Shelby  County  Indiana
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Winkler

Murphy  Parks  Funeral  Service
September 2012
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Janet  Kay  Winkler
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          Janet Kay Winkler,  65, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Ashford Place Health Campus in Shelbyville.
          She was born Sept. 17, 1946, in Shelbyville to  Rolland J. and Virginia (Hildebrand) Mark.  She married  Ronnie Ray Winkler  on Sept. 11, 1965, and he survives in Shelbyville.
          Other survivors include sons  Anthony (Angela) Winkler,  Benjamin (Kileen) Winkler  and  Matthew (Kimberly) Winkler,  all of Shelbyville; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
          She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother.
          Janet was a homemaker.  She member of the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Shelbyville.  She worked for the Fashion Factory Outlet for 10 years and enjoyed reading and making ceramics.
          Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Murphy-Parks Funeral Home, 703 S. Harrison St. Rosary will be recited at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
          Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at the funeral home with Father John Maung officiating.  Burial will be at St. Joseph Catholic Church cemetery.
          Memorial contributions can be made to the Hospice of South Central Indiana in Janet's honor.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  News
Tuesday, July 6, 1971
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Mr.  Winkler
Dies  at  58
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          Emerson F. Winkler,  58, 205 Conrey St., died early today in Community Hospital, Indianapolis, where he had been a patient since a coronary attack two weeks ago.
          Services will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. James Arneson officiating.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.  Friends may call after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Ewing Mortuary and the Rosary will be recited there at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
          Born in Shelby Township Nov. 22, 1912, Mr. Winkler was the son of  Harry and  Mary L. (Lux) Winkler.  On Sept. 6. 1941, he married  Isabelle Talbert  and she survives with two sons,  Donald J. Winkler and  Ronnie R. Winkler,  and two daughters,  Mrs. Vernon (Donna) Sharp  and  Mrs. Ricke (Linda Kay Bennett,  all of Shelbyville.
          Also surviving are his mother of Shelbyville, eight grandchildren; three sisters,  Mrs. Kenneth Anspaugh  of Shelbyville,  Mrs. Thomas Tragesser  of Cincinnati and  Mrs. Kenneth Lawrence  of R.R. 3; and one brother,  Kenneth Winkler,  R.R. 6.
          Two brothers preceded in death
          Mr. Winkler, a lifelong local resident, as a member of the St. Joseph Church and the Eagles Lodge.  For the past 14 years he had been a floor inspector at the Ford Motor Co., Indianapolis, and prior to that had been employed at Allison Division, General Motors, Indianapolis, and Bohn Aluminum Co., Greensburg.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  News
Thursday December 27, 1951
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RITES  SET  FOR  MRS.  WINKLER
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          Funeral services and burial were held in Kokomo Wednesday for  Mrs. Bessie Winkler, widow of  Art B. Winkler, and former resident of Shelby county.
          Mrs. Winkler died at her home in Kokomo December 22 following a long illness.
          She was the daughter of  Jasper N. and Margaret (Ensminger) McKay  and was born in Shelby County.  She is survived by one daughter and one son, Mrs. Merritt McClure  of Kokomo and  Lt. Robert Winkler, stationed in Key West, Florida.  Also surviving are two sisters and a brother, Miss Hazel McKay  and  Robert McKay  of this city and  Mrs. A. B. Marshall  of Indianapolis.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Bob McKenzie

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday March 4, 1943
Page 1  Column 3
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ART  WINKLER,
FORMER  COUNTY  RESIDENT,  DIES
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          Harry Winkler, of State Road 244, has been notified of the death of his brother, Art Winkler, former Shelby county resident, which occurred at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at his home in Kokomo.
          Mr. Winkler left here thirty-five years ago. Surviving are the widow and two children, besides the brother here. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at Kokomo.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Bob McKenzie

Shelbyville  News
December 3, 1923
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          DIED  THIS  MORNING  AT  GREENSBURG - Native of Shelby County succumbs following operation at Decatur Memorial Hospital.  Aaron Winkler, resident of Rush County and well known in this city and county, died at 3:20 o'clock today in the Decatur Memorial hospital at Greensburg, Indiana following an illness of one week, during which time he had undergone an operation for appendicitis.
          Funeral services will be held Friday, at the German Evangelical church in Union township, with the Rev. Mr. Nestle, of this city, officiating.  The cortege will leave the late home at 1:00 P.M., and friends may call until that hour.  Interment will be made at the church cemetery with R. T. Stewart, undertaker, in charge.
          Altho at the time of his death Mr. Winkler was a resident of Rush county, he was a native of Liberty township.  He was twenty four years, three months and twenty six days old.  He was born August 6, 1899 , and was the son of  Louis Winkler, of Waldron, Indiana.  On October 15, 1922 Mr. Winkler married  Miss Leona Kuhn  and his death, which removes one of the most progressive farmers of Rush county, is untimely and is a sad blow to the short wedded life of the couple.  Mr. and Mrs. Winkler had no children.
          Besides the widow, the father, Louis Winkler, of Waldron, two brothers  Art Winkler  of Kokomo, Ind., and  Harry Winkler, of Liberty township, five sisters,  Mrs. Rhina Kuhn,  Mrs. Herbert Kuhn  both of Liberty township,  Mrs. JohnInlow,  of Waldron, Mrs. George Martin  and  Miss Virgil Winkler, of Richmond, Indiana and one grandmother,  Mrs. Hannah Devening,  of Fenns, survive.
Contributed by Linda Allen

A Shelby County  Newspaper
1918
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DIPHTHERIA  CLAIMED  SMALL  BOY
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Son of  Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winkler
sick only since last Saturday.
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          Maurice Lewis Winkler, the little son of  Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winkler,  died at five-twenty o'clock Monday afternoon at their home in the St. Vincent neighborhood at the age of four years, two months and thirteen days.  Diphtheria caused his death.  The boy became sick only last Saturday and it was not till Monday that he was afflicted with the diphtheria.
          Surviving with the parents are a brother and sister.  The child was a grandson of  Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lux.
          Following short services conducted at the grave by Rev. Father Ketter, burial will be made at four o'clock this afternoon in St. Vincent's Cemetery.
Contributed by Linda Allen

The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Monday, October 24, 1881
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          Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winkler  lost their only child, a little two -year-old boy,  Michael,  Wednesday evening.  The little one had not been well for several weeks.  The parents are greatly grieved at their loss.  Both parents and reatives made much of the little boy.  He died at Dr. Fleming's. -- Greensburg Review. Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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