Doris V. (Lewey) White, 96, of Hillsboro died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at 11:43 a.m. at Litchfield Health and Rehab in Litchfield.
Visitation will be held on Monday, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Funeral services will be follow at noon at the funeral home. The Rev. Randy Sands, pastor at Hillsboro Free Methodist Church,will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro.
Mrs. White was born on Sept. 14, 1927, in Hillsboro to the late Cecil Hoyt Lewey and Edith Irene (Roper) Lewey McCaslin. She married Burrel Jennings White on July 26, 1946, in Coffeen, and he preceded her in death.
Mrs. White attended Butler and Hillsboro schools. She had worked at Hillsboro Glass Factory in Hillsboro and was a cook at Coffeen Grade School, as well as Dairy Queen for 15 years and numerous other restaurants. She had lived in Hillsboro, Butler and Coffeen most of her adult life.
Mrs. White is survived by her daughters, Karen Blankenship of Hillsboro and Jodi (White) Weller of Springfield; daughter-in-law, Linda White of Springfield; five grandchildren, Angie Smith, Jennifer Runkel, Jason White, Michele (Weller) O’Rourke and Daniel Weller; nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Michael B. White; a son-in-law, Kenneth Blankenship; and two brothers, Paul Lewey and Joe Lewey.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Free Methodist Church in Hillsboro. Condolences may be left online at basspattondeanfh.com.
