Laura Woodman White was born Mar. 13, 1875 near Ashley, Mich., being the eldest of four children born to James and Alice Woodman. She died Jan. 7, 1948 at her home in Ithaca, Mich. On Jan. 8, 1896 she was united in marriage to David Earl White. Their married life has been spent almost entirely in Gratiot County, most of it in or near Ithaca. The home was blessed with six children and in addition to their own children they have because of the death of their mothers taken care of two grandchildren as their very own. Every one that has known Mrs. White has proclaimed her to be a wonderful mother who attracted the affection of all children and young people who had the privilege of knowing her. Under the ministerial labors of Elder C. N. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. White experienced conversion and received baptism uniting with the Ithaca Seventh-day Advcntist church. Left to mourn are the husband, a brother Ira Woodman, (a Seventh-day Adventist minister of California); two daughters, Mrs. Theta Perry of Lansing, and Mrs. Alice McDonald of Caro, Mich.; two sons, Bernard and
Burt of Ithaca; six grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, several cousins and other relatives and a host of friends. The funeral service was held January 10, 1948, the writer officiating. A special delivery letter from Mrs. White’s brother in California says: “Just received the sad news of my sister’s passing. I
wish I might be there but that is impossible. She was the eldest of the children and I am the youngest. She was a wonderful sister to me in my younger days: more wonderful than I can tell. She was almost more of a mother than a sister in my early boyhood days. There never was a better woman.”
Ps. 48:14, “This God is our God; he will be our guide even unto death.”
E. R. Potter
Lake Union Herald
20 Jan 1948