• Born: 29 May 1924, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA ^{1 4 5}
• Marriage (1): Hilda Augusta PRUSER on 2 September 1944 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA ¹
• Died: 26 February 2007, near Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA at age 82 ^{1 3 5}
• Buried: 3 March 2007, Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, USA ^{1 6}

   Other names for Dewey were Dewey WHITE,^{4 7} Dewey G. WHITE ^{1 5} and Red WHITE.¹

  Burial Notes

Culbertson Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Nickname: Red.

• He has conflicting birth information of 29 May 1923 and Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA. ^{3 7}

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 4 April 1930 in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA. ⁴
  

White, Walter P.     Head   M  W  37       M  24   Missouri   Oregon     Missouri   Mill Mechanic / Lumber Company
-----  Edith         Wife   F  W  32       M  19   Missouri   Missouri   Missouri   none
-----  Jack          Son    M  W  11       S       Missouri   Missouri   Missouri   none
-----  Louis         Son    M  W   9       S       Missouri   Missouri   Missouri   none
-----  Dewey         Son    M  W   5       S       Missouri   Missouri   Missouri   none
-----  Bennie Jean   Son    M  W   3 6/12  S       Texas      Missouri   Missouri   none

• He had a residence in 1935 in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA. ⁷

• He worked as a contract farmer on 24 April 1940 in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA. ⁷

• He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 24 April 1940 in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA. ⁷
  

White , Lewis        Head       M  W  20  M   Missouri         Same House   Laborer / Brooklyn Company
      , Illah        Wife       F  W  18  M   Missouri         Same House
      , Gloria       Daughter   F  W   2  S   South Carolina   Same House

White , Preston      Head       M  W  48  M   Missouri         Same House   Laborer / Brooklyn
      , Lillian      Wife       F  W  41  M   Missouri         Same House
      , Dewey        Son        M  W  16  S   Missouri         Same House   Farmer / Contract Farming
      , Bennie       Son        M  W  13  S   Missouri         Same House
      , Allan        Son        M  W   7  S   Texas            Same House
      , Clara Ruth   Daughter   F  W  10  S   South Carolina   Same House

• His obituary was published in the McCook Gazette on 1 March 2007 in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA.
  
  Dewey G. 'Red' White
  Thursday, March 1, 2007
  
  May, 29, 1924 - Feb. 26, 2007
  
  RIVERTON, Wyo. — Dewey G. "Red" White, died Monday (Feb. 26, 2007) at the home of his son, ----- on Burma Road near Riverton, Wyo.
  
  Dewey White was born in Poplar Bluffs, Mo., on May 29, 1924, the son of Walter Preston White and Edith (Gillispie) White. The family moved from Missouri to Oklahoma and Texas, settling in Sumter, S.C., where he attended school.
  
  Mr. White enlisted in the military at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1941, where he met and married Hilda Pruser on Sept. 2, 1944. Upon his discharge from the U.S. Army, the couple resided in north central Kansas.
  
  On Sept. 2, 1956, they moved to Culbertson. Mr. White worked in construction, building the south canal at Culbertson, Red Willow Dam and Swanson Reservoir. In the late 50s, he worked for the Frenchman Valley Hitchcock and RedWillow for many years as maintenance supervisor.
  
  During retirement, Mr. White served as county commissioner and enjoyed traveling with his wife through most of the Southern states. The last two years, he spent most of his time in Wyoming with his family.
  
  Mr. White is survived by his son, ----- and wife, ----- of rural Riverton, Wyo.; two granddaughters, ----- ----- and husband, ----- and ----- ----- and husband, -----; step-grandchildren, ----- McCoy and wife -----, all of Riverton; step-granddaughter, ----- McCoy of McCook; great-grandchildren, -----, ----- and ----- -----, -----, ----- and ----- -----, -----, -----, ----- and ----- McCoy; one brother, ----- White of Gainesville, Ga.; other relatives and friends.
  
  Mr. White was preceded in death by his wife, Hilda on Dec. 29, 2003, one daughter, Barbara Jean White in 1974, and brothers, Jack, Louis and Allen.
  
  Services will be Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. John's Lutheran Church in Culbertson, with the Rev. Brad Rick officiating. Interment with military honors will be in the Culbertson Cemetery.
  
  Memorials may be given in his name and friends may call Herrmann Funeral Chapel in Culbertson from 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
  
  Herrmann Funeral Home of McCook is in charge of arrangements.

Dewey married Hilda Augusta PRUSER on 2 September 1944 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA.¹ (Hilda Augusta PRUSER was born on 19 May 1923 in Clifton, Washington County, Kansas, USA,^{1 3 5} died on 29 December 2003 in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA ^{1 3 5} and was buried on 2 January 2004 in Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, USA ¹.)