Stephen Wilhite was once born in West Chester, Ohio, on March 3, 1948. His father, Clarence Earl Wilhite, was once a manufacturing facility employee and his mom, Anna Lou Dorsey, was once a nurse.
Later in lifestyles, Mr. Wilhite captured the historical past of his invention in a three-page report that he shared along with his kids and grandchildren, his spouse mentioned.
When one among his granddaughters, Kylie, advised her pc trainer that her grandfather had invented the GIF, the instructor didn’t consider her, Ms. Wilhite mentioned. This induced Mr. Wilhite to jot down a letter to the instructor to substantiate the tale. “Then he signed it Steve Wilhite and he mentioned, ‘Google it,’” Ms. Wilhite mentioned.
Mr. Wilhite retired at 51 after a stroke, however he stored busy the usage of his pc programming talents to reinforce his mannequin railroad, a passion that his spouse mentioned was once meant to be confined to the basement of his house however spilled into different rooms, with Mr. Wilhite construction model-train bridges in his upstairs place of business.
Ms. Wilhite mentioned that her husband additionally cherished to spend time outdoor and that they went on many tenting journeys together with her son Rick, who she mentioned was once one among Mr. Wilhite’s “very best pals.”
They traveled from their house in Milford, Ohio, to the top of Florida and to the Grand Canyon, she mentioned. “Steve cherished the pine timber within the north, and I really like the sea, in order that gave us a large span,” Ms. Wilhite mentioned.
The couple married in 2010, once they have been each of their 60s. Ms. Wilhite mentioned that their first date was once at a Cracker Barrel the yr sooner than they married.
