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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Linda M. Winter
Age: 64
City: Kansas City
Funeral Date
11 a.m., Friday, 1/8, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sumner
Funeral Home
Becker-Milnes Funeral Services & Rettig Funeral Home
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Linda M. Winter
LINDA M. WINTER
Sumner
Linda M. Winter, 64, of Kansas City, Mo., and formerly of Sumner, Iowa, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, with family in their home after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sumner, with the Rev. Donald Komboh celebrating. The Mass will be livestreamed on Becker-Milnes & Rettig Facebook Page. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, rural Sumner. Visitation will precede the Mass at the Church on Friday starting at 9 a.m. A rosary will be recited at 8:45 a.m. Linda's favorite color was purple, so all attending the service whether in person or via
Facebook are asked to wear purple.
Memorials may be made in Linda's name to
Pre-Born International at www.preborn.org. Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner is assisting Linda's family. Online condolences may be left at www.beckermilnesrettig.com.
Linda Mary, daughter of Martin John and Mary Kay (Rader) Winter was born Sept. 7, 1956, at the New Hampton Hospital. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith. Linda received her education in the Sumner Schools and graduated from Sumner High School in 1974. She continued her education at
Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo, receiving a degree in commercial art. Linda worked for several ad agencies, prior to fulfilling her dream of starting and running Priority Printing & Marketing in Kansas City, since 1994. Linda was a talented entrepreneur, developing her printing business and investing in several real estate properties. She was also a very creative person. She could paint, draw or sew about anything. She was always dressed to the nines and loved shopping, especially for jewelry, shoes and belts. Linda accomplished many things in her life, but the most important thing to her was being an aunt.
Linda is survived by her siblings, Patricia (Darryl) Wenthe of Marion, Dennis (Loredana) Winter of Des Moines, Larry (Tina Boesenberg) Winter of Urbana and Debra (Dan) Callahan of Marion; nieces and nephews, Jeff (Katie) Wenthe, Jennifer (Senica) Fisher and their children, Gracelyn, Beckett and Reid, Dennis Jr. and Linda Winter, Estee and Ellie Winter, and Claire and Cooper Callahan; aunts and uncle, Pauline Rader of Tripoli, Millie Rader of Sumner, Corrinne Meyer of Sumner and Flora and Ron Hogue of Chesterfield, Mo.; and many cousins, extended family members and friends.
In addition to her grandparents, she was preceded in death by her parents; and uncles and aunt, Irvin and Evelyn Winter, Walter Rader, Verlynn Rader, Milton "Shorty" Meyer and Donald Rader.