Memorial
Inez K. Winker, 87, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
Funeral Mass: 10:30 am Saturday, November 1, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, with the Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 am Saturday at the church.
Survivors include 2 sons, James (Ruth) Winker of Marion, Steven (Cynthia) Winker of Ashland City, TN; daughter, Gail (Roger) Simmering of Washington, IA; 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren; Brother, Lon Diers of Carroll, IA
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Daryl, in 2012 and a brother, Donald Diers.
Inez Katherine Diers was born February 9, 1927 at Arcadia, Iowa the daughter of Arthur and Loretta (Niehaus) Diers. On May 11, 1948 she married Daryl Winker in Arcadia, Iowa with Fr. Mathias Stork as Celebrant. Inez had worked at General Electric in Carroll for 14 years retiring in 1987. She was a lifelong resident of the Carroll/Arcadia area and had lived in Carroll for the past 63 years until moving to Marion in 2011. She was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, the Ladies Guild of the church and the St. Anthony Auxiliary and worked several years as a volunteer in the New Hope Village store. Inez was an avid bridge player.
Memorial donations may be given in her name to the St. Jude’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.