WINTERS, Dennis W. 1958-2000

WINTERS, MURPHY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/26/2010 at 16:08:02

DENNIS W. WINTERS

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Dennis W. Winters, 41, of Rockford, died Sunday (Jan. 16, 2000) at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 West Main Ave., Rockford, with the Rev. William Green, retired United Methodist Minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home in Rockford and one hour prior to services on Thursday.

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, (515) 756-3311.

GLOBE GAZETTE, JAN. 18, 2000
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DENNIS W. WINTERS

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Dennis W. Winters, 41, of Rockford, died Sunday (Jan. 16, 2000) at the University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, of complications from a heart condition.

Funeral services for Dennis Winters will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, 21 Third St. N.W., Rockford, with the Rev. Rosemary Rohde-Frank officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p. m. today at the Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 West Main Ave., Rockford, and one hour prior to services on Thursday at the church.

Dennis W. Winters was born March 13, 1958, in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Gerald Dale and Eileen Jeanette (Murphy) Winters. He was raised and attended school in Rockford. Dennis worked in the various fields of automobile mechanics. He had also been a farm hand for Ralph Martin.

Dennis had a deep love and strong affection for cars of all sorts, but most especially his '68 Dodge Coronet, which he affectionately named "Sweet Candy." Dennis also showed his love of cars by being a member of the Winters Drag Racing Team. He was also a gifted freehand artist.

He will be dearly missed by his family who endeared the nicknames of "Stringbean" and "Dennis the Menace," and by his nieces and nephews who called him "Bones."

Those thankful for sharing Dennis' life are his parents, Jerry and Eileen Winters, of Charles City; nine brothers and sisters, Jerry Dale Winters and his wife, Denise, of Parkesburg, Pa., Jim Winters and his wife, Bunnie, of Clear Lake, Dennis' twin brother, David Winters and his wife, Kim, of Charles City, Debbie Schmitt, of Mason City, Don Winters and special friend, Susan Benken, of Mason City, Jeff Winters of Rockford, Phillip Winters of Charles City, Paul Winters and his wife, Dawn, of Brodhead, Wis. and Peggy Feltus and her husband, Dan, of Allison, Iowa; several nieces and nephews; and one great-nephew.

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, (515) 756-3311.

GLOBE GAZETTE, JAN. 19, 2000