California Obituaries, Los Angeles County

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit 
or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations 
desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain 
the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of 
the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to 
their own work.

The Downey Eagle
August 22, 1997 Volume 5 Number 26

Military burial for Walter Edsel (Ed) White
A burial service with military honors was held Aug. 8 at Forest Cemetery and Memorial Park in 
Oskaloosa, Iowa, for Walter Edsel (Ed) White, a longtime Norwalk resident who died July 31 from 
lung cancer. 
He was 74, a retired insurance agent and a longtime watchdog and activist of Norwalk government. 
He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and graduated from high school there in 1939. 
He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1943, receiving an honorable discharge at the Presidio in 
San Francisco. He lived in Bellflower before moving to Norwalk about 40 years ago. 
He won several lawsuits against Norwalk City officials over the public's right to information, discrepancies 
in campaign expenses, and private business calls charged to City phone lines. 
He was preceded in death by a sister, Helen, in 1995. 
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Lucretia White. 
Arrangements were by the Forest Lawn Mortuary in Cypress, and Powers Funeral Home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
White "tried to keep the city honest," his wife said. 
He will be missed by her and many friends.