Raymond White

Visitation:Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Funeral services: Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Interment: will follow in the family lot of the Forsyth Cemetery in Forsyth, MT

Raymond W. White, age 86, of Miles City formerly of Forsyth passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2005 at the VA Nursing Home in Miles City.

Ray was born in Rosebud County, Montana on October 21, 1918. The family lived inVananda at the time and moved to Forsyth in 1929. Ray completed High School in 1938. Ray was employed by Foley Brothers in Colstrip from 1938 to April of 1942. He entered the Army and served with the United States 65th Signal Battalion. He was dropped by glider behind lines on D-Day. He was discharged on January of 1946, having achieved the rank of Master Sergeant.

He continued employment with Foley Brothers in Colstrip until 1959, he briefly lived in Billings, Montana, then worked in the western states as a lineman for various construction projects. He settled back in Forsyth upon retirement and lived at the family home until pneumonia overtook him in November of 1989. After a brief hospitalization, he entered the nursing home in Forsyth until going to the Veterans Hospital in Miles City, Montana a year later. He has survived throat cancer and various broken bone’s through his life. Ray was raised as a Catholic and enjoyed communion the last several years of his life.

Ray is survived by his son, Raymond L. White of Warner, OK; two grandsons: John Matthew White of Warner, OK; and Robert Lee White of Warner, OK; two sisters: Adelade Russell of Three Forks, MT; and Margaret Rangel of San Diego, CA; a niece, Yvonne Armstrong of Big Timber, MT; and various other nieces and nephews.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents, John and Christine White, a sister, Lorraine Kurka; two brothers: Dennis and Ralph White; and a son, John White.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.