Jerry F. Whitworth

Whitworth, Jerry F. MISSION VIEJO -- Gerald "Jerry" Francis Whitworth, 75, passed away Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, from complications of pneumonia. Born in San Diego, California of parents Meretta Orlean and Gerald Wayne Whitworth, he is survived by his wife, Carol Whitworth; a daughter, Joell Whitworth Frank and son-in-law Roy Frank; grandchildren, Donald and Danielle Frank of Alpine; his brother, Gail Whitworth of Dillon, Montana; nieces, Cindy, Clarine, and Leigh Ann; nephews, Gregg and Kevin Whitworth; godson, Blake Anderson of Montana; sister-in- law, Dolores Whitworth of Goodyear, Arizona; niece, Lynnette Boyer; and nephew, Tim Whitworth of Alaska.

Viewing and Services: Viewing 1 p.m. and Services 2 p.m. will be held on Friday, February 21st, at Greenwood Memorial Park Chapel, 4300 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113.

The Ship

I am standing upon the seashore;

A ship at my side spreads her white sails

To the moving breeze and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

And I stand and watch at length,

She hangs like a speck of white cloud

Just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, “There, she is gone.”

Gone where? Gone from my sight-that is all.

She is just as large in mast, hull and spar as she was

when she left my side and just as able to bear her load

of living freight to the place of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not her and, just at the moment

when someone at my side says, “There! She is gone,”

there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices

ready to take up the glad shout, “There, she comes!"

And that is dying...

by Henry Van Dyke