John Stevenson WHYTE, Jr.

WHYTE, STEVENSON, MCEACHRON, BENNETT, POJMAN, BYRD, FRAKES, HENRY, HILDERBRAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/29/2006 at 10:24:39

John Stevenson Whyte, Jr., 87, died September 10, 2004 at the USA Health Care Center in Clarion. Funeral services were held Monday, September 13 at the United Presbyterian Church in Goldfield. Rev. Tamara Entin officiated at the 10:30 a.m. service. Burial was in the Glenwood Cemetery in Goldfield.

John Stevenson Whyte, Jr. was born January 28, 1917, in Goldfield the son of John S. and Ruth (McEachron) Whyte, Sr. He graduated from the Goldfield High School in 1934 and began working for Whyte & Sons in 1930. John served in the United States Army, Red Bull Division of the 337th Infantry. He served from January of 1944 to October of 1945, relieved from active duty as a First Lieutenant and having received a Bronze Service Arrowhead Letter, EAME Ribbon with five Bronze Stars and a Combat Infantry Badge, as well as field promotions. On September 15, 1944, John was united in marriage to Marjorie Hilderbrand. They made their home in Goldfield. John was a member of the Presbyterian Church, where he served as a trustee and elder. He also served on the Goldfield City Council, President of Goldfield State Bank and the Board of Directors, Goldfield Improvement Corporation, as director and secretary of the Goldfield Telephone Company and also served many years on the Wright County Board of Review. He was past Commander of the Goldfield Community and its improvements.

He is survived by one son, Steve Whyte and wife, Nancy of Goldfield; one grandson; sisters-in-law, Pauline Henry and husband, Bill, Rosemary Byrd and Rodean Frakes; many nieces and nephews. John was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marjorie on August 14, 1997; sisters, Harriett Bennett and Betty Pojman; and one brother, Robert Whyte.

September 16, 2004
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