Donald Kirkendall White (1917-1982)

WHITE, KIRKENDALL, DAVISSON, NEWTON, JENSEN, VERWERS, HALEY, PIPER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 2/19/2014 at 18:28:04

From Nevada Journal May 1982

DONALD WHITE

Donald K. White, 65, rural route 1, Nevada, died Tuesday, May 4, 1982 at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames.

He was born February 9, 1917 in Nevada, the son of Homer and Awilda Kirkendall White, and received his education in the Nevada Schools. On Dec. 28, 1940, he married Lola Davisson in Plattsbury, Mo. Mrs. White died in 1971 and Mr. White later married Alice Newton of Collins.

Mr. White spent most of his life farming in the Nevada area. He was a member of the Colo United Methodist Church, the Colo Lions Club, the Ames Elk Club, and was a past president of the Colo Telephone Co.

He is survived by four daughters, Rita Jensen of Ams, Judy Verwers of Colorado Springs, Col., Dianna Haley of Nevada, and Linda Piper of Norwalk; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 6, at 1:30 p.m. at the Colo United Methodist Church, with Rev. Harlan Babcock officiating. Burial will be in the Nevada Cemetery.

The family will meet friends at the Ryan Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. A luncheon will be served for Mr. White's friends and relatives Thursday preceeding the funeral at noon, at the Colo United Methodist Church.