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Zimrye Edward White

Male 1912 - 1985  (72 years)


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  • Name Zimrye Edward White 
    Nickname Zim 
    Born 16 Dec 1912  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Nov 1985  San Mateo, San Mateo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated 4 Apr 1986  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6991  Rossville
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2019 

    Father Arthur Edmond White,   b. 31 Aug 1876, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1966, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Grace Evelyn Myers White,   b. Aug 1889, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1948, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1909 
    Documents
    Marriage- Myers, Grace-White, Arthur
    Marriage- Myers, Grace-White, Arthur
    Judge Schoch Ties Knot.
    Probate Judge Schoch served as a priest of Hymen this morning in binding together in wedlock Arthur E. White, aged 32 and Miss Grace Evelyn Myers, aged 20, of Rossville, Kan. The marriage ceremony was performed in the judge's office at 11 o'clock this morning and the couple left the court house with happiness beaming from their countenances as they embarked upon the more or less uncertain matrimonial sea.
    Family ID F4545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- White, Zim
    Obituary- White, Zim
    ZIM WHITE
    Zim Edward White, 72, second son of the ten children of Arthur Esmond and Grace Evelyn Myers White, late of South San Francisco, Calif., died Saturday, November 23, 1985, in Chope Community Hospital, San Mateo, Calif. He had been a patient there since November 4.

    Mr. White was born December 16, 1912, in Rossville, and attended schools in Shawnee, Pottawatomie and Jackson Counties in Kansas.

    In May of 1941, Mr. White moved with his parents to South San Francisco, where he had made his home.

    In May 1942, Mr. White was inducted into the U.S. Army in San Francisco and served until his honorable discharge at Camp Beale, Calif. January 7, 1946. He had received a Good Conduct Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, and a Combat Medical Badge. He was an ambulance driver during his military service.

    Mr. White was preceded in death by his parents, an infant sister, older brother, James T., in 1939, sister Faye and brother Ritchie in 1984.

    Survivors include four brothers, Don White, Campbell, Calif., Bob Pitney White, Jacksonville, Fla., Clayton E. White, South San Francisco, Calif; and William P. White, Carrollton, Tex.; one sister, Mrs. Peggy McAdon, Newbury Park, Calif.; two aunts, Miss Grace White, Rossville, and Mrs. Mildred Fisher, Topeka; an uncle, Clark E. Myers, Decatur, Ga.; six nephews and five nieces; many cousins and friends.

    Cremation in California will be followed later by a short service by the Jimmie Lillard Post of the American Legion at the family plot in the Rossville Cemetery.