William Douglas White

1921 - 1981  (59 years)

• Name	William Douglas White
  Born	18 Nov 1921	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Feb 1981	Stanford, Santa Clara County, California
  Cremated	20 Feb 1981	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6990	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Preston White,   b. 24 Jan 1884, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 5 May 1962, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Edna Marie Myers White,   b. 20 Aug 1897, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 1 May 1976, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F2505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Marie Martinek White,   b. 3 May 1930, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Jan 1998, Terra Linda, Marin County, California  (Age 67 years)
  Married	May 1949
  Children	1. Sheree Jo White Althausen
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2018 11:18:56
  Family ID	F7130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- White, William 1 WILLIAM D. WHITE Last week the obituary of William “Bill” D. White was printed. Mr. White died of leukemia February 9, 1981, at Stanford, Calif. He was 59 years old. Omitted from the list of survivors was his wife, the former Agnes Martinek of Rossville, who he married in May 1949, and who now lives in San Rafael, Calif., and his daughter, Sheree Jo, who also lives in California. His body was cremated and memorial services were held at White Oaks Chapel, San Carlos, Calif., on Thursday, February 12. The remains were shipped to Rossville, where graveside services and burial will be at the Rossville Cemetery on Friday, February 20, at 10 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hematology Department, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.
  		Obituary- White, William 2 WILLIAM D. WHITE William Douglas White died early Monday, February 9, 1981, at Stanford, Calif. He had leukemia. Mr. White was born November 18, 1921, near Delia and attended 12 years of school in Delia and Rossville. He was known locally as “Billy.” He was graduated from Rossville High School in 1939, and in September of that year joined the U.S. Navy. During his Navy career, he was stationed at the Great Lakes Training Base, Illinois; San Diego, Seattle, Hawaii, Texas, Florida, and Massachusetts. After Pearl Harbor, Bill saw action from Australia to Korea. He was honorably discharge din December 1945, and returned to California where he spent the rest of his life. He was graduated from San Mateo, Calif., in 1949, and from the Kansas University School of Journalism in 1951. For several years he was a reporter for “The Independent Journal” in San Rafael, Calif. Bill was the older son of the three children of Charles Preston and Edna Marie Myers White. He was preceded in death by his younger brother, Gerald Preston, in 1924, his father in 1962, and his mother in 1976. Survivors include his sister, Doris Townsend, South San Francisco, Calif.; three aunts, Grace White, Rossville, Gwen McAfee, Decater, Ala., and Mildred Fisher, Topeka; two uncles, Vernon Myers, Rossville, and Clark Myers, Decater, Ga.; his cherished friend Lois Faucher, San Carlos, Calif.; many cousins and close friends. As a youngster, Bill attended the Delia Presbyterian Church. He had been a member of Palo Alto/Stanford branch of the NAACP for about ten years. Politically he was a Democrat. Inurnment was in California. William D. White SAN CARLOS, Calif. - William Douglas White, 59, San Carlos, died Feb. 9 at a Palo Alto hospital after a Iona illness. He was born Nov. 18, 1921, the son of Charles Preston and Edna Marie White. He attended public schools in the Rossville and Delia, Kan., area, and was graduated from Della High School. He was graduated from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism in 1951 and lived in California since 1952. Mr. White was a salesman in California for the past 15 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was married to Agnes Martinek in 1949. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Sheree Jo White, Milpitas, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Doris Townsend, San Francisco. Mr. White was cremated. Memorial services were Feb. 12 at White Oaks Chapel, San Carlos Military graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 20 in Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hematology Department, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.