Bill White, age 93, died peacefully with his family around him on February 23, 2011 at Garden Terrace.
Bill was born September 28, 1917 in Chester, South Carolina to Nicholas Alonzo and Vilate Currie White. He graduated from South High in Salt Lake, where he met his sweetheart Phyllis Searle. They were married on June 21, 1941.
He served four years in the UT National Guard and during World War II he served in the 3rd Army Quartermaster Corp in Europe. He worked at Graybar Electric Company for forty years.
Bill joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1956 with his daughter Nicki. He was later sealed to his family on April 19, 1962 in the Los Angeles Temple.
He served in four bishoprics in California and Utah and was a high counselor and Bishop in the Salt Lake South Cottonwood Ward and Stake. Bill served eight years in the Membership Locator Mission at Church Headquarters.
Bill's beloved Phyllis passed away after fifty-six years of marriage on September 17, 1999. On February 14, 2001, Bill married Cherie McGhie Sorensen.
Preceded in death by his parents, a brother Nicholas Alonzo Jr., who was killed on the shores of Guam in World War II, a sister, Mary Louise Stoddard, and two baby sons. He is survived by his wife Cherie, son, Bill Jr. (Carolyn), daughter, Nicki Shurtleff (Steven), three step-sons: Sherman Sorensen (Tatyana), Kenneth Sorensen (Linda), and Richard Sorensen (Sarah), twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren. All who knew him will sorely miss Bill and his fun personality.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the LDS Church, 1250 East Murray-Holladay Road (4800 South). The family will receive visitors Friday, March 4, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), and Saturday at the Church from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on March 3, 2011.
Bill was born September 28, 1917 in Chester, South Carolina to Nicholas Alonzo and Vilate Currie White. He graduated from South High in Salt Lake, where he met his sweetheart Phyllis Searle. They were married on June 21, 1941.
He served four years in the UT National Guard and during World War II he served in the 3rd Army Quartermaster Corp in Europe. He worked at Graybar Electric Company for forty years.
Bill joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1956 with his daughter Nicki. He was later sealed to his family on April 19, 1962 in the Los Angeles Temple.
He served in four bishoprics in California and Utah and was a high counselor and Bishop in the Salt Lake South Cottonwood Ward and Stake. Bill served eight years in the Membership Locator Mission at Church Headquarters.
Bill's beloved Phyllis passed away after fifty-six years of marriage on September 17, 1999. On February 14, 2001, Bill married Cherie McGhie Sorensen.
Preceded in death by his parents, a brother Nicholas Alonzo Jr., who was killed on the shores of Guam in World War II, a sister, Mary Louise Stoddard, and two baby sons. He is survived by his wife Cherie, son, Bill Jr. (Carolyn), daughter, Nicki Shurtleff (Steven), three step-sons: Sherman Sorensen (Tatyana), Kenneth Sorensen (Linda), and Richard Sorensen (Sarah), twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren. All who knew him will sorely miss Bill and his fun personality.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the LDS Church, 1250 East Murray-Holladay Road (4800 South). The family will receive visitors Friday, March 4, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), and Saturday at the Church from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on March 3, 2011.
Bill White, age 93, died peacefully with his family around him on February 23, 2011 at Garden Terrace.
Bill was born September 28, 1917 in Chester, South Carolina to Nicholas Alonzo and Vilate Currie White. He graduated from South High in Salt Lake, where he met his sweetheart Phyllis Searle. They were married on June 21, 1941.
He served four years in the UT National Guard and during World War II he served in the 3rd Army Quartermaster Corp in Europe. He worked at Graybar Electric Company for forty years.
Bill joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1956 with his daughter Nicki. He was later sealed to his family on April 19, 1962 in the Los Angeles Temple.
He served in four bishoprics in California and Utah and was a high counselor and Bishop in the Salt Lake South Cottonwood Ward and Stake. Bill served eight years in the Membership Locator Mission at Church Headquarters.
Bill's beloved Phyllis passed away after fifty-six years of marriage on September 17, 1999. On February 14, 2001, Bill married Cherie McGhie Sorensen.
Preceded in death by his parents, a brother Nicholas Alonzo Jr., who was killed on the shores of Guam in World War II, a sister, Mary Louise Stoddard, and two baby sons. He is survived by his wife Cherie, son, Bill Jr. (Carolyn), daughter, Nicki Shurtleff (Steven), three step-sons: Sherman Sorensen (Tatyana), Kenneth Sorensen (Linda), and Richard Sorensen (Sarah), twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren. All who knew him will sorely miss Bill and his fun personality.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the LDS Church, 1250 East Murray-Holladay Road (4800 South). The family will receive visitors Friday, March 4, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), and Saturday at the Church from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on March 3, 2011.
Bill was born September 28, 1917 in Chester, South Carolina to Nicholas Alonzo and Vilate Currie White. He graduated from South High in Salt Lake, where he met his sweetheart Phyllis Searle. They were married on June 21, 1941.
He served four years in the UT National Guard and during World War II he served in the 3rd Army Quartermaster Corp in Europe. He worked at Graybar Electric Company for forty years.
Bill joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1956 with his daughter Nicki. He was later sealed to his family on April 19, 1962 in the Los Angeles Temple.
He served in four bishoprics in California and Utah and was a high counselor and Bishop in the Salt Lake South Cottonwood Ward and Stake. Bill served eight years in the Membership Locator Mission at Church Headquarters.
Bill's beloved Phyllis passed away after fifty-six years of marriage on September 17, 1999. On February 14, 2001, Bill married Cherie McGhie Sorensen.
Preceded in death by his parents, a brother Nicholas Alonzo Jr., who was killed on the shores of Guam in World War II, a sister, Mary Louise Stoddard, and two baby sons. He is survived by his wife Cherie, son, Bill Jr. (Carolyn), daughter, Nicki Shurtleff (Steven), three step-sons: Sherman Sorensen (Tatyana), Kenneth Sorensen (Linda), and Richard Sorensen (Sarah), twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren. All who knew him will sorely miss Bill and his fun personality.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the LDS Church, 1250 East Murray-Holladay Road (4800 South). The family will receive visitors Friday, March 4, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), and Saturday at the Church from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on March 3, 2011.
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