Inez Whitaker Long, age 94, passed away on September 23, 2016 in Manteca, CA. She was born April 1, 1922 at the family home on North Street, to George and Edith Swanson. Her respective grandparents, Gust and Anna Bowman and Helen and George Swanson settled in Manteca in 1903 on Louise Avenue. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert “Bob” Whitaker, their son Mark Robert Whitaker, brother George Edmer Swanson, and second husband Thomas Long.