{"id":216458,"date":"2021-01-08T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=216458"},"modified":"2021-01-08T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:57:08","slug":"delores-june-winter-jan-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=216458","title":{"rendered":"Delores June Winter – Jan 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Delores June Winter was born June 25, 1940 to Charles and Hazel (Haney) Winter at Cannon Ball, ND.\u00a0 Having come from Iowa, her father homesteaded in Dakota.\u00a0 Also born in Iowa, her mother was a schoolteacher.\u00a0 When Delores was five years old, her family relocated to Getchell Prairie Township north of Valley City.\u00a0 She graduated from Noltimier High School in 1958.<\/p>\n

Family credit her quick wit and humor to her Grandpa Haney\u2019s Irish ancestry.\u00a0 With her strong desire to travel, adventure followed her as she visited exciting and historical places in 27 countries.\u00a0 Bull fights in Mexico, being chased by a bear in Romania, riding in a hot air balloon and being chased by an elephant in Africa were all big adventures.\u00a0 Proud of her German, Danish and Irish heritage, she visited Germany four times.\u00a0 A highlight of her travels was a visit to Moen Island, Denmark, which was the birthplace of her mom\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

Delores held quite a variety of jobs throughout her life.\u00a0 She worked at Mercy Hospital for seven years; five of those years were in the OB Department.\u00a0 She worked as office manager at the Valley City Veterinary Hospital where she kept the docs on their toes for eighteen years.\u00a0 Five of these same years she also worked evenings, weekends and holidays at the Sheyenne Care Center.\u00a0 At the age of fifty, Delores decided to start a new career.\u00a0 She had met Gary Deick from National Lodging and trained under him for motel management.\u00a0 For the next eleven years she managed motels in South Dakota, Minnesota, and North Dakota.\u00a0 When her health began to fail, she spent an enjoyable two years living in Fort Ransom, ND before returning to Valley City to be near family.\u00a0 After her health improved, she worked part-time for several years at The Open Door Center.<\/p>\n

During her many years as manager of the Super 8 Motel in Wahpeton, ND, she became active in a group called \u201cFriends of the Refugees.\u201d\u00a0 They were a group of people with a compassion for helping families from several countries, mainly Russia and Yugoslavia.\u00a0 Later on, after they became citizens, Delores made it possible for several of these refugees to visit their homeland.\u00a0 They remained lifelong friends.\u00a0 Delores\u2019 devotion to helping them and doing for others made these some of the happiest years of her life.<\/p>\n

Delores was happiest when working the hardest.\u00a0 Hers was truly a good work ethic.\u00a0 Honorable, always fair with a straightforwardness, she was compassionate and generous. \u00a0The creed that Delores lived by was expressed in her favorite poem:<\/p>\n

Little Keys to Happiness<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Work with joy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Live with love.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dream from your heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

Share what you have.<\/em><\/p>\n

Care deeply.<\/em><\/p>\n

Be thankful always.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Delores was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, James, William, Richard, and infant brother, Joseph Patrick; brothers-in-law, Russell McKay and Ralph Noeske; and sister-in-law, Delores Clara Winter.<\/p>\n

She is survived by sisters, Charlotte McKay and Helen Joy Noeske; sisters-in-law, Kay Winter and Carol Winter Bjorge; 16 nieces and nephews and their families who feel that everyone should be so fortunate as to have an Aunt Delores in their family; and special friends, Doctor and Mrs. William J. Magee.<\/p>\n

Delores passed on her terms with courage and dignity on January 7, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Valley City at 80 years of age.\u00a0 In compliance with her wishes, a memorial service is not planned.\u00a0 A private family burial service and life celebration will be held at Memory Gardens at a later date.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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