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Kathryn Louise (Ringo)
White
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OBITUARY
 Kathryn
Ringo White was born to Jeff and Janie Ringo on July 30, 1932. She was
raised in Addison, Texas along with her four brothers and three sisters.
She went to the little red schoolhouse on Beltline Rd. It is now the
Magic Time Machine Restaurant. Yes, it really was a school.
Kathryn was smart —some say too smart for her own good — and was double
promoted several times and went through school quickly.
She decided to get a job at a very young age at the old Lucas B & B on
Oak Lawn Ave. but was "let go" when it was discovered that she was
serving beer at age 16.
She met and married Jack White at the age of 17. They settled in a small
home in Addison, TX, where they had two children, Pamela Kay and Bobby
Jack, Jr.
Kathryn enjoyed working and making her own money. She was one of the
first women who began working for a new company on Lemon Ave. known as
Texas Instruments, where she was employed until her retirement. She
worked in the lab, building integrated circuits under a microscope from
the time they were invented. She built the circuit that was featured on
the cover of Fortune Magazine for a story about its inventor, Jack Kilby.
After retiring from TI, Kathryn served as the church receptionist at
Preston Highlands Baptist Church for several years.
She was known as Katy to her working family, Kat to her family and Ding
to her grandkids and great grandkids.
Kathryn was a strong-willed woman who questioned all and everything. Her
family always thought she would have been a wonderful lawyer.
There is no one who was more loyal and loving to her family. Family was
always first to Kathryn.
She also loved her friends and Jack and Kathryn's home always had
visitors, entering through the garage and sitting at the kitchen table
to talk for a while.
From traveling by motorcycle or travel trailer with groups of friends
across the country to competing in archery tournaments, to chatting with
neighbors from lawn chairs on their driveway, Jack and Kathryn were
always surrounded by people.
Kathryn loved her church family and was always quick to participate in
any party or study or project there.
Pam and Bobby want to thank all family, friends, neighbors, and church
family who called and visited their mother after Jack's passing. They
appreciate your time and thoughtfulness. They have no doubt mother &
daddy are together again and imagine them enjoying a bowl of Blue Bell
before they take Princess for a walk.
Kathryn is survived by her daughter Pam Evans and husband David, son
Bobby White and wife Dana, grandchildren Allison Meguro and husband
Shigeaki, Emily Evans, Jackson White, Reid White, and Presley White, and
great-grandchildren Mia Meguro, Kenzo Meguro, and Addison Evans. She was
preceded in death by her husband, Jack, and siblings Bill Ringo, Herman
Ringo, Mary Helen Doyle, Roy Ringo, and Winne Mae Derczo.
Kathryn will be laid to rest with her beloved husband Jack at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. |
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