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Eldon Dale Wilkie was born on 4 August 1936 in Loup City, Sherman, Nebraska.^1,2 He and Carolyn (Sue) Anne Wintermote were married on 8 July 1961 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.³ He died on 6 March 1990, at age 53, in Prairie City, Jasper, Iowa at home.^1,2 He was buried in Waveland Cemetery, Prarie City, Jasper, Iowa.¹

Eldon Dale Wilkie was a
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Residence: 15625 Overmeade Circle, Dallas, TX 75248
Religion: Baptist

Social Security Death Index states death as 3/15/1997.
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Religion: United Methodist.

Carolyn (Sue) Anne Wintermote was born on 11 November 1938 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. She and Eldon Dale Wilkie were married on 8 July 1961 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.¹ She died on 17 May 2014, at age 75, in Pleasant Hill, Cherry, Nebraska.¹ She was buried in Waveland Cemetery, Prarie City, Jasper, Iowa.¹

Carolyn (Sue) Anne Wintermote was a Nurse.¹ Religion: United Methodist

Carolyn "Sue" Wilkie, age 75 of Prairie City, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Parkridge Specialty Care in Pleasant Hill. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the Prairie City United Methodist Church with burial following at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Friday, May 23, 2014, from 2:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. The family will greet friends from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Sue Wilkie Memorial Fund and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

The daughter of Ezra Gaius and Hazel Dare (Grubb) Wintermote, Sue was born on November 11, 1938, in Chambers, Nebraska. Sue graduated from Chambers High School in 1956, and went on to get a degree in nursing. She worked as at various hospitals in Nebraska and Iowa, Clearview Nursing Home in Prairie City, with Dr. Ververka in Prairie City, Blue Cross / Blue Shield for 14 years, retiring in 2000, and with Dr. Buitenwerf and Dr. Hagerty at Prairie City Dental Office retiring in 2007. On July 8, 1961, she was united in marriage to Eldon Dale Wilkie in Omaha, Nebraska. Sue was a member of the Prairie City United Methodist Church, where she served on various committee's and as a Sunday School teacher. She was also a member of the Prairie City P.E.O, P.T.A., Booster Club, Garden Club, Rec Board, and served on the School Board. Sue was also active as a Cub Scout leader, Campfire Girls leader and the Red Hats Society.
Those left to honor her memory include her children, Cindy (David) Copple of Coppell, Texas, Cristy (Joe) Jennings of Prairie City, Jim (Michele) Wilkie of Prairie City, and Steve Wilkie of Prairie City and ten grandchildren, Alexandra, Rebecca, and John Copple, Matthew, Ryan and Kayla Jennings, Kaitlyn and Tanner Wilkie, and Kody and Chase Wilkie. Preceding her in death were her parents and husband.

Dorothy Eula Wintermote was born on 17 September 1913 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.¹ She died on 28 January 1996, at age 82, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.¹ She was buried in Wyuka Cemetery (Section 43, Lot 49, Space 5), Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.^2,1

Dorothy Eula Wintermote was a Teacher/ Extension Agent.³ She was educated University of Nebraska- Lincoln.³
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Residence: Lincoln, Nebraska
Education: Oregon.

Obituary for Eula Wintermote- Submitted by Naomi Brown

Memorial services for Eula Wintermote, 82, of Lincoln, were held Thurs., Feb. 1, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel in Lincoln. Reverend Dr. John Louden of Eastridge Presbyterian Church (she had been a member there since moving to Lincoln) officiated. Interment was in the Military section of Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln.
Eula Wintermote was born Sept. 17, 1913 at Chambers to John and Clarbell Wintermote. She passed away at the Holmes Lake Manor on Jan. 28, 1996 where she had resided for the previous two years, one month.
After graduating from Chambers High School, she attended Wayne State College. She then taught in Holt County rural schools and Newman Grove City School.
Eula attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, receiving a degree in Home Economics. Later she received her Masters Degree.
She worked for the University Home Economics Dept. with the Farm and Home Mobile Unit throughout the state; then as area Extension Agent in several southwestern Nebraska counties while living in McCook.
In Brown County, while living in Bassett, Eula worked for the Farm and Home Security Administration there, and later in Medford, OR in the same line of work.
She spent four years in Tehran, Iran as coordinator and teacher, teaching young girls to be teachers and organizing schools for the Near East Foundation. She traveled around the world in her two trips to Tehran.
In 1942, at the beginning of WWII, she joined the W.A.C.S. training in Texas and West Virginia. She then worked as a therapist in a Pennsylvania hospital for returning war casualties.
Upon partially retiring, she did home management work for the University of Nebraska. Later she spent much time doing volunteer work for the Madonna Professional Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, until failing health caused her complete retirement. She then moved into a condo until it became necessary to enter the Holmes Lake Manor. Eula's niece, Kathryn Phipps and husband William of Lincoln, lovingly took care of her while at the Holmes Lake Manor.
Eula was predeceded in death by her parents; an infant brother; and three sisters; Edith Cook, Ida Wallace, and Zelta Baughn.
Survivors include a brother and his wife, Gaius and Hazel Wintermote of Chambers; her niece Kathryn and husband William Phipps of Lincoln; and other nieces and nephews.⁴

Hazel Dare Grubb was born on 12 December 1911 in Battle Creek, Madison, Nebraska.^1,2 She and Ezra Gaius (Gay) Wintermote were married on 22 December 1934 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota.^3,1 She died on 9 June 1998, at age 86, in Prairie City, Jasper, Iowa.^4,1,2 She was buried on 13 July 1998 in Chambers Cemetery, Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.¹

Hazel Dare Grubb was.
Died from cancer at the home of her daughter.

Roscoe Conkling Baughn was born on 20 May 1893 in Manville, Wyoming.^1,2 He and Roma Zelta Wintermote were married on 24 June 1925 in Gering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He died on 8 March 1978, at age 84, in Salem, Marion, Oregon.^1,2 He was buried in Williamette National Cemetery (N, 0, 2389), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.³

Roscoe Conkling Baughn was a Farmer.³³

William Harold Wallace was born in June 1901 in Fullerton, NE. He and Ida May Wintermote were divorced Yes. He and Ida May Wintermote were married on 24 June 1925 in Gering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He died on 5 January 1943, at age 41, in Denver, Denver, Colorado.

Herman Edward Cook was born on 28 April 1900 in Loretto, Boone, Nebraska.¹ He and Edith Ildra Wintermote were married on 16 March 1921 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. He died on 30 April 1965, at age 65, in Meridian, Ada, Idaho.¹

Railroad Issued Social Security Death Index Card.

Charles Wesley Wintermote was born on 1 November 1906 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. He died on 2 November 1906, at age 0, in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. He was buried in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.¹

Roma Zelta Wintermote was born on 27 June 1903 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.¹ She and Roscoe Conkling Baughn were married on 24 June 1925 in Gering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She died on 4 April 1987, at age 83, in Salem, Marion, Oregon.¹ She was buried in Williamette National Cemetery (N, 0, 2389), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.²

Roma Zelta Wintermote was a 1994/Retired from Endowment Association.

Ida May Wintermote was born on 3 April 1901 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. She and William Harold Wallace were divorced Yes. She and William Harold Wallace were married on 24 June 1925 in Gering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She died on 19 March 1963, at age 61, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.

Ida May Wintermote was a
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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.

Edith Ildra Wintermote was born on 24 July 1899 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska, Sod House. She and Herman Edward Cook were married on 16 March 1921 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska. She died on 9 March 1990, at age 90, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, Mercy Medical. She was buried in Wilder Cemetery, Wilder, Canyon, Idaho.

Edith Ildra Wintermote was a
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Residence: 15625 Overmead Circle, Dallas, TX 75248
Religion: Episcopalian.

Ezra Gaius (Gay) Wintermote was born on 26 November 1907 in Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.^1,2 He and Hazel Dare Grubb were married on 22 December 1934 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota.^3,1 He died on 25 December 1996, at age 89, in O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska.^2,4,1 He was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.¹

Ezra Gaius (Gay) Wintermote was a
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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.
Residence: Chambers, Nebraska
Religion: Presbyterian; United Methodist.