Mary White

Mary Louise Baleme White was born May 03, 1940 in Merced California to Fred Modesto Baleme and Beulah Blanche Stanley. After her mother passed, her father remarried a kind woman Elfrieda Ellefsen. They combined families and Mary was number 10 out of 11 siblings. Mary passed away July 25, 2019 after a valiant fight with cancer.

She married the love of her life, Floyd Dean White in 1960, in the Los Angeles LDS temple for time and eternity and moved to Grand Junction in 1970.

She has traveled the world including visiting her sons in Chile, Japan, England, France, Australia, and Africa. She has had family reunions held in Egypt, Italy, Alaska, and Peru, where she spent her 50th anniversary hiking to Machu Pichu. She also traveled to many locations with beloved friends, and spent many weekends 4-wheeling with others. She and Dean served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Canary Islands. She spent many hours serving teenagers and had many extra children in her home throughout the years.

She was a woman of many talents. She was an avid quilter and seamstress, and enjoyed knitting, and crocheting, gardening, piano, and canning. She had lightening fast fingers typing and on the 10 key. She was a rare talent who learned short-hand as well. Other hobbies include Words With Friends, crosswords, and progressive rummy. She was known to make up fun games at parties. She was a life-long lover of tennis, often waking up in the middle of the night to watch the Australian Open. After her cancer diagnosis, she was proud that she beat her 22 year old granddaughter in an exciting match.

She leaves behind her husband of 59 years Dean and children Dina (Gary) Stoker, Brad (Heike) White, Peggy (Barry) Oliver, Carla (John) Kohls, Kelly (Shawn) Miller, Joe (Mita) White, 20 grandkids, and 7 great-grandkids. She also leaves behind many other great friends and family as well as a lifetime of fabulous memories.

Services will be held Monday, July 29th at 11:00 am at the Redlands Kingston LDS Chapel. Visitation will be 10:00 am, graveside services at Elmwood Cemetery 12:30.