Dr. Leslie R White

Dr. Leslie R. White, 82, of Bradenton, FL and formerly of Dayton, OH died January 22, 2009. Dr. White was born July 28, 1926, in Galien, MI. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945. He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO. He began practicing medicine at Grandview Hospital in Dayton, OH, in 1963. Dr. White was a dedicated physician and stressed and promoted the true meaning and philosophy of being an Osteopathic Physician. During his career there, he served as A. O. A. Inspector of Residency Programs and Internal Medicine and Cardiology Fellowship. He was also a past Director of Education, served on the Board of Directors and was Chief of Staff at Grandview Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Ohio University in Athens, OH. He retired in 1997 from Grandview Hospital as Director of the Non-Invasive Cardiology Department. He then served as a Consultant to the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees at the A. T. Still University in Kirksville, MO. He was a longtime member of the Bradenton Yacht Club and a member of the Knights of Malta. He is predeceased by his wife Beverly. He is survived by his daughters Paula Mulhern of Greeley, CO and Pamela White Zimmerman of Kettering; four grandchildren, Nathan Mulhern, Christian Mulhern, Michael Zimmerman and Faye Zimmerman and two great-grandchildren, Lanae and Aubrey Mulhern. Funeral service will be at Routsong Funeral Home, 81 N. Main St., Centerville, on January 29, at 12:00 noon. Final services will be at Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan, MI, on January 31 at 12:00 noon followed by burial at Galien Cemetery in Galien, MI. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to A. T. Still University, Attn. Randy Rogers, Development Director, 800 W. Jefferson St., Kirksville, MO. Condolences and other remembrances may be sent to the family at www.routsong.com.

Funeral Home:
Centerville Routsong Funeral Home
81 N. Main St.
Centerville, OH
US 45459