Kenneth White, age 85, of Thedford, Nebraska passed away on May 26, 2021 at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (CT) at the United Church of Christ in Thedford, Nebraska with Father Mike McDonald officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. (MT) in the Antelope Valley Cemetery in Oshkosh, Nebraska.
Memorials are suggested to the Antelope Valley Historical Church.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (CT) at the United Church of Christ in Thedford, Nebraska.
Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
The online guest book may be signed at www.govierborthers.com.
Kenneth was born on September 5, 1935 in Oshkosh, Nebraska to Hugh & Dorothea (Ray) White. He grew up on a farm north of Oshkosh with three brothers and four sisters and attended rural school and Garden County High School.
He married Helen Elizabeth McDonald on October 3, 1959 at Oshkosh, Nebraska. He worked for several ranches in the Sandhills including nineteen years for Howard & Bonnie Long north of Seneca, Nebraska. Kenneth & Helen moved to Thedford, Nebraska in 1985 and he was employed with the Thomas County Road Department for twelve years. He spent two summers haying for Bob Biltoft and did seasonal work for Upper Loup NRD and the Thedford Golf Course.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; daughters, Colleen Trisdale of North Platte, Nebraska and Deanna Miller of Clay Center, Nebraska; grandchildren, Amanda (Jesse) Furman of Gretna, Nebraska, Sheena Miller of Wahoo, Nebraska, and Brad Trisdale of North Platte, Nebraska; great-grandchildren, Rhiannon DeGunia, Hunter Else, and Emma & Miah Furman; brothers Lawrence (Pat) White of Okeechobee, Florida and Ray (Sandy) White of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; sisters, Patricia Starke of Alliance, Nebraska and Delores Facchinello of Columbus, Nebraska. He is also survived by brothers-in-law Tom, George and Jerry McDonald and John Stark; and sisters-in-law Esther (Arnold) Rogers, Elaine Heisey and Kathy Keaton; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Kerry Ann; infant granddaughter, Jennifer Cook; son-in-law, Brent Miller; brother, Floyd White and wife Marilyn; sisters Betty McConkey and husband Ron, and Darline Evans and husband Wyatt; brothers-in-law Rudy Starke, Joe Keaton, and Francis McDonald; and sisters-in-law Sharon Starke, Dorothy McDonald and Betty McDonald.