Maude Adeline White, 100, of Carmel, died May 4. 2014. The fourth of seven children, Maude Handley White was born November 21, 1913, in Iowa. After graduating from high school she became a teacher at a 1-room school house teaching students in Grades 1 through 8, two of whom were her own brother and sister. She married Marion White in Warsaw, Mo., in 1941. They were married for 64 years. After World War II they started a business, White’s Electric, and a family. In 1958 they decided on a new career path and moved to northern Minnesota and lived there until 2004. Maude was a leader in many women’s groups, enjoyed hobbies, friends and took up oil painting and golf in her later years. But her family was her greatest joy. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and all her brothers and sisters. She is survived by a son, Merle; a daughter, Miriam; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A memorial service was conducted at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Carmel. Arrangements entrusted to Leppert Mortuary – Carmel.
