WAVERLY, Kan. – Duane Lawrence White, 71, of Waverly, Kan., passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kan. He was born July 21, 1954, in Emporia, Kan., the son of Willis Warren and Mary Joan Rudolph White.
He attended Melvern High School, Melvern, Kan., and graduated with the class of 1973.
Duane attended Colby Community College before taking a job on a ranch near Reading, Kan. After a couple of years, Duane worked briefly for the Santa Fe Railroad. He would later take a job with Kansas Department of Transportation. In 2016, Duane retired as a maintenance supervisor after 36 years of service. Duane continued to farm near Melvern and Waverly after his retirement.
Duane will live on in the hearts and treasured memories of his sisters, Katherine Marie Rogers and husband, Brad, Topeka, Irene Perry and husband, Ron, Forsyth, Mo., and Diane Marcus and Kevin Hendon, Scottsdale, Ariz.; brothers, Cletus White and wife, Tammy, Waverly, and Jeff White and wife, Gayle, Paola, Kan.; 19 nieces and nephews; and numerous extended family and a community of friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Frank White.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, Lebo, Kan. Burial will follow services at Waverly Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Duane L. White Memorial Fund, and sent in care of Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, 107 W. Sixth St., Lebo, KS 66856. Condolences can be left at vanarsdalefs.com.
