MICHAEL WHITE

PITTSBURG, Kan.- A funeral service, followed by visitation, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar, Mo., for Michael Allen White, 36, Pittsburg, who died unexpectedly on Saturday evening, June 3, 2017, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his mother, Teresa White, Pittsburg; two sisters, Brandi Lee and husband Gabe, Frontenac and Ashia Chapman and husband Brent, Joplin, Mo.; five brothers, Kevin White and wife Kadi, Lamar, Mo., Markell White and wife Aubri, Jamie White and Justin White and wife Sami, all of Frontenac and Shawn White and wife Sammy, Lamar; eight nieces and nephews, Austin C. Riley, Annie, Myah, Asher, Austin W., Sophia and Moralia; aunts, Jan Pierce, Carthage, Mo. and Diane Ison, Lamar, Mo.; a large extended family and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dale White; grandparents, Jesse and Corrine White and Willard and Lavona Ison and two uncles, Steve White and Willie Ison.

Mr. White and his twin brother Kevin were born February 22, 1981, in Pittsburg, to Dale and Teresa (Ison) White. He was a 2000 graduate of Frontenac High School. He enriched others through his cheerful disposition, generous nature and zest for life. An avid collector, he was a regular at auctions and flea markets, buying Coca Cola items, guns and fishing gear. But by far his greatest collection was the countless number of friends he accumulated throughout his life.

He was eager to participate in any outing or gathering with family or friends and a great day for him would include fishing and a picnic. Quiet times were filled with word searches, puzzles, computer games and his newly-discovered pastime, Facebook.