Rosa White

Rosa White May 19, 1923 - March 27, 2011 Rosa Olive Dake White, 87, a resident of Greenfield, passed away, Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Pleasant View Lodge. She was born May 19, 1923 in Shelby County, Indiana to the late Lula Mae Pollard and Albert Elmore Dake. Rosas mother passed away when Rosa was a child and she was taken to raise by her older brother Forrest and wife, Anna, as one of their own. Rosa graduated from Moral High School in 1941 and then from Indiana Business College. She worked as a bookkeeper and clerk at Zephren Trucking and for Greyhound Bus Lines. In 1953, she went to work for Eli Lilly & Co. from which she retired in 1983. Rosa loved traveling, sharing her vegetable garden, cooking, and spoiling her loved ones. Survivors include; daughter, Nancy (Kenneth) Merchant, of Greenfield; niece (like a sister), Martha Dake Palmer; granddaughter Lisa (Merchant) Corbit; grandson, Kelly Merchant; great-grandsons, Matthew (Valerie) Merchant and Sean Merchant; great- granddaughters, Anastacia (Steven) Corbit-Clarkson and Alicia Merchant; and great-great- grandson, Quinn Corbit-Clarkson. She was preceded in death by first husband, Robert M. Padgett, in 1953 and second husband, Willis L. White, (married on February 16, 1957) in 2005; older brothers, Forrest and David Dake; grandson, Eric D. Merchant; nephew (like a brother), Russell; and niece (like a sister), Lula Mae (Dake) Bucker. Funeral service will be held Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Stillinger Family Funeral Home, Pasco Chapel of Greenfield with Adam Payne officiating. Entombment will follow at Washington Park East Cemetery in Indianapolis. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donors choice.