Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Harold Arthur Winenger

Jan. 30, 1916 - April 30, 2007

 

South Bend Tribune 5/4/2007                                      

SOUTH BEND -- Harold Arthur Winenger, 91, of Westerville, OH, formerly of South Bend, IN, passed away at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2007, in Columbus Colony Elderly Care, Westerville, OH. He was born on January 30, 1916, in South Bend, IN, to Raymond and Esther (Kuss) Winenger.

 

On August 3, 1940, in South Bend, IN, he married the former Marian Virginia Bergman, who survives. Mr. Winenger is also survived by a daughter, Susan (David) Butler of Wauseon, OH; three sons, Thomas R. (Virginia) Winenger of Westerville, OH, Robert (Tamara) Winenger of South Bend, IN, and Harold Winenger Jr. of South Bend, IN; 11 grandchildren, Christine (Brian) Kenney of Brunswick, OH, Thomas Jr. and Douglas Winenger of Westerville, OH, Randi and Robin Winenger of Columbus, OH, Stephen Winenger of Bloomington, IN, Scott, Elyse and Elayna Winenger of South Bend, IN, Patti Butler of Mt. Vernon, IL, and William Butler of Jacksonville, NC; three great-grandchildren, James, Michaela and Justin Kenney of Brunswick. OH; and a sister, June Amm of South Bend, IN. He was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Engle, and by a brother, Wilber Winenger.

 

 

Mr. Winenger attended Riley High School. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1946 after serving his country in Europe during World War II. Mr. Winenger retired in January 1980 after being employed for over 50 years at South Bend Toy Manufacturing Company where he was the foreman of the woodworking department. He was a member of the South Bend Turners Club and the Independent Order of ODD Fellows. He also attended the 1st Baptist Church, Wauseon, OH. Mr. Winenger loved to bowl, golf, fish and play cards.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007, in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan St., South Bend, IN. Rev. Ron Shipley will officiate. Burial will follow at Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. today, May 4, 2007, in the funeral home. Contributions in memory of Harold Arthur Winenger may be to the Alzheimer Association, P.O. Box 8462, Chicago, IL 60680-8462.