Winter, Susanna Magdalene (Maggie) Pfost

Passed: 1940-05-31

Age: 74

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice: 1940-06-06

Obituary Date: 1940-06-27

Information: Susanna Magdalene Winter, daughter of Marion F. and Chloah Knootz Pfost, was born January 20, 1866, on the old Pfost farm on Grass Lick in Jackson County, West Virginia, died May 31, 1940, age 74 years, 4 months and 11 days.  She was first united in marriage to George W. Casto on February 11, 1883, and to this union was born Mrs. O. W. Seymore now deceased and Mrs. W. A. Brannon of Given, West Virginia. Mr. Casto died in 1889.      She was united in marriage to John H. Winter, December 16, 1894.  To this union was born the following children, Mrs. Howard Hopkins, Given, Emory B. Winter, Fairplain, Mrs. J. E. Harrison, Ripley, Mrs. Perry Corbin, Kenna, Raymond H. Winter, Fairplain, also one son who died in infancy.      She is survived by one brother, George W. Pfost, Fairplain and Miss Alice Pfost, a sister, of Ripley, and also twenty four grandchildren and three great grandchildren besides a number of other relatives and a host of friends throughout this part of the county.  Mrs. Winter was converted at an early age and lived a Christian life through all her years.  She was a devoted mother and wife, a good neighbor and her kind acts to all whom she was associated with will long be remembered by all who knew her.  Her death is a great loss to her family, her friends and the community, but her good life and her kindness to her neighbors and friends will continue to live on as the years go by.                                                                         THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST LEFT - The death of Mrs. Maggie Winter Saturday thinned the ranks of one of the well known large families of the county to two, the oldest and the youngest.  Mrs. Winter was a Pfost before her marriage, a sister of G. W. Pfost.  G. W. Pfost was the oldest member of the family and Miss Alice Pfost, the youngest member.      The other children, seven in number have passed on.  They were H. F. Pfost, Dr. John Pfost, Mrs. Maggie Winter, Mrs. Lelia Hockenberry, Mrs. Taylor Whiting, Miss Matilda Pfost and a half brother, James Greene.  One of the awfullest tragedies ever to happen in the county happed to the Pfost family when John Morgan committed his drastic deed. JACKSON HERALD - June 7, 1940 - MRS. WINTER DIES SUNDAY -  Funeral services for Mrs. J. H. Winter were held from the Fairview church near Fairplain Sunday afternoon at two o'clock and burial was in the church cemetery.  Mrs. Winter died suddenly at her home near Fairplain about eleven o'clock Friday morning from a heart attack, members of the family reported.  She became suddenly ill about eight-thirty and died about two and one-half hours later.  She had not been ill and her death was a severe shock to the family and friends.  Mrs. Winter was a native of Jackson county and was born in the Grasslick section, a daughter of the late Marion and Chloe Pfost.  Her mother, who had married a Mr. Greene after the death of the first husband, was slain by John Morgan at the family home on Grasslick in 1897, and two other children.  She married J. H. Winter who preceded her in death 15 years ago.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lucy Brannon of Given by a former marriage and Mrs. Howard Hopkins of Given, Emory Winter and Ray Winter of Fairplain, Mrs. Perry Corbin of Kenna and Mrs. J. E. Harrison of Ripley.  One sister, Miss Alice Pfost of Ripley and a brother, G. W. Pfost of Fairplain, also survive.  The Vail mortuary of Ripley had charge of the funeral arrangements.  The following obituary was read at the funeral:  (same as above)