WHALEN, GERALD RAYMOND - Gerald Raymond Whalen passed away at the Saint John Regional hospital on Monday, February 18th, 2008 after a lengthy illness which he bore with quiet courage. Gerald was born in Picadilly on April 30, 1929, the youngest of the family of the late Thomas Whalen and Theresa (O'Leary) Whalen and grew up on the farm adjacent to the Sussex Golf Course which his grandfather Daniel had purchased in the eighteen hundreds and which included the DeCourcy Lake together with the property now owned by the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources. After his father passed away in 1950, he and his brother, Carson operated the farm until 1959, when they sold it and moved to Saint John. In Saint John he worked for a time for the CPR. It was while there he purchased his house at 386 Lowell St., which he generously shared with his mother and two of his siblings. He then turned to carpenter work, mainly building family homes. He remained in that occupation for the rest of his working life. Gerald was a member of the carpenters union and a long standing parishioner of the Assumption Catholic Church. He is survived by his sisters, Mary and Teresa, both of Saint John, and by his brother, Fred of Sussex, and by his nephews, John McGinnis (Beth) of Fredericton, and Tom McGinnis of Saint John's NL, and his nieces, Mary (Don) Smith, Paula (Pat) McDonough, Geraldine (Don) Newman, Eleanor McGinnis, Christine (Pat) Kelly, Caroline (Mike) Ryan all of Saint John, and Carmel (Kevin) McCabe of Halifax. He was predeceased by his parents, his brother Carson, and his sister, Rita McGinnis, and by an infant brother, Thomas. Resting at Castle "Fallsview" Funeral Home (634-1701), 309 Lancaster Avenue, Saint John. Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Assumption Church on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 12 noon. Visiting at Castle "Fallsview" on Tuesday, February 19th from 7 to 9 pm and Wednesday, February 20th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Interment will take place in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Sussex, in the spring. Donations to a charity of the donor's choice would be appreciated by his family. Following the Service a reception will take place at the Fallsview Family Reception Centre. Online condolences may be made at www.castlefh.com.