Robert D. “Bob” White

WHITE, PAULSEN, GALLOWAY, WOOD, MCALEER, BREEZE

Posted By: Ruth Maring- Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/28/2006 at 14:43:06

The Clinton Herald
Published: December 26, 2006 03:11 pm

Robert D. “Bob” White

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. today at Lahey Funeral Home, Lost Nation.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lost Nation.

LOST NATION — Robert D. “Bob” White, 77, of Lost Nation, died Saturday at Jackson County Regional Health Center, Maquoketa.

Burial will be in Lost Nation Cemetery with military honors accorded by American Legion Menzo Widle Post 381, Lost Nation.

He was born July 30, 1929, in Lost Nation to Edgar and Della Paulsen White. He grew up in the Lost Nation area. He married Madge Galloway in 1959 in Lost Nation.

He graduated from Lost Nation School in 1948.

In 1951, during the Korean War, he enlisted in the Air Force. He served for four years and attained the rank of staff sergeant.

He drove farm-to-market livestock trucks for his father’s business, White’s Trucking. He bought the business in 1972. In 1990, he sold the business and retired. After retirement, he drove a truck during the busy season for the Lost Nation Co-operative.

He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lost Nation, a 52-year member of the American Legion, served a term on the cemetery board and was a volunteer fireman in Lost Nation for several years.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Mark (Janice) White of Marietta, Ga., and Martin (Andrea) White of Alpharetta, Ga.; two daughters, Michelle (Graham) Wood of Cedar Rapids and Mary (Tim) McAleer of Evergreen, Colo.; five grandchildren; and one sister, Dorothy Breeze of Longview, Texas.

Memorials are preferred.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one niece.

Condolences may be made online at www.laheys.com.

Death date: Dec. 23, 2006