Dorothy A. White

memorial service

A Celebration of Dorothy's Life

April 25, 2026

Dighton Community Church 2036 Elm St, Dighton, MA 02715, USA

Burial will follow the service at the adjacent cemetery, after which all are welcome to join the family in a repast, the sharing of memories, and the renewal of friendships, at the Dighton Community Church Friendship Hall.

A Long and Full Life

She would introduce herself as “Dorothy”, but many folks seemed to prefer “Dorothy Ann”. The younger daughter of Art and Estelle, sister of Bernyce, Dorothy was married to the Rev. James L. White for fifty-three years, before his death in 2007. Together, they raised five sons.

Dorothy’s home address changed over twenty-five times during her lifetime. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dorothy graduated from high school in Brockton, Massachusetts. Several years later, after studies at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Dorothy was guest soloist at Central Methodist Church, in Brockton, when she met a young minister-in-training, her future husband, Jim.

Their first three sons would be born in Connecticut, the first near Springfield, the second and third in Danielson, at the eastern edge of the state. The fourth would be born while in Hempstead, New York. The last was born while in Amityville.

White Plains, Floral Park, and Peekskill, New York would each take a turn as “home” before the nest was empty.

Once all five boys were in public school, Dorothy completed courses at Adelphi to become a bookkeeper. Dorothy would work for Eastdil (National Bulk Carriers) in Midtown, Manhattan into the 1980s, spend several years as a residential real estate agent in New Jersey, before returning to bookkeeping for the law firm, Brown & Brown, in Newark.

The couple retired to DeBary, Florida in 1998. After Jim’s death, Dorothy stayed in DeBary, then in Deland, until 2022, when she returned to New Jersey.

Dorothy died peacefully, in her sleep, in the early evening on Saturday, November 15th, 2025, at a skilled nursing facility in Neptune, New Jersey, where she had been a resident for just over two years.

Dorothy is survived by three of her sons, eight of nine grandchildren, and a growing number of young ones of succeeding generations.