Leslie "Les" Winter

Leslie "Les" Winter, age 89 of Arlington passed away peacefully while being surrounded by his loved ones Monday, July 11, 2016 at the Marie Steiner Kelting Hospice Home in Chaska. He fought a short but courageous battle with cancer while residing there. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 15th at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Green Isle. Visitation will be 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to service time Friday all at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Green Isle. Interment will be in the Arlington Public Cemetery. Kolden Funeral Home of Arlington is assisting with the arrangements. The officiating clergy will be Rev. Eric Rapp, with Corrine Powers serving as the organist and Polly Rapp singing "On Eagles Wings". Congregational hymns will be "How Great Thou Art", "Take My Hand and Lead Me" and "Just As I Am". Grandsons serving as casket bearers are; Charles Winter, Jeffrey Jahr, Troy Brueggemeier, Joel Knight, Jason Brueggemeier, Chad Schroeder, honorary casket bearers are the great grandchildren. Granddaughters serving as pallbearers are Jennifer Winter, Jaclyn Rademaker, Jessica Nagel, Brittany Brueggemeier and Danielle Mathias. Leslie was born June 13, 1927 in New Auburn Township of Sibley County to August and Esther (Miller) Winter. He was baptized July 3, 1927 at Zion Lutheran Church, New Auburn Township by Rev. Edwin Schlacktenhufen. Les was confirmed April 16, 1941 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Auburn by Rev. Hans Werner. He attended German Parochial School in New Auburn and also Sibley County District 34 public schools. Leslie was united in marriage to Elvera Schilling on September 15, 1950 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Green Isle by Rev. R. Arndt. Les and Elvera were blessed with four children; Charles, Sharon, Katherine and Susan. In 1955 Leslie worked at Oscar Roberts delivering concrete blocks, then started a milk route for Oak Grove Dairy in Norwood which he ran from 1956 - March 1983 when he sold it. He worked in road construction for William Mueller and Sons of Hamburg between 1983 and 1995 at which time he retired. He enjoyed his retirement by doing lots of traveling, fishing, dancing and spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and other family and friends. Les also enjoyed having the entire family over for special occasions and going to activities of the grandchildren and great grandchildren. He enjoyed cooking and baking, especially making chocolate chip cookies for his family and also loved his John Deere Toys. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Elvera of Arlington, daughters; Sharon (Allan) Jahr of Pemberton, Katherine (Virgil) Brueggemeier of New Prague and Susan (Tony) Mathias of Waterville, daughter-in-law; Debbra (Dick) Schroeder of Belle Plaine, 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, siblings; Marlys (Russ) Vilhauer of Litchfield, Dorothy Bettcher of Lester Prairie, Donna (Jerald) Gutzmer of Glencoe, sisters-in-law; Verna Winter of Arlington, Elaine Winter of St. Cloud, Sylvia Luehrs of Glencoe, brother-in-law; Alloyd (Elaine) Schilling of Mankato and many nieces and nephews. Les was preceded in death by his parents, his parents-in-law; Henry and Frieda Schilling, son Charles, grandsons; Shawn Knight and Travis Brueggemeier, siblings; Harry and Leonard Winter, and Velma Wendorff, siblings-in-law; Virgil Schilling, Lester Karg, Lowell Wendorff, Marvin Luehrs, Harvey Schilling, Ruth Schilling, Muriel Schilling, Ewald Bettcher, nephew Kenneth Wendorff and niece Muriel Parpart.

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