Louise Henry White of Clayton, who operated a La Fargeville business with her husband for more than 30 years, passed peacefully with her family by her side on Good Friday, April 2, 2021, at Samaritan Keep Home. She was 97.
The daughter of Ernest L. and Mildred Eckert Henry, she was born in La Fargeville, at the home of her grandparents on March 8, 1924. She was raised on a farm in the Great Depression, where her hard work and tenacious attitude cultivated a life-long determination to succeed.
She was a 1941 graduate of La Fargeville Central School and later the Watertown School of Commerce. During World War II, she was employed at Pine Camp (Ft. Drum).