GLOUCESTER – Amos T. White, Jr., 88, died early Tuesday morning, November 18, 2014 at the Kapan Family Hospice House, Danvers surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Ivah H. (Howard) White.
Born in Livermore, Maine on June 30, 1926, he was the son of the late Amos T. and Elsie (Richmond) White.
A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was honorably discharged in June of 1946. He was also a member of the Amaral-Bailey Post #113, American Legion of Manchester-by-the-Sea.
Amos was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School class of 1944 and attended the Bartlett School of Tree Surgery in Stamford, CT. He was employed as a tree surgeon and foreman for Bartlett Tree Company for sixteen years. He was also the caretaker of Ravenswood Park from 1969 to 1982, where he took great pride in grooming the trails for the cross country teams.
He enjoyed cribbage, shuffle board, and golfing at the Cape Ann Golf Course, where he was a league member. He was also proud of his hole-in-one at the Jack O’Lantern Golf Course in Lincoln, NH.
Amos and Ivah enjoyed spending their winters in Naples, FL and walking Stacey Blvd. in Gloucester. His greatest joy was found in spending time with his grandchildren and attending their various sporting events.
In addition to his wife of sixty-eight years, he is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth “Bethaleen” Lane of Merrimac and Susan Morris of Gloucester; six sons and three daughters-in-law, Thomas R. White of Hollis, NH, Amos T. White, III of Hollis, NH, Michael H. White and his wife, Robin of Hampton, NH, Jeffrey D. White of Deerfield, NH, Richard A. White and his wife, Bobbet of Gloucester and Mark A. White and his wife, Lisa of Concord; former daughter-in-law, Jane H. White of Nashua, NH; two brothers, Shelton White of Pinellas Park, FL and Owen White and his wife, Beulah of Ephrata, PA; a sister, Anita Gatehouse of Pittsburg, PA; a brother-in-law, Dwight Howard and his wife, Nancy of Union, ME; a sister-in-law, Eileen Howard of Augusta, ME; sixteen grandchildren, Colleen LaCombe, Bethany and John Morris, Sammy Lemelin and Richard, Amanda, Erin, David, Alyssa, Jennifer, Corey, David, Andrew, Tucker, Jacob, Jacqueline and Adam White; three great-grandchildren, Kendra and Kourtney LaCombe and Seras Louis-Charles; among the many nieces and nephews is a special nephew, Bruce White of Pinellas Park, FL and Amos’s good friends and golf buddies, Eugene Roberts and the late Roy Garland, Norm Garland and Moe Roberts. He was also predeceased by two sisters, Kathleen Pulkkinen and Mavis Appleton
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 29th in the First Congregational Church of Essex, 39 Main St., Essex at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. A reception will follow at The Essex Room at Woodman’s. Please park at Woodman’s and a shuttle will be provided to and from the Church. In lieu of flowers, expression of sympathy may be made in his memory to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923, to The Pink Ride, c/o St. Joseph’s Hospital Breast Cancer Research, Bentley Management, 12 Murphy Dr., Nashua, NH 03062 or to the First Congregational Church of Essex, 39 Main St., Essex, MA 01929.