Nothing happy, he was just a good man...

I knew this person. He worked on the computers at work and was very easy to talk to. When he visited my parents home he was kind enough to help me do some yard work and shared with me great stories about the Foreign Legion. I liked him a lot but then again I think everyone did. I hope where he is he is content and knows everyone will miss him...

STEPHEN M. WHITE, 50, Rockford, died at 3:49PM, Sunday, July 19, 2005 in Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, as the result of a scuba diving accident. Born February 17, 1955 in Swindon, England, son of Manfred White and Hilda Riley White. Married Mary Jane Zenk in Paris, France on July 4, 1990. He was proud to have lived in the United States the past 9 years after coming here from Paris. He was self employed as a computer network consultant. He also had formerly been employed part time by the Rockford Bread and Bagel Co. He was in the French Foreign Legion from 1978 to 1983 where he was a Chief Corporal in the First Calvary. He attended the Culinary Program at Elgin Community College and much to his family’s delight, excelled in bread baking and pastries. He loved scuba diving and belonged to several scuba diving associations. He also belonged to the French Foreign Legion Amicale. Stephen was a visionary who was deeply devoted to his family.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane; daughters, Bernadette and Christine; parents, Manfred (Ann) White, Stafford, England and Hilda (Gordon) Smith, Bracklesham Bay, England, and his brother, Michael White, Lampedusa, Sicily. Predeceased by his father-in-law, Jack Zenk.