- Date Of Birth: January 6, 1949
- Date Of Death: December 16, 2020
- State: Michigan
William Bruce White, always known as “Bruce,” died in his sleep December 16th at 5:30 a.m. at Grace Healthcare in Three Rivers. Born January 6th, 1949, in East Grand Rapids, he moved to Kalamazoo at 18 to attend Kalamazoo College, finished at Western Michigan University, and rarely again left the Kalamazoo area.
Friendly and garrulous, he was first and always a poet. He gave readings locally and published 31 chapbooks which were sold at Michigan News Agency. Four of them were illustrated by his childhood friend Chris VanAllsburg. A poem of his can be found in Angela Williams’ Michigan anthology “With a Cherry on Top,” published in 2006 by Mayapple Press.
He was preceded in death by his former wife Jaimy (Winnig) White; his last wife Margaret (Tyler) White; his sister Debbie; and his parents Gerald and Aline (Coghill) White. He will be buried at Schoolcraft Cemetery on January 6th, which day would have been his 72nd birthday.
