Kenneth Allen Whittington, 89, of Sarasota, FL, died on May 2, 2013.
Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday at Palms-Robarts Funeral Home with inurnment following in Palms-Robarts Memorial Park with full military honors.
Kenneth was a WWII Navy veteran having received the Purple Heart, among many other medals.
He was a motorcycle police officer in Louisville, KY for 13 years before moving to Sarasota where he retired as Chief Mechanic Bottling from Tropicana after 32 years.
He is survived by his stepdaughter, Martha D. Osborne; stepsons, Pat Pearson and Michael Pearson; nine grandchildren, Daineen, Deanna, William, Richard, Michael, Briann, Rick, Michelle, Janice and thirteen great grandchildren.