Deceased Classmate: 1977 Lee Ann Whittenburg
Date Of Birth: 12-06-1959
Date Deceased: 12-24-2001
Age at Death: 42
Cause of Death: Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Classmate City: Chicago
Classmate State: IL
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: brother russ whittenburg, father bob whittenburg, stepmother margaret whittenburg, stepsister Linda Withers, stepsister Jennifer Harper, and husband Doug Myers
Lee Ann was an extraordinary human being and wonderful sister. She moved from Houston to Westport, CT, for her junior and senior years of high school, leaving many great and dear friends behind in Houston. She later went to TCU and after graduation worked in banking in Dallas.
She and Doug Myers, a Baylor grad and also a banker, married and eventually moved to Chicago, where Lee Ann began a new phase of her life, going back to school to be a physician's assistant. She graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1999 and became Evanston Hospital's first PA in the neruology department. She absolutely loved this second career, and her patients, many terminally ill, adored her, but it was all too brief.
She died of sudden cardiac arrest on Christmas Eve, 2001, while on vacation with her husband and in-laws in Key West, Florida. She died at the same age, 42, as her mother had in 1974. Her funeral at Christ Church in Lake Forest, Illinois, outside Chicago, was attended by several hundred mourners, many of them patients, doctors, and family members who had known her at the hospital. Lee Ann was laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Illinois.
Russell Whittenberg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE 12/31/2001
Lee Ann Myers, 43, of Evanston, a physician's assistant in Evanston Hospital's neurology department, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001 apparently of a heart attack, while vacationing in Key West, according to family members. Before becoming a physician's assistant, Mrs. Myers had a 16-year career as a banker in Texas. Born in Ponca City, Okla., Mrs. Myers graduated from Texas Christian University in 1981 and met her husband, Douglas, in 1983 in Dallas. The couple lived in Dallas before moving to Evanston six years ago. Mrs. Myers decided to change careers at age 38 and began taking pre-med classes. She was active in Christ Church of Lake Forest. Besides her husband, survivors include her parents, Bob and Margaret Whittenburg; a brother, Russell Whittenburg; two sisters, Linda Withers and Jennifer Harper; and a grandmother, Christa Mullins. Services have been held.
Lee Ann Myers, 43, of Evanston, formerly of Dallas, TX, beloved wife of Douglas W. Myers; loving daughter of Bob and Margaret Whittenburg; and daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. James Myers; fond sister of Russell (Barbara) and stepsister of Linda (Robert) Withers and Jennifer (Gerald) Harper; loving aunt of Jocelyn and Jamie Whittenburg; loving granddaughter of Christa Mullins; great-niece of Louise Devero. Visitation Friday, 4 to 9 p.m. at Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home, 1100 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette. Funeral Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001 11 a.m. at Christ Church Lake Forest, 100 N. Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 801, Chicago, IL 60611-4002. Funeral info, 847-251-8200.
Published by Chicago Tribune from Dec. 27 to Dec. 28, 2001.
Ann was stuck with me in homeroom class since we were both "W's". Bless her heart. I remember when her own mother died and how Ann had such amazing strength throughout that whole ordeal. Ann was always kind. She was always patient. Ann was always sweet. I was so surprised to hear that she had passed away at the same age as what her mother had died. I heard that she was walking on the beach with her husband and died in his arms. That's the way we would all hope to go one day... With a view of serenity, peace, and beauty and in the arms of someone we love.
I was so blessed to live across the street and about four doors down from Ann on Kingsride. Ann was kind, so very smart, fun and had such strong character. I was so sad to see that she had passed away, and happy to hear that she was walking on a beach with her husband when it happened.
Lee Ann Whittenburg (Myers) died of sudden heart failure on Christmas Eve, 2001 in Key West, Florida, while on vacation. She is survived by her husband, Doug Myers, of Evanston, Illinois, her brother, Russell, of Santa Monica, California, and her father, Bob, of The Woodlands, TX.
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David Berry (1975)
Lee Ann Whittenburg (Myers) died of sudden heart failure on Christmas Eve, 2001 in Key West, Florida, while on vacation. She is survived by her husband, Doug Myers, of Evanston, Illinois, her brother, Russell, of Santa Monica, California, and her father, Bob, of The Woodlands, TX.