Gilford----Justine Doris Outwater White died peacefully on May 7, 2017, after a long period of health challenges. She was 91. Justine was born July 10, 1925, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the third of four children of Frederick Barton Outwater and Lavenia Cole Outwater. During her teens and early twenties Justine served as a telephone operator and recalled patching phone calls through to the Roosevelt family when they were in residence at their Hyde Park estate during World War II.
Justine married Robert D. White, a naval veteran and proud Eagle Scout, on December 31, 1948. After a brief time in Concord Jussy and Bob chose Gilford as the ideal place to raise their young daughter Kelley. There Justine loved the beautiful country, lakes, forests, and mountains. The couple were long active in the town serving in a variety of roles within the town government and were members of the Gilford volunteer fire department and auxiliary and the Gilford Outing Club during its heyday. Justine especially loved her work as library aide at Gilford Middle High School, where she served for fifteen years beginning with the school’s opening in 1974. She had a life-long concern for social equality and was among the early members of the Lakes Region Human Rights Council.
Justine was predeceased in 1999 by her husband of fifty years, Robert D. White, and by her parents; two older sisters, Jean Patterson and Joyce Jiudice; and a younger brother James Outwater. She is survived by a daughter, Dr. Kelley Jean White, of Laconia; three grandchildren, Caitlin Elizabeth Low of Los Angeles; James Henry Low of Mission Viejo, California; Jennifer Justine Low and husband Sean Williams of Philadelphia; by a beautiful great-granddaughter Evelyn Jane Williams; by her neighbor and friend of sixty years, Sally Rowe of Gilford; and many additional much-loved friends and family members.
During their daughter’s medical school years in Boston Justine and Robert made the decision to donate their bodies for anatomical studies. At her request no funeral service is planned. A small family gathering will take place at burial of her remains in the family plot in Pine Grove cemetery in Gilford at a later date.
Justine wished that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Gilford Middle High School library, 88 Alvah Wilson Road, Gilford NH 03249.
She also wished that we mend broken relationships among family and neighbors, both nearby and throughout the world, embracing all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.