John Patrick "Jack" White, 79, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday evening, October 28, 2024, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

Jack was born on March 11, 1945, on the family farm northeast of Edina, Missouri, the son of Patrick Joseph and Anna Marie Clote White.

He attended St. Joseph Catholic School, and graduated from the Edina High School in the Class of 1963.

While growing up he helped his dad with trucking and fertilizers at "Patrick White Service". Jack honorably served his country in the United States Army, serving in Korea and Germany.

Jack continued his education at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri where he earned his BS in Agriculture in 1972. He worked in Columbia, Missouri before moving to Yuma, Arizona, working for USDA as a soil scientist. He returned to Columbia and worked in general agriculture, feed, and fertilizer from 1976-1979 before joining the Peace Corp and serving in Guatemala from 1979-1981. He returned to Edina for a year and resumed his Peace Corp service in Ecuador for 4 years before returning home. Jack worked as a crop scouting and consulting specialist for several farmers in Northeast Missouri before retiring in 2014. Jack loved the people he met in Central America and returned annually to visit.

He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, American Legion in Edina, Missouri, and the America Society of Agronomists. He enjoyed gardening, photography, and travel, but most of all he loved returning to Guatemala to see his daughter.

Jack is survived by his daughter Sharon Jasmine White-Martinez of Galan Zacapa, Guatemala; four brothers, Lawrence "Larry" White of Kirksville, Missouri, Michael "Mike" White of Durham, North Carolina, William "Bill" and Debbie White of New Lenox, Illinois, and Donald "Don" and Ellen White of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Patricia Ann "Trish" White of Overland Park, Kansas, and Pamela Katheryn "Pam" and Dan Gordon of Liberty, Missouri; five nieces and nephews; an aunt, along with several cousins and a host of friends.

A private service to remember Jack's life will be held at a later date at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Missouri.

An expression of sympathy in memory of Jack White may be left to the American Legion Post. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.