Vermel Marie Whalen (née Scott; June 28, 1928 – March 13, 2013) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving a

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

area district from 1986 to 1998. Whelan was born in

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and went to the local high school there. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Whelan went to

Dyke College Chancellor University was a private for-profit university in Cleveland, Ohio. The school was founded in 1848 as Folsom's Mercantile College to teach basic bookkeeping and business skills. It underwent several changes of name and ownership during i ...

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, and

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where she received her certificates. Whelan served as a nurse in Cleveland. She was the administrator of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for the city of Cleveland. Whelan also served as assistant administrator for the city recreation department. She died in 2013 of cancer in Cleveland, Ohio.In Memoriam Vermel M. Whelan
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Women state legislators in Ohio Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Politicians from Cleveland People from Portageville, Missouri 1928 births 2013 deaths American nurses American women nurses Cleveland State University alumni University of Georgia alumni Deaths from cancer in Ohio 21st-century American women {{Ohio-politician-stub