Dorothea Elle (Kimble) WHITE

KIMBLE, WHITE, MILLER, RICHARDSON, LUCIER, MANN, PETERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/5/2017 at 13:36:22

April 29, 1913 ----- June 1, 2017

Dorothea E. (Kimble) White, 104, Belmond, IA, a Nevada, IA, native and mother of Kenneth and Richard White former longtime Firestone employees, died, June 1, 2017, at the Westview Care Center, Britt, IA, where Dorothea had resided for the past few years. Dorothea White's funeral will be 11 AM, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Belmond United Methodist Church, 1031 1st Street S.E., Belmond. Burial will be beside husband Asa White, Jr. in the Nevada Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday from 10 am until the time of the funeral at the church. Sympathies and memorials may be sent in care of Dorothea White's family to the family at the address below.

Dorothea is survived by her sons: Kenneth (Evanette) White, 515 1st St. S.E., Belmond, IA 50421, and Richard (Joan Miller) White, 619 Pine Ave., Norwalk, IA 50211; additional survivors include her grandchildren: Julie (Mark) Richardson, Huxley, IA; Kenneth (Jolene) White, Polk City, IA, Todd (Robin) White, August, MO, Laura (Bruce) Lucier, Shawnee, KS, and Tim (Rhonda) White, Ankeny; and 18 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by parents George and Emily Kimble, brothers Virgil and Lowell and a sister Vivian Mann.

Des Moines Register -- Iowa
June 4, 2017

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Dorothea E. White, age 104, most recently a resident of the Westview Care Center, Britt, IA, formerly of Belmond, IA, and a native of Nevada, IA, died peacefully, Thursday, June 1, 2017, at the Westview Care Center in Britt. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Belmond United Methodist Church, 1031 1st Street S.E., Belmond, IA. The Reverend Leila Blackburn will be officiating. burial will be in the Nevada Cemetery, Nevada, IA. Visitation will be on Tuesday at the church from 10-11 AM preceding the funeral services. Andrews Funeral Home, Belmond, IA, is handling funeral arrangements.

Dorothea Elle Kimble was born April 29, 1913, at Nevada, Iowa, the daughter of George Anson and Emily W. (Peterson) Kimble. She was raised in Nevada and was the oldest living graduate of the Milford Township Schools Class of 1930. Dorothea was united in marriage to Asa E. White, Jr. on August 11, 1932, at Bethany, MO.

The couple's union was blessed with two sons, Kenneth and Richard White. The couple moved to Belmond, Iowa, in 1939 where they raised their sons and made a life for their family. Dorothea had been a loving and nurturing wife and mother and in addition to being a life long home maker, she had been employed for many years at the Model Cleaners and Waddington's Store in Belmond. She was always a hard worker and kept things very meticulous around her home, she fell and broke her hip at age 95 which eventually forced her to move to the Rehabilitation Center of Belmond where she lived until moving to Westview in Britt.

She enjoyed raising flowers and gardening and was very active in the past in the Belmond United Methodist Church ladies groups, such as the UMCW and various circles. She enjoyed sewing and embroidery and had made many of her own clothes. Dorothea was also an excellent cook. She was active as a volunteer with Meals On Wheels up until age 93 often delivering meals to people younger than her. Asa preceded Dorothea in death on December 10, 1983.

Her family and friends will reflect upon her memory as a truly staunch and forthright lady with pretty matter of fact personality, who loved her family and enjoyed times with the grandkids.

Dorthea is survived by her two sons: Kenneth and Evanette "Evie" White, Belmond, IA, and Richard (Joan Miller) White, Norwalk, IA; grandchildren: Julie (Mark) Richardson, Huxley, IA, Kenneth (Jolene) White, Polk City, IA, Todd (Robin) White, August, MO, Laura (Bruce) Lucier, Shawnee, KS, and Tim (Rhonda) White, Ankeny, IA; 18 great-grandchildren, step grandchildren and great grandchildren, and other extended family. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Asa E. White, Jr., a brother Virgil Kimble in his childhood, a sister Vivian Mann, and a brother Lowell Kimble.

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