Francis X. Whalon, Jr.

Francis Xavier Whalon, Jr. of Perkasie, PA passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 25, 2024. He was 88 years of age. He is survived by his loving wife, Joan T. Whalon (Shumski) of almost 65 years. Daughter, Colleen T. Williams (Whalon), son-in-law Dennis M. Williams, grandson Michael D. Pappaterra, granddaughters Alexandria Slater-Williams, Brooke Williams and great granddaughters Naomi and Evelyn; and sister-in-law: Elaine Marchione. He was predeceased by his parents, Francis Xavier Whalon, Sr. and Edith J. Whalon (McCord).

Francis was born in Abington, PA during the Great Depression. He grew up in Churchville, PA where his parents ran a corner store. He grew up there watching his 4 aunts working the Bell telephone switch board right in their living room. He attended North Catholic High School. He was in the drama club played the lead in several plays, altar boy, boy scouts, football team and the head of the newspaper. He used to race at Langhorne Dirt Track with his cousin Johnny. He attended college at LaSalle University and graduated with a doctorate in Computer Science while going to school in the evenings. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. Francis and Joan met on New Years Eve in 1954 at the Concord Skating Rink in Mayfair. He married his sweetheart on June 13, 1959 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. During their marriage, they were the proud owners of 4 homes. They raised their only daughter Colleen in Feasterville and Doylestown.

His accomplishments are extensive. He was a lifetime and active Catholic belonging to St. Agnes Catholic Church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Assumption BVM Church and St. Christopher Church. He has been a long-time member of Silver and Gold with St. Agnes Catholic Church, The State Street Players, Knights of Columbus at OLMC, NRA, The Moose Lodge (Sellersville), American Legion (Sellersville), and Perkasie Owl Club Nest #1224. As a car enthusiast, he owned many cars over the years and was a member of the AACA and Goodtime Motorvators Car Club. Francis was the President of the Honeywell Users Group along with being the President and Convention Chairman of the Northeast Central HP Regional Users Group, Inc. (NCR). He worked at Thiokol Chemical Corporation and retired from Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company, Inc. (Horsham, PA) as the Chief Information Officer in 2000. In their retirement years, they enjoyed traveling around in their RV. Over the years, they had many adventures together; traveling around the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands. He was a devoted family man always putting everyone above himself.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made, in Francis's honor, to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation or Toys for Tots.