WHITE, Mary Ware Stephen
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
COVINGTON, Ind. (CNS) -- Mrs. Mary Emma White, 94, of Covington, died at 2:50 a.m. today (July 2, 1969) at the Tall Trees Nursing Home in Covington, where she had resided for the past two years. Born Aug. 31, 1875 in Verden, Ky., she was the daughter of Achilles and Elizabeth Berry Ware. She married William Stephen in 1893. He died in 1910. In 1943 she married Charles White who preceded her in death in 1956. She was a resident of Fountain and Warren counties most of her life and was a member of the Galloway Chapel Church. She is a former resident of Greene County. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. John (Beatrice) Garrison of Covington Route 1; four stepsons, Verl White, Roy White, and Leo White, all of Switz City, and Maurice Massing of Attica; a step-daughter, Mrs. Lucy Clark of Attica; 18 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EDT Saturday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home with the Rev. Alfred Dobbs officiating. Burial will be in West Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. --typed by Walt W