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Note: Social Security Number: 298-20-8000 The state listed in the birth locality field
is where the Social Security Number was issued.
The zip code listed in the death locality field
is the last place of residence.
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 49686
Barlow Branch, Grand Traverse, Michigan
Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan
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Traverse City Record-Eagle
February 15, 2005
BRUCE DOUGLAS WHITE, 79, of Traverse City, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at Birchwood Nursing Center.
A full obituary will follow in a later edition of the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Arrangements are being handled by the Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Traverse City Record-Eagle
February 16, 2005
TRAVERSE CITY - Bruce Douglas White, 79, died Feb. 12, 2005, at Birchwood Nursing Center. Bruce was born Oct. 1, 1925, in Logan, Ohio, to Paul and Estella (Hartley) White.
After graduating from high school in Baltimore, Ohio, Bruce continued his schooling, graduating from the Detroit Institute of Technology. He then served his country as a 1st lieutenant with the Army Air Corps during World War II.
After the service, Bruce met Barbara Totten and they married Aug. 14, 1948, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Bruce graduated from the Detroit College of Law.
His legal career first began in private practice in Caro. Bruce then worked for Callaghan & Company, publishers. Bruce started work for the Michigan Supreme Court as executive director of the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, and then moved north as regional court administrator.
Bruce was a member of the Elks Lodge #323, State Bar Association, Local Bar Association and the Presbyterian Church. His interests included sailing and golfing, and he especially enjoyed his grandchildren.
Along with his wife of 56 years, Barbara, Bruce is survived by his children, Greg (Terrie) White of Ferndale, Mark (Mary) White of Menlo Park, Calif., Jody Law of Saline, and Susan (Boyd) Richards of Grawn. Bruce leaves a sister, Beverly White of Pickerington, Ohio; and nine loving grandchildren.
Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and two half-brothers.
Memorial services for Bruce will take place Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at 2 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church, 701 Westminster, with the Rev. Becky Chamberlain officiating.
Memorial donations would be appreciated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Arrangements are being handled by the Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Contributed by Sharon Compton Baatz
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