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Barbara Jean Fletcher was born on 3 September 1920 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.^1,2 She and Richard Dean (Dick) Wintermote were married on 28 December 1950 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, St. John's Methodist Church. She died on 8 May 2011, at age 90, in Alvamar, Lawrence, Kansas.^3,2 She was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.²

Barbara Jean Fletcher was.
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Residence: Kansas City, Missouri & Lawrence, Kansas
Religion: Methodist; later Congregational

Barbara F. Wintermote

Private graveside inurnment services for Barbara F. Wintermote, 80, of Lawrence, KS, will be held at Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, MO. She died on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, Lawrence, KS

She was born September 3, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of William T. and Nina (Outhier) Fletcher.

Mrs. Wintermote was a homemaker.

She was a 1951 graduate with a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority and a member of the Kansas City Branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.

She was married to Richard D. “Dick” Wintermote on December 28, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include one daughter, Terry W. Preston, of Lawrence, a son, Mark F. Wintermote, of Glendale, AZ, four grandchildren; Matthew F. Preston, Katherine A. Preston, Ben F. Wintermote, Zachary C. Wintermote, and a great grandson, Jackson F. Wintermote.

The family suggests memorials in her name to the K.U. Alumni Association or to the K.U. Endowment Association and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

For those wishing to send a greeting card condolence, please mail to Mr. Dick Wintermote at 4805 Brandon Woods Terrace, Lawrence, KS 66047. She was educated in University of Kansas in 1951 B.A.³

Anne Marie Wintermote was born on 16 January 1960 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado. She died on 8 March 1997, at age 37, in Texas.¹

Anne Marie Wintermote was a
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INFO: He lived and died an honest man.
Residence: Chemung County

1860- Purchased property at Van Ettenville.
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Residence: 15625 Overmeade Circle, Dallas, TX 75248
Religion: Baptist

Social Security Death Index states death as 3/15/1997.

Richard Dean (Dick) Wintermote was born on 10 July 1926 in Augusta, Butler, Kansas. He and Barbara Jean Fletcher were married on 28 December 1950 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, St. John's Methodist Church. He died on 19 December 2011, at age 85, in Alvamar, Lawrence, Kansas.¹ He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.¹

Richard Dean (Dick) Wintermote resided 1994/Retired from Endowment Association. He was a
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Residence: Near Wantage M.E. Church; then Haines Farm.¹
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Residence: Augusta and Lawrence, Kansas
Religion: Methodist; later Congregational
Education: Oil Portrait hangs in Adams Alumni Center
Maiden Name: at the University of Kansas.
1983- Retired from Alumni Association

Richard D. "Dick" Wintermote

Funeral services for Richard D. "Dick" Wintermote, 85, Lawrence, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, with the Rev. Dr. Peter Luckey officiating. Private burial will be later in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. Wintermote died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.
He was born July 10, 1926, in Augusta, the son of John W. Sr. and Ruth Clouse Wintermote. He graduated from Augusta High School.
Following his graduation, Mr. Wintermote enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served 18 months (1944-1946) on New Hebredes and New Caledonia Islands in the South Pacific.
Following his service to the country in 1946, Mr. Wintermote came to Lawrence to attend Kansas University. He graduated from KU in 1951. While at KU, he was a cheerleader for the 1948 Orange Bowl in Miami.
Mr. Wintermote was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Until his death, he continued supporting the fraternity. The fraternity honored him in 1982 as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Kansas Chapter of Delta Upsilon (part of the inaugural class). From 1992 to 1995, he helped raise $2.1 million, and he was actively involved in the $3 million renovation of the Kansas DU chapter house. In 2010, he was recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Dick Wintermote Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was the retired director of the KU Alumni Association from 1963 to 1983.
Mr. Wintermote was an assistant, field or associate director of the KU Alumni Association from September 1951 to July 1963, at which time he was named executive director and secretary-treasurer. He retired from those positions July 1, 1983, after 32 years with the association-20 years as the chief operation officer. Mr. Wintermote then asked to manage long-range planning for both the KU Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association, and it was from those studies that the Campaign Kansas was born.
Under his leadership, the Alumni Association was named national champion and received "The Alumni Administration Award for Comprehensive Excellence" in 1972; won the Time-Life "Best Direct Mail Campaign of the Year" in 1971; and received National Citations for Merit in 1974 and 1975 for "New and Innovative Alumni Programming," "Alumni Records Management" and the Kansas Honor Student Program. The Alumni Association's Kansas Alumni Magazine was named "Best in the Nation" in 1983 and had been regularly recognized on district and national levels for overall excellence for many years. Mr. Wintermote was a frequent speaker at district and national conferences of the American Alumni Council and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, and at two international Business Machine "Higher Education Executive Conferences." He served as an alumni association consultant to the president of the University of Arizona and to the Alumni Association of the University of Colorado at Boulder. One of his proudest accomplishments was being involved in the planning of the K.S. "Boots" Adams Alumni Center and his role in its planning, starting in 1979; the campaign that raised more than $6 million in private funds and monies for its endowment. It was opened Aug. 22, 1983.

In 1982, Mr. Wintermote was designated as a Distinguished KU Alumni, and in 1989, he was the recipient of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion. In 2008, he served as president of the Gold Medal Club at KU.
In 2007, the KU Alumni Association created the Dick Wintermote Chapter Volunteer of the Year Award to honor Mr. Wintermote, who dedicated his career to building relationships with KU alumni, and his renowned personal letters earned him admiration and a lasting legacy.
He married Barbara Jean Fletcher on Dec. 28, 1950, in Kansas City, Mo. She preceded him in death May 8, 2011.
Survivors include a daughter, Terry W. Preston, Lawrence; a son, Mark F., Gledale, Ariz.; four grandchildren; Matthew F. Preston, Katherine A. Preston, Ben F. Wintermote and Zachary C. Wintermote; and a great-grandson, Jackson F. Wintermote.
The family suggests memorial to the KU Alumni Association for an internship honor program to be developed in his name or to the Kansas Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Condolences may be sent online at warrenmcelwain.com or mailed to 4805 Brandon Woods Terrace, Lawrence, KS 66047. He was educated in Kansas University in 1951.¹

John William Wintermote, Jr., was born on 12 August 1921 in Augusta, Butler, Kansas. He died on 26 January 1992, at age 70, in Dallas County, Texas.

John William Wintermote, Jr., was a
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Residence: Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin.
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Residence: 15625 Overmead Circle, Dallas, TX 75248
Religion: Episcopalian.¹

Ruth Lucile Clouse was born on 19 August 1900 in Augusta, Butler, Kansas.¹ She and John William Wintermote were married on 21 November 1919 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas. She died on 6 May 1983, at age 82, in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas.¹ She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler, Kansas.¹

Ruth Lucile Clouse was a Confectionary Manager.²
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Residence: Augusta and El Dorado, Kansas
Religion: Methodist

(Lawarence Journal-World May 7, 1983 page 3)
EL DORADO---Services for Ruth Wintermote, 82, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Carlson Funeral Home here. Burial will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta. Mrs. Wintermote died early Friday in El Dorado. Born Aug. 19, 1900, in Augusta, she moved to El Dorado in 1949. She was married to John W. Wintermote Sr., who firf in 1980. Mrs. Wintermote and her husband owned a paint and wallpaper company in Eldorado. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Soroptimist International Club of El Dorado, the Altrua Club and the Circles of Church Club. Survivors include two sons, John W. Wintermote Jr., Dallas, Tex., and Dick Wintermte, Lawrence; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A memorial will be established for Mrs. Wintermote at the Kansas University Endowment Association and the First United Methodist Church. Her son Dick is retiring as executive director this year after 32 years with the KU Alumni Association.

Dorothy Mae Leighty was born about 1921. She died in Newton, Harvey, Kansas.¹

Married with four children when she passed away- Windemuth Family History.

Frank Marion Leighty, Jr., was born on 27 November 1923 in Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas. He and Margaret Ann Reid were married on 2 October 1943 in Newton, Kansas. He died on 11 February 2007, at age 83, in Jenks, Tulsa, Oklahoma.¹

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Residence: Tulsa, Oklahoma.²

Frank Marion Leighty was born on 10 May 1891 in Kansas.^1,2 He and Mable May Wintermote were divorced Yes. He died in July 1968, at age 77, in Kansas.¹

Frank Marion Leighty was a
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Residence: Ash Grove, Iowa
Religion: Methodist; Democrat

1870 Indiana Census shows John being born in Indiana, living with Amanda (21), Cicily (3), Orval (1).
1900 Kansas Census shows John and Laura (Amanda) had 5 children, 3 living. Aldo John's birth date as 2/1847.
1910 Kansas Census shows Earl living with John and Amanda

WintMaster Database lists death as March 27, 1899 in Cherryvale, Kansas.