Winder, Surline

WINDER, ASHER, BERNER

Posted By: Nancy (email)
Date: 6/2/2003 at 13:21:39

May 15, 2003 Morning Sun News Herald
Surline A. Winder

Surline Asher Winder, 87, of Wapello, died Tuesday afternoon, May 6, 2003, at the Wapello Nursing & Rehab Center in Wapello, where she had been a resident for the past several months. The daughter of Surl and Myrtle Berner Asher, she was born January 26, 1916, in Jericho, MO. She moved to Louisa County, Iowa with her father when she was eleven. They lived first in Grandview and then in Wapello.

She married Howard L. ‘Buck’ Winder on August 21, 1946, in the presence of their parents in their home in south Wapello. He preceded her in death on April 28, 1993.

Surline graduated from Grandview High School, attended Coe College for two years and taught elementary school for seven years. She was employed for two years at National Bank in Burlington, and owned and operated the Hi-Way Pantry in Wapello for over eight years. After the sale of the Pantry, she returned to school and graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in Speech Pathology and Audiology. She was a speech pathologist for Louisa-Henry County for eight years and then at Muscatine County – Mississippi Bend until she retired.

She was initiated into P.E.O. in 1942, was a member of the local bridge club, the Wapello Study Club and was a Life Member of the American Speech and Hearing Association. She wintered in Mission, Texas from 1977 until last year.

She is survived by five nieces, Karen Humiston of West Des Moines, Kathy Swafford of LeClaire, Shirley Plattenberger of Itasca, Ill., Maryanne Winder of Lithonia, Ga., and Ann Schrader of Greeley, Colorado; and two nephews, Craig Winder of Davenport and Tom Plattenberger of Alaska.

She was preceded in death by her parents, step-mother, Marie Otto Asher, her husband, two brothers, Loren Asher and Emory Asher, three nephews, Eddie Asher and Warren Asher, and Bruce Plattenberger.

Graveside service with burial of the cremated remains were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Wapello Cemetery with the Rev. Mary N. Pugh officiating. Following services the family gathered at Mrs. Winter’s home, 720 Washington Street, where they met with friends and served refreshments.

The Surline Winder Memorial Fund has been established.

The Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello provided the care and arrangements.