Barbara Ann White
April 27, 2022 at 11:22 p.m.
Barbara Ann White
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She was born on March 6, 1929, in North Manchester, to Bruce and E. Pauline Alter Kramer.
Barbara was a 1947 graduate of Chester High School and attended Manchester College. She married Timothy P.G. White on Nov. 22, 1965. Growing up in North Manchester, she drove deliveries for her father's dry cleaning business and later took an office position at Warner Brooder. Barbara worked for many years in the accounting and customer service operations at the Honeywell Foundation and Kroger Egg, both in Wabash. After moving to Lake Webster, she eventually retired from Uniroyal in Mishawaka, where she oversaw the customer service operations. Barbara loved her family and home, and was at her best when planning get-togethers for friends and family. She worked with integrity and loyalty in all she did - teaching those same traits to her children. Independence and strength were also goals she set for her family. Whether it was driving a delivery truck for her father's dry cleaning business at age 14, learning to fly an airplane in her teens, or water skiing on Lake Webster into her 50s, she always loved an adventure. A penchant for travel took her to almost all the 50 states and Europe. There were many family trips in a Country Squire station wagon packed with five kids and a cooler in the back.
Barbara Ann was loved dearly and will be missed for so many reasons, memories made from scratch noodles and pie crusts, skills her children never mastered, thousands of homemade cookies and for the beautiful flowerbeds that she nurtured wherever she lived.
She is survived by her husband, Timothy P.G. White, of North Webster; five children: Paula Rager, of Roann; Susan (Greg) Moore, of Lagro; David (Susan) Rager, of Cincinnati, Ohio; M.A. (Jeff) Hire and Laura Rager, both of North Manchester; four grandchildren: Theresa Rager, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Madison Hire, of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Sam Martindale and Joe Martindale, both of North Manchester; sister, Phyllis Werking, of North Manchester; and in-laws, Tom and Pat White, of Roann; and Shirley White, of Warsaw. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her son-in-law, Kenton Martindale.
Funeral services will be 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Friends may call 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Heartland Hospice.
The memorial guest book for Barbara may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
She was born on March 6, 1929, in North Manchester, to Bruce and E. Pauline Alter Kramer.
Barbara was a 1947 graduate of Chester High School and attended Manchester College. She married Timothy P.G. White on Nov. 22, 1965. Growing up in North Manchester, she drove deliveries for her father's dry cleaning business and later took an office position at Warner Brooder. Barbara worked for many years in the accounting and customer service operations at the Honeywell Foundation and Kroger Egg, both in Wabash. After moving to Lake Webster, she eventually retired from Uniroyal in Mishawaka, where she oversaw the customer service operations. Barbara loved her family and home, and was at her best when planning get-togethers for friends and family. She worked with integrity and loyalty in all she did - teaching those same traits to her children. Independence and strength were also goals she set for her family. Whether it was driving a delivery truck for her father's dry cleaning business at age 14, learning to fly an airplane in her teens, or water skiing on Lake Webster into her 50s, she always loved an adventure. A penchant for travel took her to almost all the 50 states and Europe. There were many family trips in a Country Squire station wagon packed with five kids and a cooler in the back.
Barbara Ann was loved dearly and will be missed for so many reasons, memories made from scratch noodles and pie crusts, skills her children never mastered, thousands of homemade cookies and for the beautiful flowerbeds that she nurtured wherever she lived.
She is survived by her husband, Timothy P.G. White, of North Webster; five children: Paula Rager, of Roann; Susan (Greg) Moore, of Lagro; David (Susan) Rager, of Cincinnati, Ohio; M.A. (Jeff) Hire and Laura Rager, both of North Manchester; four grandchildren: Theresa Rager, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Madison Hire, of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Sam Martindale and Joe Martindale, both of North Manchester; sister, Phyllis Werking, of North Manchester; and in-laws, Tom and Pat White, of Roann; and Shirley White, of Warsaw. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her son-in-law, Kenton Martindale.
Funeral services will be 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Friends may call 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Heartland Hospice.
The memorial guest book for Barbara may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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