Winey, Samuel Graybill (1876-1960)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Apr 21 p. 8

Birth date: 1876 Jul 3

text of obituary:

S. G. WINEY

Samuel Graybill Winey, son of Caleb and Mary Graybill Winey, was born at Richfield, Penn. on July 3, 1876, and passed away at the Goshen hospital, Goshen, Ind. on April 3, 1960, aged 83 years and nine months. When he was a small child, his parents moved to Osborne County, Kansas and later when he was 12 they moved to Peabody, Kansas. At the time of his death he was a member of the College Mennonite church.

On Jan. 26, 1905, he was united in marriage to Minnie Good by Bishop T. M. Erb. They lived together in close companionship for 56 years. They lived on a farm near Peabody, Kansas until 1908 when they responded to a call to manage the farm owned by the new Mennonite Sanitarium at La Junta, Colo. From 1911 to 1923 he farmed, spent a period of service as caretaker at the old City hospital which the Mennonite Sanitarium had started to operate, and worked at the plumbing trade — all near or in La Junta.

In 1923 he moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colo. where he served for 18 years as the respected caretaker of a large junior high school building. While in Colorado Springs he served the church there as deacon.

In 1942 when he reached retirement age, he and his wife moved to Goshen, Ind. to be with their daughter Lois, professor at Goshen college. Here he served on the maintenance staff full-time until 1951. His work at the college brought him in contact with many young people. He loved to discuss with the students the unique advantages they had, and the way in which the school was fulfilling the missionary vision which J. S. Coffman had for it.

He was pre-deceased by his parents and an infant brother. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Lois of Goshen, and Mrs. Paul (Mabel) Drinnon of Denver, Colo.; six grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs. J. H. (Laura) Newcomer of Peabody, Kan., Mrs. Katie Good of Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Frances Cooprider of McPherson, Kan., Mrs. Ruth Potter of Concord, Calif., and Mrs. Edd (Celia) Landes of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Services were held at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home April 6, in charge of John Mosemann, pastor of the Goshen College Mennonite church, and S. C. Yoder. Burial was made in Violett Cemetery.