Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....White, Ethel Mary December 3 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Ethel Mary White
Services: Thurs., Dec. 9, 11 a.m.

Ethel Mary White, 93, of Mulligan Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, peacefully 
passed away on December 3, 2004, in a local hospital. 

Mrs. White was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the sixth of twelve 
children of Italian immigrants. She married a young soldier, Henry Ervin 
White, in 1932, and upon his discharge from the service they began a long 
journey across the country at the end of the Great Depression in search of 
opportunity. They settled in Bakersfield, California. There she assisted her 
husband establish a successful business, raise two sons and became an active 
and well known member of St. Josephs Catholic Church, local volunteer 
organizations and the community at large.

In 1993 she and her husband moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia to be near their 
oldest son and his family. There she was active in Ascension Catholic Church, 
especially the Rainbows. In 1999 she became a resident at the Beth Shalom Home 
of Eastern Virginia.

Mrs. White was predeceased by her husband, Henry Ervin White; a son, Roger 
White; her parents, Josephine and Eugene Rogers; five sisters and five 
brothers. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Hubert and Dorothy 
Rogers of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and a son, Ervin Eugene White and his 
wife, Donna White of Winfall, NC. Mrs. White is also survived by three 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be held Thursday, December 9, 2004, 11:00 
a.m., at Church of the Ascension Catholic Church in Virginia Beach. The family 
will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will 
follow the service at Colonial Grove Memorial Park. 

Smith and Williams Funeral Home

(757) 490-2727 


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