Marjorie Lynn White

MATTOON -- Marjorie Lynn White, age 72, of Mattoon, formerly of Casey, passed away at 4:25 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 2004 at the residence of her son in Charleston. Funeral services celebrating her life will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. Robert C. Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Dodge Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Marjorie was born September 24, 1931 at Casey, Illinois, a daughter of Curtis Ward and Grace Lynn Cole Bidwell. She married Wayne Sherman White February 20, 1954 at the First Christian Church in Mattoon at a ceremony performed by Dr. A. Mont Massey. Wayne preceded her in death August 23, 1986. She is survived by a son, Michael Wayne White of Charleston; a brother, Richard Ward Bidwell of Inverness, Florida; five nieces and four nephews. She was preceded in death by an infant son, one sister, Evelyn Mills, and two half-sisters, Edna Benner and Elnora Keller. Marjorie had been a beautician and homemaker and had been employed as a clerk at Arcade Drug in Mattoon. Memorial contributions are suggested to Lincolnland Hospice. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries.