Dr. Paul Anthony White, founder of Wyoming-based nutritional manufacturer Nutri-West and one of 12 founding members of the International College of Applied Kinesiology, passed away on Oct. 17, 2009, at the age of 70.
The future Dr. Paul White was born on April 14, 1939 in Aberdeen, S.D., and attended Aberdeen Central High School, where he met the woman who would become his wife, Marcia VonWald. After marrying in 1957, the couple moved to Minneapolis, where Paul attended Northwestern College of Chiropractic (then a stand-alone college but now one of several Northwestern Health Sciences University programs). He graduated five years later and purchased his cousin's chiropractic practice in Douglas, Minn., where he not only provided chiropractic care, but also joined the local volunteer fire department, ran the ambulance service and served as county coroner.
Dr. White and his family started Nutri-West in 1981 to provide supplements to his family and patients; the company expanded rapidly and took on worldwide distribution. Fifteen years later, Paul and Marcia's children purchased the company, which continues to operate under their management. By that time, the Whites had purchased a ranch and were producing alfalfa hay and rasing Black Angus cattle. Ten years later, they purchased a winter home in Las Cruces, N.M., to enjoy their semi-retirement.
Dr. White is survived by his wife, Marcia; children Paul Anthony White II and his wife, Penny, Michele Franchesca Lisco-Ediss and her husband, Dr. Steve Ediss, and Tiffany Ann Moore; eight grandchildren, Megan Lisco, Chelsea Moore, Anthony White, Jordan Lisco, Andrew White, Taylor Lisco, Cooper Moore, and Austin White; twin sister Paula Egnoske and her husband, Cliff.; numerous nieces and nephews; and his faithful German shepherd, Fritz.
Donations can be made to the Dr. Paul A. White Memorial Scholastic Fund in care of the First National Bank, P.O. Box 1570, Douglas, Wy., 82633.
