Roland L. White

Born in Lake Placid on Aug. 10,1933, he was the son of the late Willis A. and Lila E. (LaBombard) White. Upon graduating from Lake Placid High School, he joined the US Army and is a veteran of the Korean War.

Following honorable discharge in 1955, he met and married Alta Supernaw on Sept. 15, 1956, in Peru, New York. Together they started their family of six children in Lake Placid.

Roland’s career as a golf course superintendent began at the Lake Placid Club Golf Course. He was also a golf course consultant for several area golf courses in the area. He accepted a position in December of 1975 with the Bald Peak Colony Club in Melvin Village, New Hampshire, relocating his family in the spring of 1976 to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. He retired from his position as golf course superintendent in the summer of 2000. In addition to his golf course career, Roland and Alta owned and operated the Melvin Village General Store from 1994 to 2001.

Roland is survived by his loving wife Alta White; six children — Kathy Elliott of Laconia, New Hampshire, Carol (Gary) Manley of Keene, New York, Ronald (Barbara) White of Alton Bay, New Hampshire, Deanna White of Stratham, New Hampshire, Karen (Roy) Sheasby of Keene, New York, and Nanette (Jack) Carpenter-Brooks of Lawrence, Massachusetts; 15 grandchildren — Kristen Elliott, Jessica (Keith) Wilkins, Heather (Joseph) Difederico, Erin (Grant) Brassard, Zaccarie (Danielle) White, Nichole (Aji) Brightman, Jeremiah Sira, Meaghan Bailey, Jennifer Lawrence, Brett (Brittany Anne) Guerin, Brittany Guerin, Kara Carpenter, Ashley Young, Jillian Carpenter, and Joshua Carpenter; 20 great grandchildren — Mikah Wilkins, Coleton, MaKenna and Evan Difederico, Logan and Samuel Estes, Christopher and Logan White, Elysa, Paisley, Peter and Allison Sira, Ryleigh and Camden Guyette, Emerson Sayers, Avery and Alayna Guerin, Payton, and Bryson and Logan Young.

Roland is survived by his sister Jeannette Corson of Saranac Lake, as well as several nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his longtime great friend and loyal work companion Ernest Marvin of Tuftonboro, New Hampshire and formerly Lake Placid.

In addition to his parents, Roland was predeceased by brother Charles White and his wife Hilda White, sister Theresa Quinn and her husband Richard Quinn, nephew Michael Quinn, brother-in-law Manley John Corson, and infant grandson Christopher Lawrence White.

A memorial mass will be held at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 300 NH 25, Meredith, New Hampshire on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m. A graveside service will be held at St. Agnes Cemetery, Powerhouse Lane, Lake Placid, on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m.