Stephen Joseph White, 3 April 1919

Stephen Joseph White, 76, of Yuma, died January 12, 1996 at LaMesa Care Center. He was born April 3, 1919 in Malad, Idaho.

As a resident of Yuma for 28 years, he moved from Idaho in 1968. He became best in Yuma as proprietor of the Pecan Grove Laundromat, until his retirement in 1982.

He was a veteran and member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

Survivors include his wife Marie White, they were married Nov. 25, 1946; sons, Stephen Jeffery White of Nevada; George A. “Skip” White of Hawaii; daughter, Deborah Corethers of Glendale; sisters Ivy Conae of Yuma; Martha Cook of Idaho and Margaret Steimley of Utah. He has nine grandchildren.

FUNERAL SERVICES
January 15, 1996
Johnson Mortuary Chapel
Bishop Thomas Toleman, conducting

Organist – Loella Curtis
Opening Hymn – Yuma Second Ward Chorus
Opening Prayer – jake Colvin
Eulogy – George A. “Skip” White
Special Musical Number – Men’s Quartet
Spiritual Speaker – Craig Colvin
Closing Prayer – Janet Sandburg

Interment – Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Yuma, AZ

Casket Bearers
Joey White, Michael White, Kenneth “K.C.” Corethers, Brian Corethers

Graveside Military Rites by the American Legion Post #19