March 26, 1946 – January 7, 2013
On January 8, 2013, Dewayne White passed away suddenly at home. Dewayne was born in Moose Jaw, grew up throughout Saskatchewan and joined the Canadian Navy after graduating from high school. He served ten years in the Navy where he cultivated his lifelong love of travel. Once he left the service, he spent several years working in the shoe retail business and then worked to become a Boilermaker and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers until his retirement at age 60. Dewayne will be remembered for his passion for life, sense of humour, love of family and friends and unrivaled dancing skills. Left to mourn him are his parents, Clinton and Dorothy White; his daughters, Carrie (Lorne) Kleppe, Christina (Jordan) McKinnon; grandchildren, Cassidy and Logan Kleppe, Michael and Emily McKinnon; sisters, Leanne (Kent) Fraser and Lois White; sisters-in-law, Marilyn Turner, Diane (Darrell) Courser, Maureen Werlin, Theresa (Paul) Hatlen and brother-in-law, Paul (Jane) Nuttall. Dewayne is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Dewayne was predeceased by his loving wife of 33 years, Laura White; his nephew, Matthew Hatlen; his mother-in-law, Peggy Nuttall and father-in-law, Howie Nuttall.
The Funeral Mass for Dewayne will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14th at Holy Cross Catholic Parish, 4049 Gordon Head Road in Victoria. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Agency Foundation, 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8R 6V5. Condolences may be offered to the family below.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Winnifred sends her love and prayers to your families at this time.
Dear Dorothy, Clint and family: My thoughts and prayers are with you. Wish I could be there with you at this sad time. Love Winnie
To our extended family, our thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this difficult time. We have fond memories of Dwayne in our younger days as well as when we were in Calgary for special occasions. Love Linda & Jim
Mr. and Mrs. White, Leanne and family – I am shocked and saddened to hear about Dewayne. I can’t imagine the sorrow you are all feeling. I have such fond memories of the time Leanne and I spent in Calgary with Dewayne and Laura when we were teenagers. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time.
Love Vanda
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. Our deepest sympathies for your loss. the Martins
Our condolences to the whole family for this sudden loss. Best wishes and prayers go out to all of you during this difficult time.
My deepest sympathy for your loss. Dewayne will be truly missed by all. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. karen
On behalf of myself, my wife Pat, and cousin Dewayne’s aunt, Margaret Williams I want to extend our sincere condolences to Dewayne’s family at this difficult and unexpected time. Our thoughts are certainly with you. We never know what fate has in store for us and in retrospect we look back at how timely it was that the family congregated in Saskatoon this past July and were able to re-connect. Although we had minimal contact with Dewayne in the past years, we think back to his being best man at our wedding, his living just down the block from us in Saskatoon with Carrie and Christina, and his childhood days in Regina and Moose Jaw. Rest in Peace.
Our thoughts and prayers are with our extended family of the White’s. Dewayne was a very special and important part of our family, our lives are so much richer because of him. You are all in our prayers.