Judith Ann (Cory) HELMER WINFREY

WINFREY, KING, CORY, HELMER, HULL, CHRISTENSEN, PETERS, HEPPERLY, NALAN, HEMANN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/3/2012 at 14:09:00

August 26, 1951 -- December 31, 2011

HAMPTON, IA - Judith Ann Winfrey, 60, of Hampton, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Brent Hamilton, of Grace and Wesley United Methodist Churches, officiating. Interment will be at the Way Side Cemetery in Chapin. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Judith Winfrey Memorial Fund, in care of the family.

Judith was born Aug. 26, 1951, in Mason City, the daughter of Herman "Skeeter" and Gwenyth (King) Cory. She graduated from Mason City High School in 1969. In 1973, Judith graduated from La James Cosmetology College and later became owner/operator of Town & Country Beauty Salon in Sheffield and Hampton, for many years. She married Lorel Winfrey on June 15, 1985, in Clarion, Iowa. She enjoyed spending time in her yard, collecting Iowa Hawkeye memorabilia, trips to Las Vegas and playing Bingo. She also enjoyed cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes, St. Ansgar Saints, and Central College softball teams.

Judith is survived by two children, Christie Helmer and special friend Perry Hull of Mason City, and Lynn Helmer of Hampton; two grandchildren, Renee Helmer, of Hampton, and Ryan Helmer, of Ruth, Calif.; her mother, Gwen Cory, of Mason City; one brother, Dick Cory and wife Kim, of Mason City; one sister, Karen Christensen of Charles City; three step-children, Loren Winfrey and wife Laurie of Ames, Brian Winfrey and wife Shelly of Hampton, and Pam Peters and husband Tracy of Hutchinson, Kan.; eight step-grandchildren, Lucas, Tanner, Trevor, Colton, and Jace Winfrey, Zach and Spencer Peters, and Briana Winfrey; special niece, Jami Hepperly and her children, Brayden and Avery; nephews, Damon and Ben Cory; special grandchildren, Emily Nalan, Sam and Abby Hemann. She is also survived by several aunts, uncles and "adopted" family members. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2007, her father, and one brother, Mike Cory. Arrangements with Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, IA 50401

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
January 3, 2012