Celebrating the life of Rod Whitacre Rodney Alan WhitacreDecember 28, 1949 – May 22, 2023 Obituary ✚ Archive Rod Whitacre was a beloved professor, scholar, author, priest, spiritual counselor, ukulele player, friend, father, grandfather, and husband ... but most of all a servant of God. In October of 2022, Rod started to develop symptoms of lymphoma related to his October, 2018 kidney transplant. On January 19, 2023, he entered the hospital. Forty days later he made the decision to forego ad