This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White, Wollard,, Roohr, Manley, Kraitz, Speer, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACE/1018 Message Board Post: The News-Times, Newport, OR Jan. 21, 2005 Erna "Ernie" Andrew White Erna "Ernie" Andrew White, 98, formerly of Newport died of natural causes at the Washington Oddfellows Home in Walla Walla, Wash. on Jan. 5, 2005. He was born to parents Mina C. (Wollard) and Theodore P. White on Nov. 5, 1906 in Amy, N.D. He attended Nashua, Mont. area schools. He married Catherine Roohr in Medford on Dec. 1, 1973. He was the co-founder of White Brothers and E.A. White Co. in Newport. After selling his business in Newport, he returned to Walla Walla and became vice president of White Brothers there. He was a lifetime member of the Elks and Eagles clubs B.P.O.E. #287. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Fleda Manley and Zella Kraitz; and brother O.A. White. Survivors include his wife Catherine P. White of Walla Walla; step-daughter Joanne F. Speer of Eagle Point, Ore.; adopted son Elliot A. White of Walla Walla; brother T. Wollard White of Walla Walla; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service was scheduled for today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Patrick Kerst officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Christian Aid Fund through the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder Street, Walla Walla 99362.