Loretta Mae White, 77

MILLSBORO - Loretta Mae White, of Millsboro, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at her home. She was 77.

Mrs. White was born May 27, 1930, in Dagsboro, to the late Reuben and Viola (Coffin) Toomey.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. White attended the Millsboro Wesleyan Church many years ago.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Mrs. White loved flowers and gardening, and worked as a floral designer for many years.

She enjoyed collecting dishes and was very well known for baking a special chocolate cake that was often copied, but no one except her got it right.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Reuben, Everett, Grant, and her twin brother, Ralph "Pete" Toomey; and a sister, Agnes Truitt.

Mrs. White is survived by her husband of 57 years, Richard C. White; a son, Chris White and his wife Loriann of Millsboro; two daughters, Cindy Hoban and her husband Bill and Cora Parsons and her husband Preston, all of Dagsboro; a sister, Grace Hilton and her husband Charles of Towson, Md.; five grandchildren, Billy Hoban Jr. and his wife Sarah, Paul Parsons and his wife Meredith, Andy White Parsons, Maggie White and Kit White; three great-grandchildren, Lily May Hoban, Gracie Love Hoban and Tyler West Parsons; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Watson Funeral Home, 211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, where friends may call at noon.

Pastor Danny Tice will officiate.

Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park, north of Millsboro.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.