Gladys I. White

Gladys I. White, 92, of Deersville, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at New Dawn Health Care and Retirement Center in Dover, Ohio after a period of declining health. Born December 3, 1918 in Warnock, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Roxy (Warnock) Baumberger.

On April 10, 1937, Gladys married Woodrow Wilson White with whom she enjoyed over fifty-eight years of marriage until his passing on October 25, 1996. They are survived by a son, William W. White and his wife, Chris, of Mooresville, N.C.; four daughters, Mrs. Roy (Irene) Ferguson of Necomerstown, Mrs. Roy (Veda) Lukens of Waynesville, O., Mrs. Richard (Doris) Matthews of Deersville, and Mrs. Tom (Juanita) Mallernee of Lincolnton, N.C.; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Gladys was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker who had devoted her life to caring for her family. In her spare time, she enjoyed crocheting. She was Methodist by faith.

Her other surviving family includes a brother, Ralph Baumberger of Uhrichsville; two sisters, Maude Ellen Jones of Tippecanoe and Martha Stacey of Lahaina, Hawaii; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Marie) Fry; a grandson, Roy Ferguson, Jr.; a sister, Mary Loy; and five brothers, Howard “Dutch”, Bill, Bobby, Earl Ray, and Charles Baumberger.

Services for Gladys, officiated by Rev. Douglas Mallernee, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, in the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison. Interment will follow beside her beloved husband in Deersville’s Patterson Union Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Those wishing to honor Gladys’ memory by a charitable contribution are encouraged to do so to the charity of their choice.
R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home, Inc.
(740) 922-1970
www.lindseyfh.com