Obituary: May Louisa LaVerna (Bielenberg) White (1903-1990)

Obituary for WHITE May L

Article from Dec 22, 1990 The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Obituary

INFORMATION FOUND IN THIS DOCUMENT:

****needs to be corrected, is actually for the obit from Yukon Sun, not this one****

  • Date & Location of Funeral
  • Date of Birth
  • Location of Birth
  • Resident of OKC area since 1906
  • (Parents homesteaded in 1906)
  • Occupations & activities
  • Church affiliation
  • Preceded in death by husband
  • Name of husband
  • Daughter Laura May & her husband Chet Brakefield, residing in Oklahoma City
  • Daughter Jane and her husband John Richardson, residing in Tallahassee, Florida
  • Grandchild Pamela DePersio
  • Grandchild Alan Brakefield
  • Grandchild Julie Richardson
  • Grandchild John Clint Richardson
  • 3 unnamed great grandchildren
Source Citation

The Daily Oklahoman, December 22, 1990, Page 6. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-obituary-for-white-m/125699455/ : accessed June 18, 2023), clip page for Obituary for WHITE May L by user cheerful_woman

Transcript

WHITE

May L., age 87, of OKC, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 1990, at Presbyterian Hospital in OKC. She was born March 16, 1903 in LeMars, Iowa and had been living in the OKC – Yukon area since 1906, still living on the homestead her parents settled at that time. She had been a farmer and homemaker and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Yukon, where she had been secretary of the Primary Dept. of the Sunday School Dept. for 35 years, and a member of the Goodwill Home Demonstration Club of Canadian County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clint White in 1969. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Lara May and Chet Brakefield of OKC, and Jane and John Richardson of Tallahassee, Fl.; grandchildren, Pamela DePersio, Alan Brakefield, Julie Richardson and John Clint Richardson; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 24, at 10:00 a.m., in the First Baptist Church in Yukon with burial in the Yukon Cemetery.

TURNER FUNERAL HOME
201 E. Main
Yukon, Ok       354-2533

People Mentioned:
May L. (Bielenberg) White
Clint White, husband
Laura May (White) Brakefield, daughter
Chet Brakefield, son-in-law
Jane (White) Richardson, daughter
John Richardson, son-in-law
Pamela DePersio, grandchild
Alan Brakefield, grandchild
Julie Richardson, grandchild
John Clint Richardson, grandchild
3 unnamed great-grandchildren