Dollie M. White

Dollie M. White, 76, passed away on September 21, 2015 at Providence St. Peter’s Hospital in Olympia.

Dollie was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on May 25, 1939 to Ted and Wilma Flaherty. She grew up in the Seattle area and graduated from Renton High School in 1957.

Dollie met her husband Pat at Renton High School. However, Pat joined the Air Force and Dollie went to work for the telephone company in Seattle after graduation. They did not meet again until February 1958 when Pat was home on leave. It didn’t take him long to ask her to marry him. They were married just 5 months later on June 28, 1958 at Dyess AFB, TX.

Dollie spent the next 23 years moving around the country wherever their Air Force assignments happened to take them before moving back to Washington in 1981 when Pat retired from the Air Force .

Dollie and Pat moved to Olympia in 1992, where she was an active bowler, bowling in three leagues at Aztec and Tumwater Lanes for nearly 23 years. She also was a volunteer at St Peter’s Hospital and enjoyed visiting the local casino’s.

Dollie is survived by her husband Pat and three sons, Rick (Sheri) Vacaville, CA; Ron, Lacey: Mike (Terri) Lonsdale, MN and 6 grandchildren Krisalynn, Cody, Maverick, Kaleena, Jessica, and Mikayla.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Neal Flaherty.