1.) "DEATH CLAIMS D. C. WHITE EARLY CHURCH MISSIONARY
In Business Here for Many Years--Was Active in Church Work
--Business Houses Closed for Services"
D. C. White, 87, died Sunday morning after a long period of failing health. Out of respect to his memory, the business houses in Lamoni were closed during the services which were held from the Coliseum.

David Curtis, son of Almon and Mary Burk White, was born September 12, 1852, at Bowen's Prairie, Jones county, Iowa. He was the ninth of a family of 12 children, all of whom have preceded him in death with the exception of one sister, Mrs. Eliza MaCauley, of Berkley, Calif.

He was married April 15, 1876, to Anna Delphine Brewer, at Edenville, Marshall county, Iowa. The name of Edenville was later changed to Rhodes as it is known today.

To this union were born 12 children, A. Otis, Elmer Willis, and Aletha May Skinner, who preceded him in death, C. Howard, E. Dewey, Mrs. J. H. Anthony, and Mrs. Fred Condit, of Lamoni, Oliver C., and Mrs. Everett Dowser, of Gardena, Calif., Mrs. William Mason of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. S. J. Branson of Armour, Mo.; Mrs. C. E. Norris of Genesco, Ill.; all of whom were with him during his last Illness with the exception of Oliver C. and Mrs. Everett Bowser.

At the age of 19 years, he was baptized Into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and from that day its teachings and ideals were the moderating impulses of his life. He was ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood in 1878, an elder in 1892, a seventy in 1898, and a high priest in 1905.

He moved with his family to Lamoni in 1899 and established the firm of D. C. White & Son which operated continuously in this community for 35 years. While he gave much of his time to his business he always found time to devote to church work and as time went on he saved in many Important departments of the church.

In 1901 he served under general conference appointment, going on a mission to Montana where he labored until the following year. He then returned to Lamoni where, as a member of the Stake High Council, he rendered valuable service In many ways. He was for a time, counselor to William Anderson, who at that time was presiding bishop of the stake. He served for many years as president of the reunion committee and had direct supervision of organizing and conducting the first reunions of the Lamoni Stake. In fact, he was generally considered the father of the Lamoni Stake Reunion which still is considered one of the outstanding activities of the stake. He was also instrumental in the organization of the Andover, Mo., Branch and served as its presiding elder for a number of years.

These duties, combined with those of his business, and others too numerous to mention, combined to make up a useful, worthwhile life and kept him busily engaged until the year 1935 when he retired from business and gradually relinquished those other activities which had always been of vital importance to him.

The sickness and death of his beloved wife, which occurred in March 1937, added much to his burden of responsibilities and the death of his son, Otis, as also that of his daughter, May, collected their toll from what at one time seemed his unlimited supply of energy. As he advanced in years, he was forced, though not without reluctance, to accept a period of inactivity. His release from this undesirable condition came when he passed peacefully away last Sunday, November 26, surrounded by his sons and daughters who found it their pleasure to render every possible assistance during his last illness. He was, at the time of his passing, 87 years of age.

He leaves three sons, 6 daughters, 40 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who mourn his passing. [They] look upon his life as a living example of a man who made his religion his life and through its inspiration exercised his every energy in rendering service to mankind.
SOURCE: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, November 30th, 1939, pgs. 1, 8

2.) Dies at Lamoni, Ia.
Word has been received here of the death of D. C. White, of Lamoni, Iowa, a brother of the late I. N. White, and the late Alfred White, both of Independence. Mr. White, who was widely known in Independence, died Sunday morning. He was once a missionary and an elder in the [Reorganized] Latter Day Saint Church. He was about 85 years old. Funeral services will be held at Lamoni, Ia., 2 o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Independence Examiner - D. C. White - 27 Nov. 1939 page 3, column 3

MOTHER: Mary Burke
FATHER: William Almon White

WIFE: Anna Delphine Brewer
m. 15 Apr 1876 - Edenville, Marshall, Iowa

CHILDREN:
1. Ammoron Otis White
m. Elizabeth Louise "Eliza" Smith

2. Charles Howard White
m. Jessie Leigh Hunt

3. Oliver Curtis White
m. Margaret C. Geraghty

4. Elmer Willis White, 1882-

5. Aletha May White
m. Clarence Skinner

6. Eliza Etta White
m. William Volney Mason

7. Margaret Brewer "Maggie" White
m. Joseph Herman Anthony

8. Jennie Viola White
m. Sidney Jay Branson

9. Frances Anna White
m. Charles Edward Norris

10. Blossom Zella White
m. Frederick Leonard Condit

11. Edward Dewey White
m. Lillian Ree Lesan

12. Lucy Delphine White
m. Everett Bowser