L. Esther White
HESSTON -- L. Esther White, 81, nurse
and teacher, died Saturday (Oct. 14, 2000) at Schowalter Villa in
Hesston.
She was born Oct. 14, 1919, to Samuel
and Mary (Horst) Kuhns in Manchester, Okla. They preceded her in
death. She married Allen White April 16, 1983, in India. He survives.
She graduated from Partridge High
School and received teachers training from Hesston College. She
taught in a rural school for four years. In 1945, she entered
LaJunta, Colo., Mennonite School of Nursing. After graduating in
1948, she worked in Colorado Springs. In 1950 she entered the
University of Washington, majoring in public health nursing, and
graduated in 1953. She did public health in Seattle until 1962 when
the Brethren Assemblies in Seattle sent her to India. She was a nurse
in a Christian hospital in Herbertpur, Northern India. After several
years as a nurse, the work closed and she did school nursing. She met
Allen White in India and they were married. They returned to the
United States in 1985. They lived near Peabody and later near
Hesston. Her hobbies included plants, gardening, playing Scrabble and
writing letters.
Other survivors include: five stepsons,
Ivan White of Hesston, Darwin White of Pikeville, Tenn., Donald White
of Chevy Chase, Md., Virgil White and Roger White, both of Newton; a
stepdaughter, Colleen Hoffman of Elkhart, Ind.; three brothers, Paul
Kuhns of Garden City, Stanley Kuhns of Goshen, Ind., and Mahlon Kuhns
of Girard; 16 step-grandchildren; and 13 step-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by: a
brother, Sam Kuhns; and two sisters, Ruth Oien and Magdalene Shirk.
Visitation will be until 9 p. m. today
and from 9 a. m. to noon Tuesday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in
Newton with family greeting friends from 10 a. m. to noon Tuesday.
Graveside service will be 2 p. m.
Tuesday at the Catlin Community Cemetery in rural Peabody.
Memorial service will be 3:30 p. m.
Tuesday at Whitestone Mennonite Church in Hesston with Pastors Louise
Wideman and Mike Bogard officiating.
Memorials have been established with
Christian Missions in Many Lands in care of the funeral home.
