Jane Gertrude White

JANE DINKEL WHITE ~ March 23, 1919 ~ August 20, 2015 Jane Dinkel White, age 96, passed quietly away at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Red Bluff, August 20, 2015. Jane was born on March 23, 1919 to John and Gertrude Dinkel on the Dinkel Ranch outside of Rosewood. She married George Raymond White on September 3, 1940, who passed away in 1965. She is survived by sons George "Skeeter" White (Lynn), Sacramento and Darrell "Jeep" White (Mary), Red Bluff, three grandsons: Jaeson (Kirn), Auburn, CA, Aaron (Lisa), Lacey, WA and Scott (Shannon) Eagle Lake, ID, six great-grandchildren: Austin, Emaleigh, Devin, Alyssa, Lauren and Noah, sister:Betty Gamer, Visalia, and numerous nephews and nieces. Her sister Ellen Spoon preceded her in death.

Jane attended Dry Creek Elementary School where her mother was the teacher for all eight grades. Jane went on to graduate from Red Bluff High School, where she served as secretary of the senior class. Always a song bird, she sang at funerals to earn spending money. While working for Allen & Allen Plumbing, Jane met George White, who was also employed there. As a teenager, every spring Jane helped move the Dinkel Ranch cattle to Deer Lick Springs, Trinity County. When her children were young, she volunteered in the schools, serving as a room mother and PTA presidents. She and her husband George co-founded White, Davis and Hart Plumbing and Sheet Metal. After the death of her husband, Jane worked for Rasco, Sprouse Reitz and Zuckwieler stores for 20 years while enjoying the social aspects of being downtown.

A natural teacher, she enjoyed teaching Sunday school at the First Methodist School where her husband George had been chairman of the building committee. She was always quick with a sandwich for workers, cowboys and hunters. When complimented on the sandwiches, Jane would say it was the Best Foods mayonnaise. We knew it was the love.