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Charles Louie White © Enid News and Eagle 08-05-2015 Submitted by: Glenn
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Funeral service for Charles L. White will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at First Christian Church, Alva. The Revs. Ron Pingleton and Kyle Kiner, Pastors, will officiate. Interment will be in Alva Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are by Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva. Condolences may be made online at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Charles Louie, son of Winona (Enfield) and Charles “Dick” White was born June 4 (or 5, according to his mother), 1928, in Blackwell, Okla. He passed away in Alva on the 3rd of August, 2015, at age of 87 years, 1 month and 30 days.
He attended Blackwell Public schools and graduated with the class of 1946. He continued his education at Northern Oklahoma, where he played varsity basketball and tennis, and sang in the chorus and men’s quartet, which received the “outstanding comedy quartet of the year” from the Oklahoma Music Association. He then transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he played in the marching and symphonic band, completing his bachelor’s degree. He met his love for life, Pat, at the University of Oklahoma.
Upon graduation, he worked in his dad’s business of selling farm equipment and automobiles in Blackwell, worked at Wewoka as office manager for his father-in-law’s oilfield trucking business, returned to Blackwell to sell insurance and participated in a water flood oil production project. He worked at the Blackwell schools directing the junior high band and driving a school bus on a part-time basis. He liked it so much, he went back to the University of Oklahoma, receiving a master’s degree in education.
He taught at Newkirk, Braman, Northern Oklahoma College, Oklahoma State University and finally, Northwestern Oklahoma State University. After teaching at Braman, he received one of 30 spots allotted by the National Defense Education Act to attend the University of Texas, where he received one year of credits towards a doctorate degree, completed at Oklahoma State University.
On Aug. 21, 1950, he married Patricia Ann Phillips from Wewoka, Okla. To this lifetime union, two children were born: daughters, Kay Lou and Terry Ann.
At NWOSU, he was a dean of students, the director of the division of education, psychology and physical education, as well as a professor of psychology and education from 1967 to 1990, and part-time for a few years after retirement. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Chi, Lions Club, Elk’s Club and listed in Who’s Who in Americans in Science. He received a NWOSU Alumni Award for Outstanding Teacher and was commissioned as an honorary Lieutenant Colonial by the ROTC.
Charles was a zealous golfer, and in 1994, he went to a golf club-making school in Austin, Texas. He delighted in fitting a golfer to customized golf clubs. He took great pride in “showing off” his six hole-in-one trophies. He participated in the Alva Country Club Board, and later became its president.
He also took up his trumpet again after a 46-year layoff and played with the NWOSU concert band, the Alva Community Summer bands, Enid, NOC concert bands and jazz bands. He took pride in being the oldest marcher in the OU Alumni band at homecoming. Occasionally, he would play solos in his church, where he also sang bass in the choir. He served the First Christian Church as an elder, and member of the church board. His biggest joy was being with family, the family Christmas Band and family outings. In Enid and Wichita, making golf clubs for the family and playing with his grandsons were highlights of a busy life.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Leonard, Thurman and Harold.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Pat; his daughters, Kay and husband Larry Kiner (Enid), and Terry and husband David Steele (Wichita); four grandsons and their spouses, Kyle and Jennie Kiner, Greg and Callie Kiner, Bryan and Abbie Steele, and Mike Steele; five great-grandchildren, Anna, Caleb, Noah and Lucy Kiner, Xander and Juliet Steele; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to First Christian Church and NWOSU Foundation.
(Submitted by family)
Patricia Ann Phillips White © alva Review-Courier 01-19-2020 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
August 28, 1931 - January 2020
Funeral services for Patricia Ann White will be Monday, January 20, 2020, at 10 a.m. with Reverend Drew Kirtley, pastor, Alva First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Reverend Kyle Kiner, pastor, Cherokee First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Alva Municipal Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Patricia Ann Phillips was born in Wichita, Kansas, August 28, 1931. She was the only child of John and Irene Phillips. Soon after, they moved to Wewoka, Oklahoma. Pat began piano and dance lessons at age 5 and continued through high school. When World War II broke out, they moved to Portland, Oregon, where her parents worked on the airplanes. They lived in a boarding house with many of the workers and Pat became the favorite of all the residents.
Wewoka became their home again for her junior and high school years. Her mother was a seamstress and her father had an oil trucking business. Pat continued playing piano and was a percussionist in the marching band and bass player in the concert band. While living there, her mother started a Camp Fire Girls program in which Pat was actively involved. Pat was an accomplished swimmer, giving lessons and lifeguarding in the summers.
After graduation from Wewoka High School in 1949, Pat attended the University of Oklahoma, joining a sorority. She met the love of her life, Charles White, from Blackwell, Oklahoma. In May of 1950 he graduated from OU and they became engaged. They surprised their parents when they eloped that summer on August 21 and made their home in Blackwell. In 1952, daughter Kay was born in Blackwell. Later that year they moved to Wewoka, where daughter Terry was born in 1956.
They moved back to Blackwell in 1958. Charles taught high school and began working on his master's degree from OU, followed by his doctorate from OSU. During the time Charles began working on his advanced degrees, Pat began working in the Don Loftis Insurance Agency. Her experience in that field led her to another insurance agency, Kent W. Johnson, when they moved to Alva in 1967. Charles began his work as dean of students at Northwestern Oklahoma State College, also becoming Education Department chair while teaching psychology and the counseling practicums. Pat also branched out into real estate in 1980 and owned her own real estate agency, Pat White Realty. During that time she served on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and as a city council member.
Pat belonged to the Alva First Christian Church. She attended there and sang in the choir from 1967 until she moved to Enid. Both of her daughters were married in the church.
She was a staunch supporter of NWOSU. Through the years, she helped host faculty teas at the President's home, supported the NWOSU foundation, attended athletic events, homecoming events and concert series. Her home was always open to the community, college, and golfing friends of theirs and those of her daughters.
Since she never completed her college degree, she and Charles were determined that their daughters would earn college degrees. Their oldest daughter, Kay, followed in her dad's footsteps to earn a teaching degree which helped put her husband, Larry Kiner, through dental school. They gave she and Charles their first two grandsons, Kyle and Greg, and raised them in Fairview, Oklahoma. Their youngest daughter, Terry, became a pharmacist and also help put her husband through dental school. They followed along with two more grandsons and live in Wichita, Kansas.
She and Papa loved having these noisy boys visit often. She spent her free time spoiling her four grandsons and her six great-grandkids, playing golf, playing bridge, and working on P.E.O. projects. She was very proud of her "hole in one" in 1988. She loved cooking for all the holidays and hosting the "White Christmas Band" was her favorite. She retired from her realty business in 2016 at the age of 85. She moved to Enid Brookdale Assisted Living in October of 2018 to be closer to her daughter.
She was preceeded in death by her parents and her beloved husband, Dr. Charles White. She is survived by daughters: Kay Kiner and husband, Dr. Larry, of Enid; Terry Steele and husband, David, of Wichita, Kansas, grandchildren: Kyle and Jennie Kiner of Cherokee; Greg and Callie Kiner of Piedmont; Bryan and Abbie Steele of Maize, Kansas; and Michael Steele of Austin, Texas. Also she is survived by her six great grandchildren: Anna and Caleb Kiner of Cherokee, Noah and Lucy Kiner of Piedmont; and Xander and Juliet Steele of Maize, Kansas.
The family thanks Brookdale Assisted Living staff for the loving care and memories and for the comfort shown to them by by the Hospice Circle of Love.
Memorials can be made directly to NWOSU Foundation and First Christian Church through Wharton Funeral Home.
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