Lorraine Elisa White, 86, of Visalia passed away at Kaweah Delta District Hospital. She was born on April 12, 1915, in Bisceglie, Italy, to Cosmo and Lucia Damiani, and came to the United States with her family in 1920. She had five sisters and three brothers. She was a 1934 graduate of Edison High School in Fresno and later graduated from 4Cs College in Fresno. On July 4, 1942, she married Kenneth W. White in Reno, Nev. and following their honeymoon they established a home in Visalia. Lorraine was a stenographer and worked for Superior Olive Co. in Visalia and also worked for the Office of Price Administration during World War II. Following the birth of her only child, Kenneth W. White Jr., she became a full-time homemaker.
Lorraine was tiny in stature, standing only 4 feet 11 inches tall and never learned to drive. Following her husband's death in 1970 she decided that to get everywhere she wanted to go she would have to walk, and walk she did. For the next 23 years she walked daily to downtown Visalia to visit with acquaintances and to do her grocery shopping. She continued to do this until moving to Casa Grande Senior Care and later, Reimer's Senior Care Homes.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, Cosmo and Lucia Damiani of Fresno; sisters, Flora, Pola, Virginia, Rose and Claire; brother, Joe and Albert; husband, Kenneth and grandson Kenneth Douglas White. She is survived by her son, Kenneth W. White Jr. of Visalia and daughter-in-law Terry L. White; grandsons, Kristopher and Bradley White and great-granddaughter, Julian Samantha White.
Interment Visalia District Cemetery.
Visalia Times-Delta Oct 18 2001
Lorraine was tiny in stature, standing only 4 feet 11 inches tall and never learned to drive. Following her husband's death in 1970 she decided that to get everywhere she wanted to go she would have to walk, and walk she did. For the next 23 years she walked daily to downtown Visalia to visit with acquaintances and to do her grocery shopping. She continued to do this until moving to Casa Grande Senior Care and later, Reimer's Senior Care Homes.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, Cosmo and Lucia Damiani of Fresno; sisters, Flora, Pola, Virginia, Rose and Claire; brother, Joe and Albert; husband, Kenneth and grandson Kenneth Douglas White. She is survived by her son, Kenneth W. White Jr. of Visalia and daughter-in-law Terry L. White; grandsons, Kristopher and Bradley White and great-granddaughter, Julian Samantha White.
Interment Visalia District Cemetery.
Visalia Times-Delta Oct 18 2001
Lorraine Elisa White, 86, of Visalia passed away at Kaweah Delta District Hospital. She was born on April 12, 1915, in Bisceglie, Italy, to Cosmo and Lucia Damiani, and came to the United States with her family in 1920. She had five sisters and three brothers. She was a 1934 graduate of Edison High School in Fresno and later graduated from 4Cs College in Fresno. On July 4, 1942, she married Kenneth W. White in Reno, Nev. and following their honeymoon they established a home in Visalia. Lorraine was a stenographer and worked for Superior Olive Co. in Visalia and also worked for the Office of Price Administration during World War II. Following the birth of her only child, Kenneth W. White Jr., she became a full-time homemaker.
Lorraine was tiny in stature, standing only 4 feet 11 inches tall and never learned to drive. Following her husband's death in 1970 she decided that to get everywhere she wanted to go she would have to walk, and walk she did. For the next 23 years she walked daily to downtown Visalia to visit with acquaintances and to do her grocery shopping. She continued to do this until moving to Casa Grande Senior Care and later, Reimer's Senior Care Homes.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, Cosmo and Lucia Damiani of Fresno; sisters, Flora, Pola, Virginia, Rose and Claire; brother, Joe and Albert; husband, Kenneth and grandson Kenneth Douglas White. She is survived by her son, Kenneth W. White Jr. of Visalia and daughter-in-law Terry L. White; grandsons, Kristopher and Bradley White and great-granddaughter, Julian Samantha White.
Interment Visalia District Cemetery.
Visalia Times-Delta Oct 18 2001
Lorraine was tiny in stature, standing only 4 feet 11 inches tall and never learned to drive. Following her husband's death in 1970 she decided that to get everywhere she wanted to go she would have to walk, and walk she did. For the next 23 years she walked daily to downtown Visalia to visit with acquaintances and to do her grocery shopping. She continued to do this until moving to Casa Grande Senior Care and later, Reimer's Senior Care Homes.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, Cosmo and Lucia Damiani of Fresno; sisters, Flora, Pola, Virginia, Rose and Claire; brother, Joe and Albert; husband, Kenneth and grandson Kenneth Douglas White. She is survived by her son, Kenneth W. White Jr. of Visalia and daughter-in-law Terry L. White; grandsons, Kristopher and Bradley White and great-granddaughter, Julian Samantha White.
Interment Visalia District Cemetery.
Visalia Times-Delta Oct 18 2001
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