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Robert Lee WINDER

Robert Lee WINDER

Male 1921 - 2012  (91 years)


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  • Name Robert Lee WINDER  [1
    Birth 19 Aug 1921  , Marion , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID EED0A9F771C1478F9934250E6C9CB8547ADD 
    Death 11 Dec 2012  Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20864  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2016 

    Father William Clark WINDER, Jr.,   b. 14 Dec 1888, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1970, Logan, Hocking, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Frances CAIN,   b. 8 Oct 1892, Crown City, Gallia, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1991, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1912  , Marion , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Photos
    Winder house Oberlin 1927-1929
    Winder house Oberlin 1927-1929
    black and white photo of house occupied by the Winder family in Oberlin, Ohio in the late 1920s
    Family ID F5406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosemary Ann LAUTHERS,   b. 9 May 1924, Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 2013, Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1945  Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. John WINDER
    Family ID F7479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Obituary of Robert L. "Bob" Winder

      MIFFLIN Robert L. "Bob" Winder, 91, of Mifflin, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in the Emergency Room of Lewistown Hospital.

      Born Aug. 19, 1921, in Marion, Ohio, he was a son of the late William Clark and Mary Frances (Cain) Winder, Jr.

      He is survived by his wife, Rosemary A. (Lauthers) Winder, whom he married on June 26, 1945 in Oberlin, Ohio; four children, John H. Winder and wife, Mary Lou, of Silver Spring, Md.; Deborah M. Schultz and husband, Peter, of Lewes, Del., Sally J. Winder and husband, John McCrea, of Newville, and Andrew L. Winder and wife, Mindy, of Mifflintown; nine grandchildren: Alexander D. Winder, Helen C. Mendez, Nicholas A. Schultz, Benjamin W. Schultz, Rosemary K. McCrea, Abigail R. McCrea, Samuel B. Winder, Kate E. Gregorio and Rebecca S. Winder; two great-grandchildren, Alejandro and Mireya Mendez; and several nieces and nephews.

      He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles W. Winder and Paul E. Winder.

      Bob graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and from Oberlin College in 1947, Class of 1943. He was in the US Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1958 and was on active duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1950 to 1952.

      He was employed in the US Civil Service where he received the meritorious Civil Service Award.

      He was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Field Services Committee, the Juniata Co. Historical Society where he helped to computerize historical records, and was active with the Winder DNA Genealogy Project.

      At one time, he owned and operated the American House of Music in East Waterford. He was a ham radio operator, a GED tutor, volunteered at the Carlisle Natural Foods Co-op, was a former Milford Township auditor, and collected information concerning Civil War persons for the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

      There will be a gathering of family and friends on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, from 1 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 2 p.m. at Guss Funeral Home, Inc., 20 S. Third St., Mifflintown. There will be no viewing.

      In lieu of flowers, the family requests that those who desire make memorial contributions to the Juniata County Historical Society, 498B Jefferson St., Mifflintown, PA 17059.
      Condolences may be left at www.gussfh.com.

  • Sources 
    1. [S292] Katherine Lapella, Jul 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S81] Robert L. Winder, Winder Families (untitled), (November 1997, revised Fall 2000), Aug 2000 (Reliability: 3).


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