Leon Winters

Funeral services for Leon Winters, 77, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 18, 2014 at First Christian Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Leon was born August 29, 1937 in Lamar, CO the son of Iris and Marian Lacy Winters.

He married Christine Beckman Winters. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include one son, Tim Winters and wife, Patty; two daughters, Kelly Turner and husband, Chris, and Lori Howard; grandchildren, Miranda Arredondo and husband, Hector and their son, Leo, Zach Grooms, Tanner Howard, Justin Howard, Jacob Turner, Carson Turner, Travis Turner; one sister, Marilyn Oldham and husband, Dale; and one brother, Harold Morris. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Iris and Marion Winters; daughter, Tanya Winters Grooms; and brothers, Merwin “Bud” Morris, and Rodger Morris.

A visitation will be held from 5 – 7 p.m. and the family will greet friends from 5 – 6 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Wounded Warrior Project or The Willow Domestic Violence Center and may be sent in care of the mortuary.