Helen Cathrine "Ditta" White, 78, of Callaway, MD died on August 22, 2010 at St. Mary's Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD. Cathrine was born on June 4, 1932 in Seat Pleasant, MD. She was the daughter of the late Luther Andrew and Helen Stamp Irby.

On March 21, 1951 she married George "Buck" White of Clinton at Bell's Methodist Church, Allentown, MD. They had homes in Clinton, Oxon Hill and Waldorf, MD and in 1994 retired to St. Mary's County.

In addition to being an excellent homemaker and mother, Cathrine was a bookkeeper for the Navy Exchange for 20 years at the D.C. Navy Yard and Indian Head Naval Station.

She is survived by four children, Wesley E. White of Hague, VA, Amanda J. White of Crownsville, MD, Kathy A. Fox of Waldorf, MD and Anna M. "Tuff" Hamilton of Lexington Park, MD. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Ricky, Carl, Angel, Justin, Vanna, Richard and Katie Jo and eleven great-grandchildren, Kody, Sara, Dylan, Rosie, Skylar, Kendrick, Shawn, Nathaniel, Saleen, Mackenzie and Little Jay and two sister-in-laws, June Riddle of Cobb Island, MD and "Mike" Buckler of Croom, MD.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Buck, her daughter, Cindy Lee White, her parents and her brother Richard Irby of Bryans Road.

The family will receive friends on Friday, August 27, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at The Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A Funeral Service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. by Pastor Dan Moore of Callaway Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Callaway Baptist Church, 20960 Point Lookout Road, Callaway, MD 20620.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.