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Chester Austin"Bill" White, 78 years old, passed away Friday, April 7th, at the Veteran's Hospital following a brief illness. Born January 5, 1922, in Rockwall, Texas, he served in the Air Corps (soon to be Air Force) in WWII, flying the China-India-Burma"Hump." He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster. He married Harriet Louise Urban on January 9, 1946 and moved to Albuquerque, graduating from UNM College of Engineering in 1950. Together they raised five children, Louise Andra"Landra", Andrews Austin, Carleton Sims, William Dennis"Bill", and Thomas Urban"Tomas", until their divorce in 1965. From January 1967 to August 1972, he served his country again in civilian construction in Vietnam. Following his return to the States, he developed and marketed several devices he had patented, until his retirement in 1990. There will be a private interment at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe. Donations may be made in his name to the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas (2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, Texas 75219(, where he was treated as a child. He is survived by his five children; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many friend. He will be sorely missed.
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