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Winifred Lemkau BAECHTOLD

Woodland Park, New Jersey

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BAECHTOLD Winifred Lemkau, 95, resident of Winchester Gardens, Maplewood, NJ, died on September 5, 2010. Win was born in Montclair, NJ where she lived most of her life. She graduated from Montclair High School in 1932, attended Stanford University as a freshman and graduated Cum Laude from Mount...

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To Win's family - we were sorry to hear about Win's passing. I remember Win was my Sunday School teacher when I was four years old. I was a handful. I apologized to her for this in my later years and we laughed about it.
I also sang next to Win when I was in church choir while in 9th grade. We both sang Soprano Second and she always helped me find my pitch.
Win was always very caring about those less fortunate. She was active in the child tutoring program SKEEP. (Not sure if...

I am sorry I will not be able to attend the funeral for Win this afternoon. I will be singing in the choir at the memorial service for Ellen Foth who passed away in July at age 90. Win and Ellen sat side by side in the soprano section when I joined the Central Presbyterian Church choir late in 1988. The rest of us in the section could always count on them.

Soon after joining the church, I began organizing workdays at Habitat for Humanity in Newark. Win was one of my regulars,...

To Win's family: I have known Win for many years at Central Church and in recent years I have served the church as a Deacon and visited her regularly. We always had a good visit together, and I admired her good spirit, sense of humor, and her long life. l am very sorry that I will not be in town on Saturday to attend her service and pay my respects to a wonderful lady. With affection, Aubin Ames