talon Weaver and husband Kaleb, Jenny Ward and husband Brian, Adam Whittaker and wife Aubrey, Carley Welch and husband Mitchell, Caden Thomas and fiancé Allison, and Branden Thomas; ten great grandchildren, Jaxyn, Gavin, Roczen, Asa Thomas, Blakely, Liam, Ava, Maximus, Walker and Hendricks; his brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Donna Whitaker; and his sister, Jeanette Brown.

His parents, a brother, Robert, and a sister, Ruth "Bunny" Grice, preceded him in death.