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Elizabeth (Lizzie) M. Vankirk was born on 9 November 1891 in New Jersey.^1,2,3 She and Joseph McCloughen Wintermute were married on 5 August 1916.¹ She died in 1948, at age ~57.³ She was buried in Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Blairstown, Warren, New Jersey.³

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wintermute, 56, wife of Joseph M. Wintermute, died Saturday night, June 26, in the Easton Hospital where she had been a patient since last Tuesday. She had been ill for several weeks

Mrs. Wintermute was a teacher in the second grade in Blairstown Public School and had been active in community life. She was a member of Blair Chapter, 179, Order of Eastern Star, the Vail Grange No. 211 and Blairstown Methodist Church.

Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Herman Shotwell, of Vail; a sister, Mrs. W. Flock Read, of Balirstown; two brothers, Lemuel Van Kirk and James, both of Delaware and one grandson.

Mrs. Wintermute was the daughter of Mrs. George Van Kirk of Blairstown, and the late Mr. Van Kirk. She has resided in the vicinity of Blairstown most of her life.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the New Baker Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Lytle, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in the Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Blairstown.