Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Winters, 62, a former Murphysboro High School teacher, died early today in Brokaw Hospital in Normal, after an illness of two weeks.
She was born Aug. 15, 1905, in Moscow, Mich., the daughter of William and Caroline Wyllys Davis. She was married in May of 1931 in Ann Arbor, Mich., to Donald Winters, who died in 1956.
While living in Murphysboro, she taught both Spanish and English from 1954 through 1963. In the fall of 1961, Murphysboro Township High School became one of the first in the area to have a language laboratory.
Mrs. Winters attended a special seven-week summer course at Knox College in Galesburg in the us of language laboratories. She also used a similar lab during a 10-week class at SIU in the winter of 1961. Ninety-three of her Spanish students were the first to use this new teaching device.
She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Murphysboro, and was an active member of the Sorosis Guild of the church.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Minonk, where she was a ruling elder of the church. She was a teacher in the high school in Minonk.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner of St. Louis, Mo.; sons, William of Metropolis, Rev. David Winters of St. Louis, and Richard of Stanford, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
Primary sources: Southern Illinoisan,
Fri., May 10, 1968; Southern Illinoisan, Oct. 22, 1961
She was born Aug. 15, 1905, in Moscow, Mich., the daughter of William and Caroline Wyllys Davis. She was married in May of 1931 in Ann Arbor, Mich., to Donald Winters, who died in 1956.
While living in Murphysboro, she taught both Spanish and English from 1954 through 1963. In the fall of 1961, Murphysboro Township High School became one of the first in the area to have a language laboratory.
Mrs. Winters attended a special seven-week summer course at Knox College in Galesburg in the us of language laboratories. She also used a similar lab during a 10-week class at SIU in the winter of 1961. Ninety-three of her Spanish students were the first to use this new teaching device.
She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Murphysboro, and was an active member of the Sorosis Guild of the church.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Minonk, where she was a ruling elder of the church. She was a teacher in the high school in Minonk.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner of St. Louis, Mo.; sons, William of Metropolis, Rev. David Winters of St. Louis, and Richard of Stanford, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
Primary sources: Southern Illinoisan,
Fri., May 10, 1968; Southern Illinoisan, Oct. 22, 1961
Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Winters, 62, a former Murphysboro High School teacher, died early today in Brokaw Hospital in Normal, after an illness of two weeks.
She was born Aug. 15, 1905, in Moscow, Mich., the daughter of William and Caroline Wyllys Davis. She was married in May of 1931 in Ann Arbor, Mich., to Donald Winters, who died in 1956.
While living in Murphysboro, she taught both Spanish and English from 1954 through 1963. In the fall of 1961, Murphysboro Township High School became one of the first in the area to have a language laboratory.
Mrs. Winters attended a special seven-week summer course at Knox College in Galesburg in the us of language laboratories. She also used a similar lab during a 10-week class at SIU in the winter of 1961. Ninety-three of her Spanish students were the first to use this new teaching device.
She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Murphysboro, and was an active member of the Sorosis Guild of the church.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Minonk, where she was a ruling elder of the church. She was a teacher in the high school in Minonk.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner of St. Louis, Mo.; sons, William of Metropolis, Rev. David Winters of St. Louis, and Richard of Stanford, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
Primary sources: Southern Illinoisan,
Fri., May 10, 1968; Southern Illinoisan, Oct. 22, 1961
She was born Aug. 15, 1905, in Moscow, Mich., the daughter of William and Caroline Wyllys Davis. She was married in May of 1931 in Ann Arbor, Mich., to Donald Winters, who died in 1956.
While living in Murphysboro, she taught both Spanish and English from 1954 through 1963. In the fall of 1961, Murphysboro Township High School became one of the first in the area to have a language laboratory.
Mrs. Winters attended a special seven-week summer course at Knox College in Galesburg in the us of language laboratories. She also used a similar lab during a 10-week class at SIU in the winter of 1961. Ninety-three of her Spanish students were the first to use this new teaching device.
She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Murphysboro, and was an active member of the Sorosis Guild of the church.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Minonk, where she was a ruling elder of the church. She was a teacher in the high school in Minonk.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner of St. Louis, Mo.; sons, William of Metropolis, Rev. David Winters of St. Louis, and Richard of Stanford, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
Primary sources: Southern Illinoisan,
Fri., May 10, 1968; Southern Illinoisan, Oct. 22, 1961
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