Dec 14, 2018

Leila Yvonne “Liz” Bedillion White, 91, left this world to be with her Lord Thursday, December 13, 2018, in her home, surrounded by family and loved ones.

She was born March 28, 1927, in Hickory, the third of six children of John Dewey and Leila Sarah “Betz” Redinger Bedillion.

On August 11, 1949, she married her best friend, Robert Andrew White, who preceded her to be with their Lord, October 26, 2001.

Mrs. White was a graduate of Hickory High School, Class of 1947.

Mrs. White was a member of Hickory Evangelical Presbyterian Church. She was an avid golfer and bowler. She enjoyed many hobbies, including jigsaw puzzles, baking cookies and making candy. Her favorite of which was quilting with her mother. The two ladies made many beautiful handmade quilts over the years.

Surviving are three sons, Robert Alan (Barbara) White of Stafford, Va., Thomas Bedillion White of Hickory and David Mark (Mary) White of Lansing, Mich.; two grandchildren, James David Bedillion White and Joshua Phillip Andrew (Amanda) White; brother James Bedillion of Hickory; sister Barbara (Donald) Shaffer of San Diego, Calif.; one of the people she loved most in this life, Gidget Bartoletti; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Mrs. White was also preceded in death by brothers John (surviving wife Ruth) Bedillion, Ronald (Skip) Bedillion and Gary (Jean) Bedillion.

Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Nation Funeral Home Inc., 220 East Lincoln Avenue, McDonald, and from 10 to 11 a.m., the time of services, Tuesday, December 18, in Hickory United Presbyterian Church, EPC, 210 Main Street, Hickory, PA 15340. Interment will follow in Mt Prospect Cemetery, Hickory.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Concordia Hospice, 10 Leet Street, Washington, PA 15301.