Former Forfar dairy owner Alan White, 75

Alan White, who owned a successful dairy in Forfar for more than 30 years and was a prominent figure in many aspects of local life, has died suddenly at the age of 75.

Mr White moved to Coupar Angus from Edinburgh when he was two, and after attending the local junior secondary and Perth High he went on to Dundee Technical College where he gained an engineering degree, leading to a job in Edinburgh with Ferranti.

He married Mary in 1966 and the couple set up home in Dunfermline.

They have two children, Adrian and Judith, and three grandchildren.

At weekends and during holidays, Mr White helped a Newtyle milkman with his business, before purchasing Farquharson’s dairy in 1972.

Renamed White’s Dairy, it expanded deliveries to Kirriemuir and Broughty Ferry. He sold the business in 2004.

Mr White continued to work, helping Adrian in his newsagent business on Forfar West High Street, and was also able to devote time to his other interests and the local organisations he was involved with.

He was a dedicated Forfar Rotarian and part of the club’s curling team that won the organisation’s Scottish championship Ram’s Head trophy on a number of occasions, as well as a gold medal in the Rotary World championships in Kinross in 1990, followed two years’ later by silver at Utica in the United States.

Mr White’s other Rotary involvement included driving Santa’s sleigh on its annual festive fundraising collection in Forfar and the surrounding area.

He was also a long-time volunteer with the Forfarian community bus trust, of which he was one of the original drivers.

A member of Forfar and Fothringham curling clubs, as well as Forfar Golf Club, he was also an enthusiastic member of Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club, organisers of the annual Scottish Transport Extravaganza at Glamis Castle.

Alan White.