Billie C. Winter Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Sutton resident, Billie C. Winter, 73, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Mary Lanning HealthCare in Hastings, NE. Memorial services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at the Federated Church in Sutton, NE with Rev. Mary Scott officiating. No visitation cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. Billie was born March 24, 1942, in Bremerton, WA to Wilbur C. and Winifred (Mitchell) Winter. He graduated from Meredosia High School in 1960, with a high school diploma. He married Gloria A. Hensley and they were blessed with a daughter, Lisa before they divorced. He then married Linda L. Sample who brought Michael and Travis Sample to this union. Together they had Heidi and lived in Sutton, NE where Billie was employed by Dahlsten Truck Line of Clay Center until his retirement in 2006. He was an avid woodworker and loved to make improvements to their home in his spare time. Billie is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Lee and Adam Wenzel of Unadilla, NE; and their four daughters, Anna Struble; Kirsten Struble; Stephanie Wenzel; and Nicole Wenzel; one great-grandchild, Murphy Christian; daughter, Heidi Lynn Smidt of Fairfield NE; step-son, Michael William Sample of Englewood, CO; step-son, Travis Eugene and wife Shannon Sample of Mascoutah, IL; and their Children, Kaitlin and Hunter Sample; brothers, Wayne Winter of Norfolk, NE; Jim Winter of Friend, NE; and sister, Sandy Havlat of Crete, NE. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Linda Winter; sister, Ethel Jean Cronin; and brother, Gary Lee Winter.

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Billie C. Winter

March 24, 1942 - October 31, 2015