Son of William Henry Winkler and Martha Cook. It has been said by family members that Les was a gentle giant until WWII. He came home from the battlefield in Italy (WWII) suffering from what then was called "shell-shock" aka Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. At the time, there was little, if any, medical treatment recommended for "shell-shock" victims.
My only memory of Les is that of him holding me in his lap as he put my feet into a new pair of brown high-top lace-up shoes he'd brought me. He called Granny (Martha Cook Winkler) and the two of them had a long -- (or so it seemed to me at the time) -- conversation about those shoes. Standing me up on Granny's dining room table, several times they had me walk back and forth across the table. Sometimes they'd stop me and press to press a thumb against the toe box. Finally, they decided those shoes fit me "just fine". Then Les picked me up, put my arms around his shoulders, carried me into the living room, and swung me out as he turned around and round. I remember his laugh. I think the laugh is why I remember that event. I'm told the next morning he caught a bus and went to Fort Worth where he was hit by a car. rahw
In 1947 Les got off a city bus in Fort Worth and was struck by a car driven by the secretary of a federal judge. The driver claimed she did not see the bus drop-off passengers and did not see the passengers crossing the street. Considered to be an "unavoidable accident", the driver was not ticketed. A quadriplegic, Les died from complications of the injuries sustained in the accident.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 19, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Elton L. Winkler, a veteran from the Ravenna community, died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday. The Body will arrive at 12:35 p.m. Saturday on the TX and Pacific for burial here.
Funeral arrangements with the Cooper Funeral Home are incomplete.
Dallas (TX) Morning News, The, Nov. 24, 1948, Section 1, p.12 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
SPECIAL to the News - BONHAM, Texas, Nov. 23 - Final rites for Lester Winkler, 40, who died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco where he had been since being injured in a wreck April 25, 1947, were held at the Ravenna Methodist church Sunday afternoon with the Rev. R.L. Cates officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. His mother and six brothers survive.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 21, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Lester Winkler passed away in Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday at 12:20 p.m. He had been hospitalized since April 25, 1947, following injuries received in a car accident.
Mr. Winkler was born Feb. 6, 1908 in Ravenna. His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler, and these brothers survive him: Ben, Willie and Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon and Ivy Winkler of Sherman; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at the Ravenna Methodist church by the Rev. R. I. Cates of Collinsville and the Rev. Smith of Ravenna at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnett, Ritchie Duncan, Raymond Berry, Glen Finley, Thad Finley and Weldon Dogget. Cooper Funeral Home is in charge.
Sherman (TX) Democrat (undated clipping from private collection of Helen Winkler Hasten - information (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh))
Bonham - Funeral services for Elton Lester Winkler, 40, who died last Thursday at the Veterans Hospital at Waco, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Methodist Church at Ravenna. The Rev. R. L. Catees, of Collinsville, conducted. (sic) Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, directed by Cooper's Funeral Home.
Mr. Winkler was born at Ravenna, Feb. 6, 1908. He had been hospitalized since April 25, when he was struck by an automobile at Fort Worth. He had been transferred from a Fort Worth hospital to the McKinney Veterans' Hospital and later was removed to the Waco hospital.
Survivors include: His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler of Ravenna and six brothers, Ben Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon, Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ivy Winkler of Sherman and Willie Winkler of Ravenna.
My only memory of Les is that of him holding me in his lap as he put my feet into a new pair of brown high-top lace-up shoes he'd brought me. He called Granny (Martha Cook Winkler) and the two of them had a long -- (or so it seemed to me at the time) -- conversation about those shoes. Standing me up on Granny's dining room table, several times they had me walk back and forth across the table. Sometimes they'd stop me and press to press a thumb against the toe box. Finally, they decided those shoes fit me "just fine". Then Les picked me up, put my arms around his shoulders, carried me into the living room, and swung me out as he turned around and round. I remember his laugh. I think the laugh is why I remember that event. I'm told the next morning he caught a bus and went to Fort Worth where he was hit by a car. rahw
In 1947 Les got off a city bus in Fort Worth and was struck by a car driven by the secretary of a federal judge. The driver claimed she did not see the bus drop-off passengers and did not see the passengers crossing the street. Considered to be an "unavoidable accident", the driver was not ticketed. A quadriplegic, Les died from complications of the injuries sustained in the accident.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 19, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Elton L. Winkler, a veteran from the Ravenna community, died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday. The Body will arrive at 12:35 p.m. Saturday on the TX and Pacific for burial here.
Funeral arrangements with the Cooper Funeral Home are incomplete.
Dallas (TX) Morning News, The, Nov. 24, 1948, Section 1, p.12 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
SPECIAL to the News - BONHAM, Texas, Nov. 23 - Final rites for Lester Winkler, 40, who died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco where he had been since being injured in a wreck April 25, 1947, were held at the Ravenna Methodist church Sunday afternoon with the Rev. R.L. Cates officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. His mother and six brothers survive.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 21, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Lester Winkler passed away in Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday at 12:20 p.m. He had been hospitalized since April 25, 1947, following injuries received in a car accident.
Mr. Winkler was born Feb. 6, 1908 in Ravenna. His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler, and these brothers survive him: Ben, Willie and Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon and Ivy Winkler of Sherman; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at the Ravenna Methodist church by the Rev. R. I. Cates of Collinsville and the Rev. Smith of Ravenna at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnett, Ritchie Duncan, Raymond Berry, Glen Finley, Thad Finley and Weldon Dogget. Cooper Funeral Home is in charge.
Sherman (TX) Democrat (undated clipping from private collection of Helen Winkler Hasten - information (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh))
Bonham - Funeral services for Elton Lester Winkler, 40, who died last Thursday at the Veterans Hospital at Waco, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Methodist Church at Ravenna. The Rev. R. L. Catees, of Collinsville, conducted. (sic) Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, directed by Cooper's Funeral Home.
Mr. Winkler was born at Ravenna, Feb. 6, 1908. He had been hospitalized since April 25, when he was struck by an automobile at Fort Worth. He had been transferred from a Fort Worth hospital to the McKinney Veterans' Hospital and later was removed to the Waco hospital.
Survivors include: His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler of Ravenna and six brothers, Ben Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon, Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ivy Winkler of Sherman and Willie Winkler of Ravenna.
Son of William Henry Winkler and Martha Cook. It has been said by family members that Les was a gentle giant until WWII. He came home from the battlefield in Italy (WWII) suffering from what then was called "shell-shock" aka Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. At the time, there was little, if any, medical treatment recommended for "shell-shock" victims.
My only memory of Les is that of him holding me in his lap as he put my feet into a new pair of brown high-top lace-up shoes he'd brought me. He called Granny (Martha Cook Winkler) and the two of them had a long -- (or so it seemed to me at the time) -- conversation about those shoes. Standing me up on Granny's dining room table, several times they had me walk back and forth across the table. Sometimes they'd stop me and press to press a thumb against the toe box. Finally, they decided those shoes fit me "just fine". Then Les picked me up, put my arms around his shoulders, carried me into the living room, and swung me out as he turned around and round. I remember his laugh. I think the laugh is why I remember that event. I'm told the next morning he caught a bus and went to Fort Worth where he was hit by a car. rahw
In 1947 Les got off a city bus in Fort Worth and was struck by a car driven by the secretary of a federal judge. The driver claimed she did not see the bus drop-off passengers and did not see the passengers crossing the street. Considered to be an "unavoidable accident", the driver was not ticketed. A quadriplegic, Les died from complications of the injuries sustained in the accident.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 19, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Elton L. Winkler, a veteran from the Ravenna community, died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday. The Body will arrive at 12:35 p.m. Saturday on the TX and Pacific for burial here.
Funeral arrangements with the Cooper Funeral Home are incomplete.
Dallas (TX) Morning News, The, Nov. 24, 1948, Section 1, p.12 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
SPECIAL to the News - BONHAM, Texas, Nov. 23 - Final rites for Lester Winkler, 40, who died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco where he had been since being injured in a wreck April 25, 1947, were held at the Ravenna Methodist church Sunday afternoon with the Rev. R.L. Cates officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. His mother and six brothers survive.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 21, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Lester Winkler passed away in Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday at 12:20 p.m. He had been hospitalized since April 25, 1947, following injuries received in a car accident.
Mr. Winkler was born Feb. 6, 1908 in Ravenna. His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler, and these brothers survive him: Ben, Willie and Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon and Ivy Winkler of Sherman; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at the Ravenna Methodist church by the Rev. R. I. Cates of Collinsville and the Rev. Smith of Ravenna at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnett, Ritchie Duncan, Raymond Berry, Glen Finley, Thad Finley and Weldon Dogget. Cooper Funeral Home is in charge.
Sherman (TX) Democrat (undated clipping from private collection of Helen Winkler Hasten - information (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh))
Bonham - Funeral services for Elton Lester Winkler, 40, who died last Thursday at the Veterans Hospital at Waco, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Methodist Church at Ravenna. The Rev. R. L. Catees, of Collinsville, conducted. (sic) Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, directed by Cooper's Funeral Home.
Mr. Winkler was born at Ravenna, Feb. 6, 1908. He had been hospitalized since April 25, when he was struck by an automobile at Fort Worth. He had been transferred from a Fort Worth hospital to the McKinney Veterans' Hospital and later was removed to the Waco hospital.
Survivors include: His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler of Ravenna and six brothers, Ben Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon, Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ivy Winkler of Sherman and Willie Winkler of Ravenna.
My only memory of Les is that of him holding me in his lap as he put my feet into a new pair of brown high-top lace-up shoes he'd brought me. He called Granny (Martha Cook Winkler) and the two of them had a long -- (or so it seemed to me at the time) -- conversation about those shoes. Standing me up on Granny's dining room table, several times they had me walk back and forth across the table. Sometimes they'd stop me and press to press a thumb against the toe box. Finally, they decided those shoes fit me "just fine". Then Les picked me up, put my arms around his shoulders, carried me into the living room, and swung me out as he turned around and round. I remember his laugh. I think the laugh is why I remember that event. I'm told the next morning he caught a bus and went to Fort Worth where he was hit by a car. rahw
In 1947 Les got off a city bus in Fort Worth and was struck by a car driven by the secretary of a federal judge. The driver claimed she did not see the bus drop-off passengers and did not see the passengers crossing the street. Considered to be an "unavoidable accident", the driver was not ticketed. A quadriplegic, Les died from complications of the injuries sustained in the accident.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 19, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Elton L. Winkler, a veteran from the Ravenna community, died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday. The Body will arrive at 12:35 p.m. Saturday on the TX and Pacific for burial here.
Funeral arrangements with the Cooper Funeral Home are incomplete.
Dallas (TX) Morning News, The, Nov. 24, 1948, Section 1, p.12 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
SPECIAL to the News - BONHAM, Texas, Nov. 23 - Final rites for Lester Winkler, 40, who died in the Veterans Hospital at Waco where he had been since being injured in a wreck April 25, 1947, were held at the Ravenna Methodist church Sunday afternoon with the Rev. R.L. Cates officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. His mother and six brothers survive.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Nov. 21, 1948 (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Lester Winkler passed away in Veterans Hospital at Waco Thursday at 12:20 p.m. He had been hospitalized since April 25, 1947, following injuries received in a car accident.
Mr. Winkler was born Feb. 6, 1908 in Ravenna. His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler, and these brothers survive him: Ben, Willie and Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon and Ivy Winkler of Sherman; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at the Ravenna Methodist church by the Rev. R. I. Cates of Collinsville and the Rev. Smith of Ravenna at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnett, Ritchie Duncan, Raymond Berry, Glen Finley, Thad Finley and Weldon Dogget. Cooper Funeral Home is in charge.
Sherman (TX) Democrat (undated clipping from private collection of Helen Winkler Hasten - information (extracted from Winkler and Cook families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh))
Bonham - Funeral services for Elton Lester Winkler, 40, who died last Thursday at the Veterans Hospital at Waco, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Methodist Church at Ravenna. The Rev. R. L. Catees, of Collinsville, conducted. (sic) Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, directed by Cooper's Funeral Home.
Mr. Winkler was born at Ravenna, Feb. 6, 1908. He had been hospitalized since April 25, when he was struck by an automobile at Fort Worth. He had been transferred from a Fort Worth hospital to the McKinney Veterans' Hospital and later was removed to the Waco hospital.
Survivors include: His mother, Mrs. Martha Winkler of Ravenna and six brothers, Ben Winkler of Ravenna, Ed Winkler of Savoy, Roy Winkler of Vernon, Walter Winkler of Ravenna, Ivy Winkler of Sherman and Willie Winkler of Ravenna.
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