C. Thomas White was a survivor.
As a child, he lost his mother at age 9 â a death that caused him to do so much cooking and caretaking that his little sister sent him Motherâs Day cards every year for the rest of her life.
As an adult, the judge who rose to chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court became a widower twice â and just recently became the sole survivor among eight siblings. In November, White delivered brother Edâs eulogy â tracing his familyâs history and their fatherâs insistence on service in both the military and the community.