Kathryn Eileen (Eyrse) White 1929 - 1972

Kathryn Eileen (Eyrse) White of Hopedale, Tazewell County, Illinois United States was born on September 7, 1929 in Mason County to Elmer Earl Eyrse and Mollie Pearl (McGrady) Eyrse. Kathryn White had siblings Franklin A. Eyrse, James H. Eyrse, Elmer James Eyrse, Dorothy Eyrse Neville, and Bertha Eyrse McLaughlin. She married John B. White on December 24, 1948 and they later divorced. They had children Rosalie J. (White) Jacobsen, John Daniel White, Judy E. (White) Johnson, and Larry E White. Kathryn's partner was Wilbur G. Hymbaugh, and they were together until death separated them on January 23, 1972. They had a child Sarah G. (Hymbaugh) Baker. Kathryn White died at age 42 years old on January 23, 1972 at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Peoria County, and was buried at Orendorff Cemetery in Hopedale, Tazewell County.