JOHN WHITE SUCCOMBS TO PNEUMONIA
Sunday Morning
May 20, 1928
The Decatur Review
Decatur, Illinois
JOHN WHITE
John White, 956 East Cantrell street, yard foreman at the A. E. Steley Manufacturing Co. and one of the best known men in Decatur, died at midnight Saturday night in St. Mary's hospital from pneumonia and complications after an illness of about a week. He was taken to the hospital Saturday morning.
Mr. White had literally been born and reared at the Staley plant or on its site. He was born Nov. 30, 1884 on a farm where the Staley plant now stands, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey White.
BORN ON FARM
His boyhood was spent on the farm and when the Pratt Oil mill was erected on the farm, he went to work there and remained in the plant's employ until the Wellington Starch Works took over the plant. When A. E. Staley started the present plant there, Mr. White entered his employe and continued with that company until the time of his death.
TWO CHILDREN
He was married on Feb. 12, 1918 to Miss Minnie Protrafka, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Potrafka. His wife and two sons, Henry John, aged eight years and Gerald Louis, aged three years, survive him.
In addition, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, William J. White, Mrs. F. A. Doolin, Mrs. B. D. Davern and Mrs. J. Verday, all of Decatur, and Arthur White of Stewardson and Mrs. P. C. Gosnell of Villa Grove.
LIKED BY ALL
Mr. White was an active member of the Staley Fellowship club and of St. Patrick's Catholic church. He was loved and respected by his fellow workers at the Staley plant and by all who had come to know him during his lifelong residence in Decatur.
The body was taken to Moran and Sons and will be at the home Sunday afternoon when friends may call. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Copyright© by Antoinette, February 15, 1999
