Dr. Mark Stephen White, beloved husband, brother, uncle, cousin, colleague and friend to many, passed away unexpectedly on October 21, 2018, while vacationing in Utah in his new RV. Mark was born on October 11, 1953, in Houston, Texas, to Robert A. and Audrey J. White.
After La Porte High School, he graduated from Southwestern University, cum laude, in 1975. He then received his doctorate from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by an internship at Rocky Mountain Hospital in Denver, Colorado, where he met the love of his life, Christine Alberico, who worked there as a lab technician.
Mark followed his career path with an anesthesiology residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center. He was board certified in both anesthesiology and pain medicine. Mark and Christine were married in 1982 and moved to Austin, where he began his anesthesiology practice at Round Rock Hospital. He practiced there for several years before changing his focus to pain management.
He was currently an associate with Advanced Pain Care. Mark served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Pain Society. He was also an officer of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association, and a member of the Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee of the Travis County Medical Society, as well as a member of the Texas Medical Association.
He was predeceased by his parents, his uncle Ross White, his aunt Joan Counts, and his cousin Brad Counts.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Christine White, his brother, Dr. R. Lynn White (Barbara), his cousin, Lisa Counts Coppel (Pete), and their sons Joe and Sam Coppel, his nephews, Christopher White and Kenneth Burke, Jr. (Lauren), and his niece Robyn Tolva (John). He is also survived by six great nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at Cook Walden, Chapel of the Hills, 9700 Anderson Mill Road, Austin, Texas 78750 on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 1:30pm. Reverend Peter Haas of The Church of Conscious Harmony will be officiating.
There will be visitation before the service beginning at 1:00pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
If you wish to make a donation in Mark’s memory, you may send a check to “Travis County Medical Society Foundation” to 4300 N. Lamar, Austin, Texas 78756.
