Norman Lee White, 81, passed away July 29, 2013, at the Columbia Falls Veterans Home. 

He was born Aug. 22, 1931, in Leavenworth, Kan., to his mother, Lillian Emma Collins and father Carl White. 

He served in the United States Army from 1949 to 1952 as a radio repair technician where he received the Korean Service Medal. In 1966 he moved his family from Westminster, Calif., to Bigfork, working at Bell Manufacturing making campers until 1972, when he started his own business as a custom cabinetmaker. He also worked as a hunting base camp cook in the Bob Marshall Wilderness for several years and passed his passion for the outdoors onto his children.

He is survived by his sister, Peggy Headlee; daughters, Teresa Suhr, Susan Parish and Sheryl Price; son, Brian White; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  

He was preceded in death by seven hours by his eldest son, Darrell White.

We are very grateful to the staff at the Columbia Falls Veterans Home for their loving care of our father during the past few years.