Winnie Langston

Funeral service for Winnie Lee Langston, 85, Tonganoxie will be held 11 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel.  Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery.  She died September 20, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born on February 24, 1926 in Newark, Arkansas the daughter of Neal and Violet (Porter) Pipkins.
Winnie was a self-employed caregiver.  She moved to Eudora in 1953 where she lived for 41 years.  She then moved to Tonganoxie where she lived for 17 years.
She married Harmon “Woody” Langston on June 1, 1946.  He preceded her in death on March 5, 1984.
Survivors include two sons, Bob and wife, Patricia, Wamego, Bill and wife, Linda, Eudora; one daughter, Betty Kirby, Tonganoxie; one brother, Robert Pipkins, Ft. Worth, TX; one sister, Shirley Fuller and husband, Lynn, Oil Trough, Arkansas; 7 grandchildren, Michael Kirby, Vanessa Hannan, Jalee Ahmann, Jori Benson, Rebecca Nely, Chris Langston, Melissa Leach; 5 great grandchildren, Madison, Molly, Jackson, Isabelle, AJ.
The family will greet friends 7 – 8:30 p.m. Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital- Intensive Care Unit and may be sent in care of the mortuary.