Cherokee-Funeral service for Rose “Rosie” White will be Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at First Christian Church in Cherokee with Rev. Tom Stanley and burial at Auburn Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 until 7:00.
Rosie was born on October 1, 1938 in Cherokee to Marvin Gindlesberger and Margie Orton Gindlesberger and passed from this life on November 28, 2013 in Enid. On October 16, 1958 she married Larry Ray White. She lived a lifetime in Cherokee and Helena, except a brief stay in California while Larry was in the Navy. She was a member of the Cherokee Friends Church, but attended Cherokee First Christian Church. Rosie was an OU fanatic and loved the Oklahoma City Thunder team. Her favorite professional team was the Dallas Cowboys. Rosie enjoyed going to casinos and playing bingo every night.
Survivors include her husband, Larry of Cherokee; sons, Danny White and wife, Leslie of Hamilton, Montana and Jay White and wife, Annette of Brookings South Dakota; five grandchildren, Kyra White, Jayson White, Ashley Monge and husband, Cion, Austin White and Kayden White; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Wanda Bewley and husband, Ken of Edmond and Marva Anderson of Florida and many great nieces and nephews.
Those who preceded Rosie in death include her parents; one sister, Glenda Gindlesberger Newlin; step-granddaughter, Kayla Gaff and brother-in-law, Gordon Anderson.
Memorials may be given to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Christian Church or the orphan’s home through the funeral home.