Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....White, LG 2002
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Greenville Daily News, 3 May 2002

LG White, 80, of Millmont since 1970, died at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2002,
at his home.  He was born Sept. 6, 1921, in Belding, son of the late George
LeRoy and Bessie Lindsey White.  On Jan. 31, 1942, he married the former Ellen
“Mickey” Sterling.  She preceded him in death in 1994.  He then married the
former Janet L. Bange on Oct. 22, 1994, who survives.

Mr. White attended Belding High School.  In his late teen years, LG left home to
join the circus.  He participated in a variety of jobs including performing as
an escape artist.  Mr. White was later employed at the Willow Run Bomber Plant,
where he helped build B-24 Bombers.

In 1942, LG volunteered to join the Navy, where he held the rank of
Quartermaster Third Class.  During his service, he served on the vessels USS
Bancroft and USS Oconto.  Among the medals he received were the American
Theatre, Asiatic Pacific (3 stars), Philippine Liberation, and Victory Medal. 
He was honorably discharged Jan. 19, 1946.  Upon his return to Michigan, LG was
employed by Darling Freight, as a truck driver.  Eventually, he went to work for
Bastain and Blessing Co., Grand Haven, producing restaurant and soda fountain
equipment for 18 years.

As a young lad, LG heeded his parents’ teaching and gave his heart to the Lord.
 Later, in his teen years, he saw the Christian life as burdensome and
restrictive and he left home for a life that seemed more exciting.  But it was
2:00 a.m. on a morning in 1953 that he remembered vividly, when he stopped
running and returned in dedication to the Lord.  Mr. White marveled at how the
Lord had led him and blessed him after that time.  He was a pastor at Wolf Lake
Wesleyan Holiness Church, Wolf Lake, for seven years before moving to Millmont
in 1970.

Mr. White owned and operated Keystone Services, Inc., which installed and
remodeled kitchens for McDonald’s and Burger King restaurants.  He also
installed the kitchen equipment at God’s Bible School, Cincinnati, Ohio, of
which made him very happy.  Mr. White attended the God’s Missionary Church, New
Columbia.  LG was instrumental in the building of Evangelical Methodist Church,
RR2 Mifflinburg.  He enjoyed fishing and reading his Bible.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Joe L. White of Millmont; three
daughters and sons-in-law, Kaye and Gilbert Delamater of Six Lakes, Darlene and
Greg Lewis of Midland, and Dawn and Bob Woodard of Cincinnati, Ohio; one
stepdaughter, Joy A. Gingrich of Elizabethtown; a brother, Floyd White of
California; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in
death by two sisters, Nancy Johnson and Helen Hubbard.

Funeral services are Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Chapel,
Scottville, with the Rev. Arthur Fritz officiating.  Burial, with military honor
rites, will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil.  Friends may meet with
his family for a time of visitation on Tuesday, from 1:30 p.m. until the time of
service at the chapel.  Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the
donor’s choice.


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