Sunday, January 09, 2011

Keith Marion White

Died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage
From the Butler Eagle:

Keith M. White, 89, of 145 Royal Oak Drive, Penn Township, died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born in New Bethlehem on July 31, 1912, he was a son of John C. and Anna Milliron White.
Mr. White was a 1931 graduate of Butler High School, where he was a starting football player. He received a bachelor of science degree from the former Slippery Rock State Teachers College, where he ran track. He also received a master of education degree in school administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
He began his teaching career in 1939 with Natrona Heights Junior High School, where he served four years as football and basketball coach.
From 1943 to 1953, Mr. White taught biology, chemistry, physics, health and physical education at Penn Township High School. He also served as athletic director and coached varsity basketball for girls and boys. He served as supervising principal of the Penn Township School District from 1953 to 1957.
Mr. White served as principal of Winfield Township High School from 1957 to 1958, the year before Knoch High School in Saxonburg opened. In 1960, he joined the Knoch faculty as a science teacher, serving until his retirement in 1973. He was a founding member of Knoch’s first local bargaining unit for the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
For 20 years, Mr. White served as a volunteer counselor with disadvantaged youth for the Rotary Juvenile Clinic in Butler. He was a charter member of Connoquenessing Lions Club, and his favorite hobbies were reading, gardening and golf.
Mr. White attended the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North Hills in recent years. For most of his life he was a member of the North Union Reformed Presbyterian Church near his home in Penn Township.
He is survived by a son, John A. White of Rumson, N.J.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a niece. He is also survived by special friend Beulah Byers.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Blair White, whom he married June 27, 1939, and died July 11, 1994; four sisters and four brothers.
WHITE — Friends of Keith M. White, who died Sunday, June 2, 2002, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the THOMPSON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 124 E. North St., Butler. Officers and members of the Connoquenessing Lions Club will meet at the funeral home at 6:45 p.m. Friday for a special service. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Union Reformed Presbyterian Church on Beacon Road in Penn Township. Wayne Spear, a retired professor with the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary, will officiate. Burial will be in North Union Reformed Church Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Connoquenessing Lions Club, c/o 222 Byers Road, West Sunbury, PA 16061.

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