Wyatt Robert Whitebread

Wyatt Robert Whitebread, age 14, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in a grain elevator accident at Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A private family Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Public visitation will be held 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 30, 2010 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be given in honor of Wyatt for the Carroll County Long Spurs Trap Shooting Team. Wyatt was born August 3, 1995 at home in Mt. Carroll, the son of Gary and Carla (Hitz) Whitebread. Even as a young child, he always had a generous heart and tried to be kind to everybody. As he grew into a young man, he shared his wonderful smile and can-do positive attitude wherever he went. He became friends with kids and adults all over the area.He loved riding his four-wheeler with his brother at the farm, shooting with the "Long Spurs Team", playing baseball, golf, basketball, playing in the pep band, swimming and playing video games with friends. He was a member of SS John and Catherine Catholic Church in Mt. Carroll.Wyatt is loved and will be dearly missed by his parents, Gary and Carla Whitebread of Mt. Carroll; his sister Amy (Jayson) Melin of Lake Zurich, Illinois; his brother, Zachary; his paternal grandmother, Jean Whitebread of Rock Falls, Illinois; a great Aunt, Barbara Melhus of Mt. Carroll; and several other Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Wyatt is preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Robert Whitebread and his maternal grandparents, Jim and Veray Hitz.