Gilbert LeRoy White

Gilbert LeRoy White, 82, died in Ritzville on July 17 after an extended battle with dementia and shortly after an apparent stroke.

Gilbert was born in 1934 to Anna and Robert White on the farm north of Ritzville. He was the youngest of three children and joined his two older sisters, Vivian and Evelyn. Gilbert grew up on a dairy farm along the South Fork of Crab Creek. He attended the Rocky Ford country school house north of the house up through third grade, and then attended school in Ritzville up through high school.

In high school Gilbert was a member of FFA and was a member of the football...