Sandra L. "Sandy" Wintermote,
76 of Elm Creek passed away
Friday, December 2, 2022 at
Kearney Regional Medical
Center in Kearney. Memorial
services were held December
7, 2022 at Elm Creek Christian
Church; Pastor Scott Foster
officiated. Inurnment followed
at Elm Creek Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to
the American Cancer Society or
American Diabetes Association.
Condolences may be shared
online at http://www.osrfh.com. Services are
entrusted to O'Brien Straatmann Redinger
Funeral and Cremation Services.
Sandy was born January 30, 1946 in
Pender, Nebraska to Fred and Verna
(Schuldt) Bird. She received her education
from Pender High School, graduating with
the class of 1964. Sandra later attended
cosmetology school. She also worked in the
records department at Pender Community
Hospital. On June 19, 1969, Sandy was
united in marriage to Leonard Wintermote.
The couple made their home in Sidney, NE
where she worked at the Insurance Store
for many years. They moved to Elm Creek
in 1998 where Sandy was head of school
lunches at Elm Creek Public Schools until
her retirement in 2011.
Sandy enjoyed collecting
crystal, angels and thimbles.
She loved crafts, sewing,
embroidering, doing crossword
puzzles, playing cards, tending
to her flowers, camping and
spending time with family and
many friends.
Left to cherish her memory
are her husband, Leonard
Wintermote of Elm Creek; sons,
Rusty (Jeanne) Wintermote
of Carroll, IA and Rob
Wintermote of Elm Creek; grandchildren,
Alicen (Joe) Weeks, Andrew (Taylor)
Wintermote and Adysen (Blake) Barquist;
great grandchildren, Finnley and Maeve
Weeks and Kenneth Wintermote; siblings,
Lila Nelson of Lyons, NE, Betty (Steve)
Mayberry of Cabool, MO and Randy
(Kathy) Bird of Wayne, NE; sisters-in-law,
Betty Wintermote of Kearney and Carlene
Wintermote of Oak Creek, WI; as well as
many nieces, nephews, extended family
and friends.
Sandy was preceded in death by her
parents; daughter, Rochelle Wintermote;
and brother and sister-in-law, Freddie and
Arlene Bird; brothers-in-law, Erwin Nelson,
Lloyd Wintermote and Arthur Wintermote.
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