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Richard Winder Obituary
24 Nov. 1924 ~ 11 May 2015
Richard William Winder, age 90, passed away peacefully May 11, 2015 in South Jordan, Utah. He was born November 24, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edwin Kent and Alma Eliza Cannon Winder. He married Barbara Woodhead January 10, 1951 in the Salt Lake Temple.
He graduated from Granite High School and attended the University of Utah and University of Southern California. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. During World War II he served in the Marine Corps. After the war, he was a missionary in Czechoslovakia. Upon returning from his mission, he joined the family business, Winder Dairy as a partner. He was also instrumental in the founding of a cemetery, Valley View Memorial Park. He was a director for Walker Bank and 1st Interstate Bank, and was elected to the Granite Board of Education where he served for eight years. He was, also, on the Salt Lake County Library Board for eight years.
An active member of the LDS Church, he had many opportunities. He served as a bishop, stake president, regional representative, and was mission president in California San Diego, Czechoslovakia and Family and Church History at Church Headquarters. He was patriarch for the Saints in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He was a counselor in the Jordan River temple presidency, served as president of the Nauvoo temple, and served for many years as a temple sealer.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; children: Richard Jr. (Debi Buchanan), Susan (John S.) Tanner, George (Nancy Parker), Robert (Rosanne Barker); sister, Marion (Willis) Wynn; 15 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Ned and David and three sisters: Barbara, Helen, Kathryn (Blake) Robinson.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the River Ridge Stake Center, 10168 South 1000 West, South Jordan, Utah. Viewings will be held at the stake center both Friday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. prior to the service on Saturday. Burial will be at the Valley View Memorial Park 4420 W. 4100 South. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either the LDS Missionary or LDS Temple Funds. Funeral Directors:Valley View Funeral Home.
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Darrin Skousen
May 8, 2023
I think of you regularly now that I´m back in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Every day I try to be at least a fraction of a Mission President you were to me and the many others that served under you and Sister Winder. Thank you!
Lane Larsen
October 6, 2015
President Winder influenced my life like a parent. His inspiration and love guided our mission. He is a valiant soldier for our Savior. My love goes out to Sister Winder, and Family. My love and fond memories of the Great California San Diego Mission continue today. Thank you for influencing, and touching my life in such a positive way. We live in San Diego!
Love, Lane Larsen & Family.
David Gravis
July 17, 2015
I am not sure anyone will read this as I was not aware of President Winder's passing until Friday July 17, 2015. My memories of President Winder are all wonderful and uplifting. I served as a missionary in the Great California San Diego Mission for 18 months and for the first few months President and Sister Winder were my mission parents. I remember how much love and kindness he showed me, a recent convert, and how he had extended nothing but mercy and good will towards me. The love and example shown me by the Winders provided a gospel bedrock upon which I could grow and mature in the gospel. I had many wonderful spiritual experiences before my mission, but those which occurred while I served alongside others shaped me into the person I would later become. If he were still here I would remind him that we saw each other at BYU and just knowing that he was still watching over me even after my mission, helped me so much especially as the only active member in my family at the time, and when I felt lost in the sea of LDS people at the Y. The experiences I would have later in life would test the best of us as I lost everything I had except my life, but that too I offered up, as I would come to know the Saviour even more deeply through these extremities. At every juncture was the peace of knowing I was serving Christ just as I had served him under President and Sister Winder. Without that foundation I probably would have given up. Later all things taken from me by cruel hands were lovingly restored as only the Saviour can. The Winders taught me to be obedient, trust in the Lord and wait upon Him. Had I not learned these valuable lessons from them I surely would not have received the desired blessings, and come to understand His ways rather than my own. God bless Richard and Barbara Winder true disciples of Jesus Christ
David Edward Gravis, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2015
Sister Winder, I am presently serving as a site missionary in Nauvoo and am slow in responding, I hope you still receive this note. What a joy to serve under you and President Winder in Salt Lake. You touched so many lives and gave us such help and example in our service there. I can still feel the happy Monday morning hugs! I love you so much and pray you will be blessed as you enter this new phase of your life. My prayers are with you. Sister Elizabeth Olsen
Jaromir Holcman
May 24, 2015
Dear Winders family
We much distressed to hear the sad news for us of Brother Winder passing away. We feel deepest sympathy with you. Brother Winder was exceptional man. And Great example for all people. Real Saint. He remain in ours hearts for ever.
Your Holcman family
Cheri Dagupan
May 23, 2015
I will be eternally grateful for President and Sister Winder's LOVING, caring example as they served in the awesome California San Diego Mission.
You were my mission president. I have such wonderful memories of my time there and I am grateful to you and Sister Winder for your guidance and care. Aloha oe until we meet again.
Genevieve & Peter Groesbeck
May 21, 2015
Dear Barbara and Family,
May we express our love and sympathy at this time in the passing of your dear husband. Truly, you were blessed with a most genteel companion, a kind and sweet man, who was and is a true disciple of Christ.
We are truly sad we couldn't be at the funeral. We will miss seeing Bro. Winder at the JRTmple, but will remember his smile and the goodness he radiated.
We pray that our Heavenly Father's sweet and comforting spirit may be with you this day and always. Love, Genevieve & Peter Groesbeck
Rick Marshall
May 21, 2015
Sister Winder:
It is obvious that you and Brother Winder have been a significant influence for good in the lives of many, many, people. I became aware of Brother Winder's passing during my regular service in the Nauvoo Illinois Temple. When I saw his picture, a flood of memories returned of Jordan River Temple with you, and the legacy you left here in Nauvoo. I will never forget the time someone returned from visiting Nauvoo when you were serving in the presidency, and said "The Winders say hello". I couldn't believe that people of your stature would even remember me. I will always be grateful for you and your husband for that. You are in our prayers, and we express our deep love and appreciation for the lives you have and will continue to lead. Until we hopefully meet at the feet of the Savior, may the Lord's choicest and most tender blessings attend you.
Bruce Cobb
May 17, 2015
Dear Sister Winder, our hearts reach out to you at this time. It seems like only yesterday we we're in the mission field with you in Czechoslovakia. Richard would always ask me to tell him what I liked in my missionary companion. It was his way of saying look for the positive, something I've learned to use in my marriage. What a simple yet powerful lesson he taught me. I remember you asking if we would consider being sealed in the Jordan River Temple since Richard could perform the ordinance. We feel so honored to have had him seal us. We will miss him........our hearts and prayers are with you and your family. We're living in Pennsylvania now so we weren't able to attend the funeral but our thoughts are with you. Sending our love,
Bruce and Sarka Cobb
LARRY & MOANA COULSON
May 17, 2015
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU SISTER WINDER AND FAMILY. WE REALLY ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU IN THE NAUVOO TEMPLE. WE HAVE SPECIAL AND FOND MEMORIES WITH YOU. PRESIDENT WINDER WAS SO CUTE WITH THE "SECRET SANTA". HE WAS JUST LIKE A LITTLE KID WAITING TO OPEN THE PACKAGE.WE LOVE YOU BOTH AND APPRECIATE YOU. LARRY AND MOANA COULSON.
Paula Alvarez
May 17, 2015
Dear Barbara and Family,
I was so sad to hear of Richard's passing today and I am especially sorry I missed the funeral. What a wonderful man the world has lost. He spent his days going about doing good and I will be forever grateful for his kindness and words of wisdom. What a blessing it was to know him! May the Lord bless and comfort you during this time.
Love,
Paula Alvarez
May 17, 2015
Dear Sister Winder,
I wish to express you my love and gratitude for your and for president Winder's example of dedicaded service. It was my priviilege to serve as a missionary in the California San Diego Mission.
President Winder and you have had a tremendous impact in me and in my family of eternal consecuences.
May the Lord bless you and the rest of your family with the comfort that can only come thru the Holy Ghost.
Antonio Calderón (Elder Calderón from Spain)
May 16, 2015
Dear Winder family, We wish you comfort and peace at this time. We will miss seeing one of our (and our mother's) favorite cousins at the Winder reunions. We are grateful for our association with you. Love, Carla (Bangerter) and Tom Ogden
May 16, 2015
Dear Barbara, It was a choice blessing for me and Ben to serve at various times over the years with you and Richard in the Temple and on missions. He was such a sweet, dear man, and we appreciated our association with both of you. May you enjoy the peace and comfort the Gospel can bring into your life until you are together again. Lovingly, Marlene Fisher
May 16, 2015
Dear Sister Winder,
One of the best things I enjoyed while serving at the Jordan River Temple was the opportunity it gave me to meet wonderful people. I enjoyed serving with you and your sweet husband in the sealing office briefly right after we returned from our mission. But is was while I was an employee at the Temple the last two years that I got to know Brother Winder. What a kind, loving and gracious man of God. I looked forward to his weekly visits to the temple as a patron after he was released as a sealer due to advancing age. He always had a hug and kind greeting for me. I knew I was in the presence of a truly great man and disciple of Christ. His goodness lit up his face.
May the Lord bring you peace and comfort for the mortal years ahead until you are reunited with your dear companion.
With love,
Jenalyn Morden
Darrin Skousen
May 16, 2015
I am grateful to have literally walked in President Winder's footsteps in Plzen, Czechoslovakia. What a treat to watch him work that first day we arrived there...40+ years after he left Plzen as a young man. I learned so much from him as a missionary and a man. Darrin Skousen (Qatar).
May 15, 2015
S panem Bohem, Bratre Richarde - vernym pritelem slavneho naroda ceskeho a slovenskeho - velikanem mezi lidmi - a na nebi hvezda hvezd! Nechavas slavne a neustale dedictvi lasky, sluzby, a pratelstvi v srdcich vsech svych misionaru a pratel v ceskych zemich, na Slovenku, ci kdekoli byvaji.
marilyn rupper
May 15, 2015
Rich was such an awesome man. He performed his first civil wedding ceremony for us 53 years ago. We will always remember him fondly.
Marilyn Rupper
May 15, 2015
Dear Winder Family,
We would like to express our love and condolences to Bro Winder's family.
Just before we left to serve a mission in the Czech Prague Mission, we met with them in their home where they gave us some sage advice about the mission. Thank you Sister Winder.
The last few years we have seen Bro Winder in the Jordan River Temple every Wednesday morning where we exchanged a happy Dobry Den with him. We will surely miss his friendship and great smile. He was and is, a wonderful and faithful man.
Dean & Myrna Behunin
Jim Scott
May 15, 2015
Having labored with President Winder in the JRT was a priveledge, he was a gentle man of God serving humbling and skillfully he touch many a life. Please accept our bereavement at your loss while celebrating a life well spent.
Rory Levorsen
May 15, 2015
Sister Winder,sorry to hear of the passing of President Winder.I would to thank him for the Great Example he set for me in my life as mission President over The Great San Diego California Mission. May the Lord watch over the Winder Family at this time.
Rory K. Levorsen
Lynette White
May 14, 2015
I served my mission under President and Sister Winder in San Diego. As a fairly new member to the church I was not as prepared as many of my fellow missionaries. It was the deep heart to heart conversations I had with President and Sister Winder that got me through my mission. My life was forever changed by their love and compassion. My heart felt condolences go out the entire Winder family.
Elizabeth Stanfield
May 14, 2015
Dear Barbara,
You are in my heart and prayers during this difficult time. Although we know how happy Richard is, it's still a difficult time of separation, although it's mercifully temporary. I know that my sweet mother was very, very fond of you both and she has given me that love for you also. God bless you all!
Love,
Liz (Sandwick) Stanfield - Janny's Winder's daughter
KATHRYN MACKAY JONES
May 14, 2015
I SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO BARBARA AND HER FAMILY. I REMEMBER HER AND RICHARD WHEN MY HUSBAND HAROLD JONES AND I TRAVELED WITH NED AND GWEN ON THE TOUR TO THE PRESTON TEMPLE WITH SUSAN AND HER HUSBAND JOHN TANNER CONDUCTING AND THEN LATER WITH WORKING WITH RICHARD AND BARBARA IN FAMILY HISTORY LATER AT THE JOSEPH SMITH BUILDING.
tHE LAST TIME I VISITED THEM WAS LAST fALL AT SPENCER HATCH'S FUNERAL. MAY THE LORD BLESS ALL THE FAMILY AT THIS TIME OF GRIEF AND AS SUSAN AND JOHN LEAVE FOR HAWAII. LOVE KATHRYN MACKAY JONES.
Bill Barton
May 14, 2015
Dear Barbara and Family: Our hearts and sympathies are with you at this time of sorrow for the loss of this very fine man. He has served as an awesome example for all of us who have grown up with him in this community. Richard led the way in serving his family, his church and his fellow man.
Cameron Benedict
May 14, 2015
Sister Winder, I remember Pres. Winder and you at the Nauvoo Temple. I was set apart by him to server in Nauvoo. I am sure there is a special place in the Kingdom on the other side for him.
We love you
Derek and Sandra (Marble) Dietze
May 13, 2015
As Both Derek's and my Mission President and wife in California. We want you to know we love you and Sister Winder. Our Prayers are with you Barbara. May you find peace during this time of sorrow We wish we could be there.
May 13, 2015
Sister Winder and family,
Our current assignment precludes our extending condolences in person, but know of our love for you and President Winder. We will miss his happy countenance but know he is well prepared to join the faithful elders engaged in preaching the gospel while preparing for a joyous reunion with you and your family. Marie and John Fowler
Mike and Kae Skinner
May 13, 2015
Dear Sister Winder,
Kae and Mike Skinner give our condolences to you and your family for the loss of your dear husband and father. We loved your husband dearly. He sealed us in the Jordan River Temple. It was a joy seeing you both in the temple when we worked there. We wish you the best. GOD bless you and your loved ones.
Lucie Skerikova Evans
May 13, 2015
President and Sister Winder were at my baptism in the Czech Republic. I will never forget the love I felt from him and his wife. He and his sweet wife served tirelessly,attended every baptism, every branch. When I met him again a couple of years ago he instantly remembered my name and where I was from even though it was nearly 20 years since we spoke last and I felt the same love for me personally and the people in the Czech Republic. I will miss you President Winder!
May 13, 2015
Sister Winder and family-What an amazing man. I feel blessed to have served in Czechoslovakia with the two of you. President has had a lasting influence on my life. I think of him often. I have often told my kids that when I grow up I want to be like President Winder. Truly a choice individual. My prayers are with you.
May 13, 2015
Dear Sister Winder,
I just wanted to say how grateful John and I were for the opportunity he had to work for Dick Winder at Valley View Memorial Park. John loved him and really appreciated knowing him and working there. You are a wonderful family.
Harold/Marie Hymas
May 13, 2015
We are privileged to have served with the two of you in the Nauvoo Temple and it is an honor to celebrate at this time, President Winders life. Our thoughts, prayers and love are with you Barbara and your family.
Katerina Pojkarova
May 13, 2015
President Winder was the mission president when I was baptized. And he gave me patriarchal blessing. He and his wife were amazing example for me, I have loved them so much. I wish a lot of comfort in these times to his whole family.
May 13, 2015
We loved serving with you on the Family & Church History Headquarters Mission. Those three years were gold. We love you. Wishing all the family peace and love. Le Roy & Donna Holladay
May 13, 2015
Dear Barbara, Sorry to hear of the passing of President Winder. I will see you at the funeral on Saturday. Love, Pauline Harward
Dr. Willis D. Waite
May 13, 2015
Beloved Sister Winder and Family, I express to you and your family my heartfelt sympathy at the passing of your beloved husband, father and grandfather, but at the same time rejoice with you in celebrating his graduation from this earth school summum cum laud!
My beloved fellow sealer was a model of humility,courage, and steadfast devotion to his family and the Church. His example of devotion as a husband, father and grandfather influenced the lives of loved ones and all with whom he came in contact. I am confident your family members will take comfort in the quality of his life and in the memories you share of his abiding love for each and every one. His success in life was due to his loving eternal sweetheart.
Although there is no substitute for the physical presence for a dear companion and father, I pray your knowledge of the gospel will be a source of peace and you will feel the comforting influence of the Holy Spirit. I also pray you may be sustained at this tender time of parting and in the years ahead by that Spirit which comes from Him who said,"I will not leave you comfortless: I wlll come to you." ( John 14;18) I send you my love and blessings.
Lisa Hamblin Goff
May 12, 2015
I will always have fond memories of serving as a missionary in Czechoslovakia with President Winder and his lovely wife, Barbara. You both were an inspiration to me and all those around you.
May 11, 2015
President Winder....you were the BEST Stake President I ever had.
Barbara my prayers are with you. May God comfort you as you mourn the loss of your dear husband. I love you both so much!
Patricia Peterson Atkinson
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