Donald White

Carl married Gladys Ione Henry on 15 Feb 1938 in Guide Rock, Webster County, NE. Gladys (daughter of Ulric Dwight Henry and Verna Nancy Payne) was born on 19 Jul 1918 in Guide Rock, Webster County, NE; died on 6 Jul 1949 in Gulfport, MS; was buried on 10 Jul 1949 in Guide Rock, Webster County, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

IONE BECOME ILL WHILE LIVING IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI AND DIED OF A TYPE
OF BLOOD POISONING ASSOCIATED WITH AN INFLAMED GULL BLADDER.

THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM THE GUIDE ROCK SIGNAL ON THURSDAY JULY 14,
1949.

GLADYS IONE HENRY WAS BORN TO ULRIC AND VERNA HENRY ON JULY 19, 1918, AT
GUIDE ROCK, NE. SHE PASSED AWAY JULY 6, 1949, IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI,
AT THE AGE OF 30 YEAARS, 11 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. HER ENTIRE LIFE WAS
SPENT IN GUIDE ROCK UNTIL HER MARRIAGE TO CARL WHITE ON FEBRUARY 15, 1938.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WORKED HARD EVERY DAY OF
HER LIFE FOR HER LORD AND HIS CHURCH. SHE WAS FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH.
BECAUSE OF HER LIFE AND THE THINGS SHE DID, EVERYONE SPOKE WELL OF HER
AND KNEW THAT SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN.

JESUS SAID: "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR
GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN." THIS WAS TRUE IN IONE'S
LIFE. ALL WHO KNEW HER AND ASSOCIATED WITH HER WERE INFLUENCED BY HER
LIFE.

PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE A BABY SON ON JANUARY 20, 1939, AND HER
FATHER, ULRIC HENRY, WHO PASSED AWAY JUST THREE MONTHS AGO.

OF HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY SHE LEAVES TO MOURN HER PASSING HER HUSBAND, CARL
WHITE, TWO DAUGHTERS, KATHLEEN ANNE AND KAREN GLYN, HER MOTHER, MRS.
VERNA HENRY, TWO BROTHERS, GLEN AND NEIL, HER UNCLE, WIN HENRY AND A
GREAT NUMBER OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE METHODIST CHURCH
IN GUIDE ROCK WITH SERMON BY REV. WARREN HOCKMAN.

THE FOLLOWING TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF GLADYS IONE WHITE WAS WRITTEN BY
HOWARD E. MCENTEE, MINISTER OF THE GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI CHURCH OFCHRIST:

"IT IS FREQUENTLY THE MINISTER'S PAINFUL DUTY TO TRY TO FIND FITTING
WORDS AS HE STANDS OVER THE BIER OF ONE WHO, IN LIFE, DID NOT QUITE FIND
TIME FOR GOD, AND TOO OFTEN HE SUCCUMBS TO THE TEMPTATION TO, AS IT WERE,
"PREACH THAT ONE INTO HEAVEN."

"SUCH IS NOT THE CASE WITH GLADYS IONE WHITE. HER LIFE, UP UNTIL THE
UNTIMELY HOUR OF HER DEMISE, WAS ONE OF SIMPLE, YET MAJESTIC ELOQUENCE
PORTRAYING THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. HER UNTIRING
LABORS FOR HER MASTER WERE BUT A PERSONIFICATION OF JESUS' OWN WORDS
ABOUT THAT CITY, SET ON A HILL WHICH COULD NOT BE HID. HER ZEAL, NOT
WITHOUT KNOWLELDGE, MADE HER AN ADEPT SCHOLAR OF GOD'S HOLY WRIT AND
THROUGH HER STUDY AND MEDITATION SHE GREW IN FAITH AND WAS WELL
ACQUAINTED WITH HER LORD WHEN HE CALLED HER."

"WITH WILLING HEART AND HAND SHE CHEERFULLY ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING
REQUESTED OF HER IN REGARD TO THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE OF CHRIST, FROM
HELPING CLEAN THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP TO VISITING THE SICK OR LENDING A
TENDER HAND TO THE WEAK. EVERYONE LOVED HER FOR HER WORK'S SAKE."

"IONE'S UNTIMELY PASSING IS A SETBACK TO THE GULFPORT CHURCH OF CHRIST,
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR MEMORY OF HER CHARACTER WE ALL ARE STRENGTHENetherlands AND
HER INFLUENCE WILL LIVE ON AND ON TO INSPIRE US TO GREATER WORK."

"THIS FINAL PERSONAL THOUGHT--WHEN IT COMES MY TIME TO HEAR HIS LOVING
CALL I HOPE THAT I MAY BE AS WELL PREPARED TO MEET HIM AS ALL EVIDENCE
INDICATES IONE WAS."

Notes:

MY MEMORY OF MY FATHER IS RATHER VAGUE AT BEST, BUT, I NEVER REMEMBER HIM
SPANKING ME FOR THE THINGS I DID WRONG WHILE I WAS GROWING UP. HE ALWAYS
HAD TIME FOR ME AND REALLY BECAME A BUDDY TO ME. HE TAUGHT ME TO HUNT
AND FISH. I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY HOW HE CONTINUALLY STRESSED THAT I
RESPECT MY GUN AND WHAT IT COULD DO TO OTHERS. THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME
OF MY LIFE WAS SPENT WITH FATHER JUST BEFORE HE DIED. HE GAVE ME
INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE CARE OF MOTHER. THIS MOMENT IS STILL VERY VIVID IN
MY MIND TODAY.

I KNOW MY FATHER WANTED TO SEE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BECOME A REALITY AND
WHEN IT HAPPENetherlands HE WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY. HE THOUGHT THIS COULD LEAD TO
BETTER THINGS FOR FARMERS. HIS VISON OF THIS HAS PROVED TO BE CORRECT
MANY TIMES OVER.

MY FATHER WAS APPROACHING RETIREMENT AND I DO BELIEVE HE AND MOTHER WERE
THINKING ABOUT BUYING A SMALL ACREAGE JUST OUTSIDE OF SUPERIOR. I
REMEMBER DAD ASKING ME IF I WOULD MIND FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AT SUPERIOR.

I ALSO REMEMBER DAD DID NOT CARE TO TRAVEL AS HE WOULD BE AWAY FROM HOME
JUST A FEW HOURS AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO GET ON THE ROAD BACK TO HOME.
HE WASN'T REALLY HAPPY AWAY FROM HOME.

THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM THE GUIDE ROCK SIGNAL APRIL 14, 1949:.

THE FUNERAL OF ULRIC HENRY WAS HELD AT 2:30 SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH, WITH THE SERMON BY REV. C. F. WATTERS.

WITH MRS. A. MENDENHALL AT THE PIANO, MRS. E.A. MORANVILLE, ALLEN VAUGHAN
AND CECIL ALLINGTON SANG FOR THE SERVICE.

JUNIOR LEGION BOYS WERE USHERS AND HAD CHARGE OF THE FLOWERS. BURIAL WAS
MADE IN THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY.

PALLBEARERS WERE HAROLD DOYLE, BUREN REED, LOREN BAILEY, EARL DELAY, BILL
DELAY, AND TIM HENDRICKSON.

ULRIC HENRY DIED AS THE RESULT OF INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN HIS TRACTOR
OVERTURNetherlands.

THE FOLLOWING OBITUARY WAS READ AT HIS FUNERAL SERVICE:

ULRIC, YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES AND HARRIETT HENRY, WAS BORN DECEMBER 19,
1882, AT GLASCO, KS. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO GUIDE ROCK, NE. IN 1891
AT THE AGE OF NINE. THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE WAS SPENT ON THE FARM
SOUTH OF GUIDE ROCK. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE MARY LANNING HOSPITAL AT
HASTINGS, NE., APRIL 6, 1949.

HE WAS MARRIED TO VERNA PAYNE FEBRUARY 29, 1912. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN
FOUR CHILDREN, WAYNE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1929 AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS,
GLEN AND NEIL OF GUIDE ROCK, AND IONE WHITE OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
MARY, SON-IN-LAW CARL WHITE, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, KATHLEEN AND KAREN
WHITE, AND MICHAEL HENRY; ONE BROTHER, WIN, WHO LEVED WITH HIM, AND A
SISTER, MARY HIBNER OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

HE WAS A MAN OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER. HIS LIFE WAS SPENT WHOLLY FOR THE
DEVOTION AND WELFARE OF HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS WERE NUMBERED BY HIS
AQUAINTANCES.

Ulric married Verna Nancy Payne [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MY (SYLVIA PAYNE WILLIAMS) FATHER WAS A HARD WORKING FARMER. WHEN HE WAS
RAISING THE FAMILY (FOUR BOYS AND FIVE GIRLS) HE DID THE FARMING WITH
HORSES. AFTER WALKING BEHIND THE PLOW OR LISTER FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WHICH
WAS TIRING WORK, HE ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN, HE LOVED
TO PLAY THE VIOLIN FOR THEM. HE ALSO PLAYED THE VIOLIN FOR DANCES.
FATHER ALSO WENT INTO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IN CULBERTSON, NE. BEFORE
RETIRING.

I (NEIL) REMEMBER GRANDFATHER WILLIAM PLAYING THE VIOLIN IN 1950 WHEN I
VISITED HIM IN HIS HOME IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS BLIND AT THE TIME BUT HE
REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING.

William married Mary Elizabeth Gleason on 26 Aug 1888 in Trenton, Hitchcock County, NE. Mary (daughter of John S. Gleason and Nancy Ann Leeper) was born on 30 Jul 1870 in Munden, Republic County, KS; died on 20 Jan 1914 in Guide Rock, Webster County, NE; was buried in Guide Rock, Webster County, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MY (SYLVIA PAYNE WILLIAM'S) MOTHER, MARY ELIZABETH (EVERYONE CALLED HER
LIBBY) WAS SUCH A GOOD MOTHER. I WAS ONLY NINE YEARS OLD WHEN SHE PASSED
AWAY, BUT I CAN REMEMBER THE GOOD THINGS SHE DID FOR ALL OF US----LIKE
COOKING, SEWING, CANNING AND KEEPING US ALL IN SCHOOL.

SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD CHRISTIAN MOTHER.