After a long and happy life, William K. White, of Suffield and Prudence Island, Rhode Island, passed away on March 20, two months shy of his 96th birthday. Bill was born in Bridgeport, CT and grew up in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Brown University where he played hockey and baseball and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. During World War II he served as a pilot in the US Navy, flying the Kingfisher and the Avenger, earning a Navy Air Medal among many other awards, and attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1943 he married his beloved wife Nancy Williams, with whom he shared 57 wonderful years before her death in 2000. Bill spent the majority of his career with ITT Grinnell as District Sales Manager. His hobbies included antiquing, building and refinishing furniture, painting, writing stories for his grandchildren, and gardening. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Gil Reid, of West Suffield, CT, his grandson Brian-Logan Reid of Boston, MA; his grandson and wife, Major Mark and Kimberly Reid, of Camp Lejeune, NC, great-granddaughters, Emerson and Kelsey Reid; his son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Barbara White, and granddaughters Laura and Rebecca White, all of Middlesex, NJ. Bill lived at Suffield by the River for nearly four years where he continued his membership in the (Re)Tired Men’s Club and made many new friends. The last three months of his life were spent at The Suffield House. Bill’s family would like to express its deepest gratitude for the concern, wonderful care, and compassion of the staff at both Suffield by the River and The Suffield House. A memorial service will be held at Suffield by the River, 7 Canal Road, Suffield, on Thursday, March 29, at 1:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Prudence Island Conservancy, 113 Mount Pleasant Ave., Prudence Island, RI 02872.

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