Ella M. Winter

1923 - 2017

Winter, Ella M. HOOSICK FALLS Ella M. Winter, 94, formerly of Cherry Plain, died peacefully Friday, December 15, 2017, at the Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. Born in Clinton Corners, N.Y., on January 5, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Fred M. and Grace M. Bailer Diehm. Ella graduated from Mineola High School on Long Island. She was employed by Grummon Aircraft Manufacturing and Swift & Co. Meatpacking Co. both on Long Island. She later moved to Cherry Plain where she resided for over 40 years and was a "gentleman farmer" along with her husband where they maintained a large garden. She was a member of the Berlin Senior Citizens and was named "Senior Citizen of the Year" and also taught crafts there. She was also an officer with the Taconic Valley Historical Society. She loved animals and tending to her garden. She was the wife of the late George B. Morris who died in 1960, and the late Harry G. Winter who died in 2007; sister of Muriel Danahy of West Sand Lake and the late Doris K. Rose; aunt of Carol Goodermote of Hoosick Falls, Tom Danahy of Arizona and James Danahy of West Sand Lake. She is also survived by several grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews. The funeral service will be Wednesday, December 20, at 11 a.m. in the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY 43, Stephentown, with Reverend Trygve Tomlinson officiating. Interment will follow in the Stephentown Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home on Wednesday prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls, 21 Danforth St., Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090 or to the Berlin Free Town Library, P.O. Box 6, Berlin, NY, 12022 or bftl.org. Condolence book at ParkerBrosMemorial.com.