Jeffrey Bryan White

Jeffrey Bryan White returned to his loving Heavenly Father unexpectedly on Sunday, April 26, 2020, in Boise, Idaho.
 Jeff was born March 24, 1960, to Louis and Sharon White in Boise Idaho.
 When Jeff was about 1, they moved to Portland, Ore., and lived there until he was 10. While living in Portland, he met the Flemmer family, who became a second family to him. During that time, thanks to the Flemmers, he gained a love of horses.
 At the age of 10 they moved to Weiser and shortly thereafter his beautiful baby sister, Shannon, joined the family.  
 Jeff started raising pigeons, despite his mother’s wishes against keeping them in the back shed. This hobby became a great bonding time for Jeff and his dad, and remained a life-long passion for him.
 Jeff was always a hard worker. At the age of 11, he started his first paper route. By the age of 14, he started working at East Side Grocery Store in Weiser. He also spent his summers working in fields, moving sprinkler pipes and bucking hay bales.
 At 16 he started working for Safeway and saved up his money to buy his beloved blue Monte Carlo – everyone in town knew it belonged to him and he loved it! His sister Shannon said she always felt so lucky when she got to take a ride in it.
 He had also worked so hard to save up money to buy his sister her first 10 speed bike.
 He graduated in 1979 from Weiser High School and continued his career with Safeway moving up into management in the early ’80s. He was in the grocery business until the late ’80s when he transitioned to UPS, and retired in 2006.
 Jeffrey married his high school sweetheart, Suzy Kelley, in August 1981 (divorced in 2006) and welcomed their 4 children, Marshall in March of 1982, Justin in June 1983, Stephanie in October of 1985, and Shareesa in August of 1988.
 He loved being a dad.  He loved adventures with his children.
 One of his kids’ most cherished memories with their parents was when their dad would get off of work on a Friday night.  Jeff and Suzy would load up the van with all the kids and drive all night to the Oregon Coast for a quick weekend.  
 Jeff also loved to take the kids swimming at Indianhead Hot Springs and go camping in the mountains. He also loved to play video games with his boys. They all have fond memories of him playing games while blasting Journey, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Scorpions.
 Jeffrey met his wife Shelley Beets-Roth in 2007, married in Hawaii on 10/10/10 and spent the last 13 years together.
 Shelley had a son Gerod, that Jeff loved like his own. Jeff and Shelley moved to Nampa together, where they enjoyed fixing up the home they shared.
 They loved to escape winters and spend a few months in Arizona with Shelley’s parents.
 In 2015, Jeff and Shelley went on an adventure and made a big move to Hawaii. They enjoyed life on the big island for a period of time before moving back to Nampa.
 He was blessed to have his grandparents and great-grandparents in his life even through adulthood. In September of 2019, he tragically lost his parents just 4 days apart.
 He is survived by his wife Shelley, his sister, Shannon White (Randy Crosby), Marshall White (Megan), Justin White (Courtney), Stephanie Moates (Jared Moates), Reesa Walters (Justin Walters), and Gerod Roth.
He also leaves behind his grandchildren that he loved and adored more than anything: Jovi (11), McKinley (10), Bennett (9), Cohen (8), Bryson (7), Chesney (7), Adalei (7), Sawyer (6), Haizley (5), Louis (4), Miloh (3), Brooks (2), and Waylon (2).
 Although Jeff  was not able to meet his newest granddaughter here on the Earth we know he spent  6 days in Heaven, holding her and seeing her safe delivery. Shareesa, his youngest, welcomed her daughter Camryn Bryanna Rae Walters 6 days after Jeff passed.
 His life was cut short, but he had a lot of wonderful experiences along the way. We will miss him: his joyful nature, his ability to be friends with everyone, his love for animals, gardening, ’70s and ’80s music and, most of all, his contagious laugh.
 God be with you until we meet again. 

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