Mrs. Thelma Mae White
MRS. THELMA MAE WHITE, 40, died at 8:30 Monday evening at her residence, in Waynesboro. She had been in failing health for two years and critically ill and confined to her bed since May.
She was born in Waynesboro, daughter of Ross R. and Edna B. (Snider) Shockey and had lived her entire life in Waynesboro. She attended Waynesboro Public Schools and had been employed at Washington Hotel, the Unique Restaurant and was last employed at Penn Dairies.
She was a member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church and the Soladity.
Surviving are the following children: Sgt. Charles Donald White, Jr., Arlington, Va.; Lester Allen White, Waynesboro; and Miss Leta White, at home; two grandchildren; her father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Shockey, Waynesboro; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Fred Sanders, Gettysburg; Mrs. Barr Stoops, Chambersburg, Route 5; Mrs. Robert Snurr, Waynesboro, half brothers, Robert R. Shockey, Garnet L., Vincent O., Clifford E., and Paul D. Shockey, all of Waynesboro; half sister, Mrs. Henry Spoonhour, Fayetteville.
Funeral services Thursday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Andrews, with requiem high mass celebrated by Rev. Father Joseph P. Kealey. Burial in Fairfield Catholic Church.
Friends may call this evening from 7 to 9 o’clock at the Grove Funeral Home, Waynesboro. The Soladity will meet this evening at 7:30 at the funeral home for prayers.
The Gettysburg Times Newspaper – Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania – Wednesday, September 8, 1954
