John L. White 1912-2005

WHITE, TURNIS, SLAUSON, RECKER, SCHUYLER, GARDERE, WIESE, ROLFES, SCHUYLER, MCDONOUGH, GUDENKAUF, STEVENS, TENLEY

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Date: 3/30/2018 at 20:20:06

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, February 10, 2005

John L. White, 92, of Heritage Manor, Dubuque, formerly of Dyersville, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Heritage Manor, following a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Jerry Kopacek officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 6 p.m.

He was born on Feb. 19, 1912, in Worthington, Iowa, son of Lawrence T. and Kathryn (Turnis) White.

He married Velma Slauson on Nov. 15, 1937, in Sand Springs, Iowa. They farmed in the Worthington area, moving to Dyersville in 1968. She died on Aug. 30, 1987.

John enjoyed playing cards with his neighbors, playing golf, gardening and going on outings with his family. He particularly enjoyed the annual Father's Day picnic. He also enjoyed spending the winter months in Arizona.

Surviving are two sons, Roy J. (Linda), of Earlville, Iowa, and Kevin (Karen), of Dubuque; two daughters, Linda (Glenn) Recker and Sylvia White, both of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Kelly (Ken) Schuyler, Kim (Bill) Rolfes, Jody (Sam) Recker, Jill (Ryan) Gardere, Jason (Amanda) Recker, Sara (Justin) Wiese, Julie (fiance, Curt Schultz) White and Brian White; seven great-grandchildren, Nikki White, Adam Rolfes, Danielle and Sydney Schuyler and Nicholas, Madison and Olivia Recker; two sisters, Kathryn Turnis, of Cascade, Iowa, and Grace McDonough of Monticello, Iowa; and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Marcella White and Mae Gudenkauf, both of Dyersville, Louis (Marie) Stevens, of Oelwein, Iowa, Joyce Tenley, of Anamosa, Iowa, Louis (Juanita) Slauson, of Manchester, Iowa, Don (Mary) Slauson, of Seattle, and Jane Slauson, of Webster City, Iowa.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, George White; a sister, Mary Turnis, and her husband, Ray; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Cyril Turnis, Don McDonough, Duane Slauson, Harry Slauson, Joe Gudenkauf, Grace and Louis Gudenkauf and Russell Tenley.

Online condolences may be left at www.kramerfuneral.com.

The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Heritage Manor for the wonderful care and kindness shown to John over the past five years. Also to Hospice (Amy, Kathy and Barb), Father Vogel, Father Kopacek and Father Hauer.