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James Albert White
July 4, 1924 – June 8, 2018
James White, 93, died Friday, June 8, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids following a sudden illness.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, June 19, 2018, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church in rural Monticello, with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday, June 18, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Pastor Wade Reddy will officiate at the services.
Surviving are two children, John (Jackie) White, Anamosa, and Janet (Drew) Washburn, Loveland, Colorado; a daughter-in-law, Rose White, Lisbon; ten grandchildren, his very special granddaughter, Christa, Cara, Ben, Zach, Gabe, Braden, Nick, Rachael, Robert and Dalton; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Elfreda; a son, James O. White; and four brothers, Galen, Darrell, LaVere and Gary.
James Albert White was born July 4, 1924, in Anamosa. He was the son of James Hansen and Esther (Probst) White. Jim graduated from the Anamosa Community Schools in 1943 and then enlisted in the United States Army. He served in the Pacific Theater during his enlistment.
James married Elfrieda Wheling on August 31, 1948, at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. From 1950 until his retirement in 1988, Jim was a lineman for the Maquoketa Valley REC. Jim loved being outside at Fremont or Stone City or up along the Mississippi, North of Prairie-du-Chien, fishing, mowing or just tinkering.
He was a member of the Oxford Junction American Legion and volunteered a lot of time there.

Submitted by: Janet A. Brandt
Source: Anamosa Journal-Eureka, Anamosa, Iowa, 14 June 2018

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