Ogden White, Jr.
Ogden White Jr., 84, died September 30, 2021 peacefully at his home in Prouts Neck, Maine, in the loving embrace of his wife Bonnie, surrounded by his children.
Ogden was born September 21, 1937 in New York City, son of Ogden White and Sally Sprague White (Kirkland). He enrolled at St. Paul’s School in 1949 after attending the Aiken School in Aiken, SC. Earning his A.B. from Harvard College, where he was a member of Leverett House, in 1960, Ogden immediately joined the First National Bank of Boston where he remained through 1984. Ogden became president of Bank Boston International in New York in 1975, then chairman until 1982. He oversaw the international corporate lending operations, private banking, and foreign exchange operation of branch offices in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Luxembourg. During the 70’s while stationed in New York, Ogden was a member of the Young Presidents Organization and co-founder of the YPO international chapter. Following his banking career, Ogden joined BASELINE and later became a director and senior advisor at MarketGrader through his retirement.
On September 10, 1959, Ogden married Bonnie Donnell Richardson. Together they raised three children and celebrated their 62nd anniversary in September. Ogden and Bonnie lived in Manchester by the Sea, MA, Locust Valley, NY, Brookline, MA, finally settling in Jupiter Island, FL and his beloved Prouts Neck, ME. While in Prouts Neck during the summers, Ogden enjoyed outdoor activities and hosting his children and grandchildren. He was an enthusiastic golfer with a thunderous drive and played for “the glory of the individual shot”. He was president of the Prouts Neck Country Club from 1994-2000. An enthusiastic gardener, Ogden extended his efforts beyond his own property to the entirety of Prouts Neck, leading gangs of teenagers in the eradication of invasive plants, founding the Bittersweet Society, now the Prouts Neck Conservancy. While on Jupiter Island, Ogden enjoyed a great many friends and activities. He was president of the Jupiter Island Historical Society and a loyal and enthusiastic supporter of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. While in retirement, he was able to realize a lifelong dream of taking to the stage, enjoying prominent roles in several musicals at Jupiter Island as well as a solo curtain call singing “The Impossible Dream” at the Maltz.
Ogden is lovingly remembered by his wife Bonnie, his three children and their spouses, Jennifer Walsh (Peter), Ogden White III (Elizabeth), Cynthia Day (Chris), ten grandchildren, and his sisters Patsy White Timpson and Alexandra White Smith and many much-loved nieces and nephews. He was predeceased in 2014 by his sister, Sally White Lee.
Ogden will be interred at Christ Memorial Chapel in Hobe Sound, Florida and there will be a memorial service in June at St. James Church in Prouts Neck.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made in his memory to the Prouts Neck Conservancy, 499 Black Point Road, Scarborough, ME 04074 or the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 East Indiantown Road, Jupiter, FL 33477.