John Walter WINDER

1916 - 1955  (38 years)

• Name	John Walter WINDER
  Birth	10 Jun 1916	Stillwater, Churchill, Nevada, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  cemetery	1955	Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA
  	Churchill County Cemetery
  Occupation	Student
  Religion	Catholic
  Residence	Susanville, Lassen, California, USA
  _UID	C068E98EC68C47FEBD1D6AA17F904151BCDF
  Death	5 May 1955	Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA   [2]
  Burial	Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA
  Person ID	I76	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	George Walter WINDER,   b. 1 Jul 1885, Des Moines, Jefferson, Iowa, USA d. 11 Dec 1947, Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Kathryn Genevieve MURPHY,   b. 23 Nov 1887, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 6 Dec 1978, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1915	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  cemetery - Churchill County Cemetery - 1955 - Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA Burial - - Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Tombstone of John Walter Winder

  
  

• Notes

  The Fallon Eagle, 7 May 1955 1:5 JOHN WINDER TAKEN BY DEATH SUDDENLY IN RENO Member of Well Known Family Passes; Was World War II Vet John Walter Winder, son of Mrs. Kathryn Winder and the late G.W. Winder, passed away Thursday morning at the Veterans Hospital in Reno following a short illness. Members of the family had spent the previous evening with him and his untimely death came as a great shock to relatives and friends. He was born near Stillwater, June 10, 1916, and spent most of his life in this community. He attended Fallon schools and graduated from Churchill County High School. A veteran of World War II, he served four and a half years with the Army Air Force in England, North Africa and Italy. For about a year he had been a student at Lassen Junior College at Susanville, Calif. Recitation of the rosary was held at the Austin Mortuary last night...Interment will be in the family plot. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Kathryn Winder, two sisters, Mrs. Kathryn O'Hara of Oakland and Emmie Getto of Fallon, two brothers, George and Howard Winder of Fallon and several nieces and nephews. On tombstone: Nev S Sgt. 12 AF WWII.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Churchill County Recorder. [S12] Cemetery Records, Churchill and Landers Counties, Nevada (Reliability: 0). John Walter Winder, Nev S. Sgt 12 AF WWII b. 10 Jun 1916 d. 5 May 1955