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Robert B. White |
Robert B. White, of Framingham, formerly of Braintree, died Sept. 24. He was a graduate of Braintree High School’s class of 1953. Mr. White served in the Navy as a radioman for nine years after high school. He later lived in Virginia and worked for a radio station. He graduated from Northeastern Institute of Technology in Boston, where he studied to be an electronic technician. He was a retiree of Digital Equipment Corp. During his time in Virginia, he took aviation lessons and earned a license to fly a small plane. He bought a small airplane and enjoyed telling stories of his flying adventures. Mr. White was an avid hiker and mountain climber. He climbed all the presidential mountains in New Hampshire. A skier, he belonged to the Massa-Schusser Ski Club, in Bartlett, N.H. He loved gardening, and was proud of his flowering plants and vegetable garden. He is survived by his wife, Eileen M. (Carey) White; his siblings, Terence P. White, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Stephanie Gray, of Bridgewater; his in-laws, Richard and Eloise Carey, of Walpole; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. He was the son of the late Robert White and Elizabeth (McGuire) White. A funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Agatha Church on Sept. 28. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury. Donations may be made to Crohn’s Disease Foundation, c/o CCFA New England, 280 Hillside Ave., Needham, MA 02494. Arrangements were by the Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home.
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