ERNEST ALLEN WINSLOW

LAMAR- Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Ernest Allen “Ernie” Winslow, 88, who died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, after a short stay at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Ernest was a Seventh-day Adventist.

Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to Barton City Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be seen and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Lou, of the home and children, Linda Krueth and husband Kevin and Dr. Charles Winslow and wife Shanda, Lamar and Milton Winslow and wife Rosemary, Malta, Idaho. Grandchildren Kendall and Joy Krueth, Clayton, Michaela, Caden and Caleb Winslow, Lamar, Orin Winslow and wife Christine, California, Janelle Dossier and husband Dakotah, John, Melanie and Dustin Winslow, Idaho and great granddaughter, Addy Doshier, Idaho, also survive. Additional survivors include sisters Waneta Clague, Iowa and Darlene Jane Brayfield, Golden City and sister-in law Marlene Sherwin, Iowa and Arizona. Numerous nieces and nephews and a large extended family of friends and neighbors that called him Grandpa including Mary Lee and Grevyn Phillips.

His parents, siblings Eva Mae Winslow, Viola Van Bebber and husband Henry, Chester Winslow and wife Leona and one grandson Allen Winslow preceded him in death. In addition, sister-in-law Beverly Pellet and husband Frank, brothers-in law George Steigerwalt and wife Lois, Bill Steigerwalt and wife Pat, Frank Sherwin, Delbert Clague, Ervin Bernhagen and Cecil Brayfield preceded him in death.

Mr. Winslow was born February 8, 1934, near Milford, Iowa, to Ross and Elsie (Dodge) Winslow. As part of a high school graduation requirement he wrote a paper about the United States Navy. Based on information gained from his report, he enlisted in the Navy immediately following graduation. He was called to active duty on December 15, 1953 and began his Naval career at Naval Training Center San Diego, where he graduated from Commissary School. It was at this point he received the nickname “Big Don” after a cartoon character “Don Winslow of the Navy”. He was first stationed at Mir-A-Mar and later on Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska, for two years where he worked for Fleet Weather. He dreamed of remaining on Kodiak Island for the rest of his life. After four years of active duty and four years’ inactive duty in the Naval Reserves he received his final discharge papers on December 14, 1961.

In the 1960’s he worked for Iowa Conservation and People’s Natural Gas in Spencer, Iowa. On October 22, 1960, he married Benetta Lou Jeanne Steigerwalt in Glidden, Iowa. They farmed and milked cows at several locations in Iowa before moving to Barton County in 1965. He continued to farm with his parents, milk and trade cows and goats, raise dogs and all kinds of exotic livestock for many years. In the 1970’s he worked at Liberal Locker and Jerry’s Grocery Store in Sheldon. In the 1980’s he built a Grade A dairy barn and milked Holsteins and registered Ayrshires. He was most proud of Flo, who was a nationally ranked Ayrshire cow. At the same time he also drove a school bus for Liberal R-II Schools for many years. During retirement he enjoyed gardening, raising fruit trees and keeping all kinds of poultry. His “container gardens” were featured in several Joplin Globe articles. He often entered garden produce at Lamar Free Fair. This year he won first place with his onion sets. He loved to talk and no one ever visited him without hearing many stories.