Winter, Chris

Passed: 1964-09-18

Age: 49

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1964-09-25

Information: Winter Rites Held Sunday C. C. (Chris) Winter, 49, died at his home in the Highlawn section of Ripley Friday morning after a four month illness from cancer.  His condition had been critical for some time and death was expected, members of the family said. He was born Oct. 5, 1915 at Fairplain, the son of the late Herford A. and Myrtle Stewart Winters.  He married Elizabeth Casto in 1936.  An employee of Kaiser Aluminum, he was educated in Jackson county schools.  He was a member of Ripley Lodge 16, A. F. and A. M. and a past master of the lodge.  He was a Knights Templar and a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Nemesis Shrine, Parkersburg, Jackson County Shrine Club, and a past president.  He was a deacon, trustee and member of Ephesus Baptist Church at Fairplain and was former Road Supervisor for Jackson County. Survivors include his widow, a son Chris Jr., Salem, Va; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Green, Fairplain and Kathy, at home; six brothers, Rev. Vairl Winters, Glenn, Ward and Harl Winters, all of Ripley; George Winters, Atwater, Ohio; Ford Winters, Baltimore, Md, and four grandchildren. Ghe funeral service was conducted at the Ephesus Church Sunday afternoon and the burial was in the church cemetery.