Alan William Winn

WINN, ZIERKE, ALT

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 9/20/2010 at 16:53:48

Alan William Winn, 52, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 17th.

Alan was born January 18, 1958 in Platteville, Wisconsin to Delbert & Jeanette Winn. He graduated in 1976 from Belmont High School, Belmont Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, and graduated with honors earning a Bachelors degree in Psychology. He was united in marriage to Janan Zierke on October 22, 1983, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting, graduating with honors from Buena Vista University. He passed the CPA exam in 1986 and moved to Washington, Iowa, where he joined the CPA firm of Hensel, Latta and Harris. The firm later became Latta, Harris, Hanon & Penningroth L.L.P. Alan became a partner in 1996 and was instrumental in opening the Iowa City office.

He attended Christ the King Lutheran Church where he was very involved in the congregation and was currently serving as Council President. He was a member of the Iowa City Homebuilders Association and the Cedar Rapids Homebuilders Association. Alan was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accounts, and past President of the Southeastern Chapter of the Iowa Society of CPA’s.

Alan is survived by his wife, Janan; daughters, Sarah & Emily; and his mother, Jeanette Winn all of Iowa City; brothers, David (Janet) Winn of Red Bluff, California and Philip “PJ” (JoAnn) Winn of Valrico, Florida, sister, Nancy (Dennis) Alt of Hudson, Iowa and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Delbert, and sister, Christine.