ELLINWOOD — Alice Marie Wineinger, 89, passed away on Feb. 15, 2017, at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. Born Aug. 9, 1927, at rural Haddam, she was the daughter of John Rhine and Myrtle Mae (Williams) Rhine. She grew up on the family farm southwest of Haddam. Upon graduation from Haddam High School, she taught school in rural Clyde and Cuba schools. On Jan. 17, 1945, she was united in marriage to William Ross Wineinger. After Ross returned home from the Navy, they moved to Waterville and Marysville and St. Joseph, Mo., where they owned and operated their plumbing and heating businesses. They moved back to the family farm in 1968, and farmed and custom harvested for many years. She was an avid genealogist, compiling family histories for the Rhine and Wineinger families. She enjoyed traveling.
Mrs. Wineinger was a member of Cuba Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her two sons, Michael A. Wineinger of DeSoto, and Patrick S. Wineinger and wife Rhonda of Great Bend; four grandchildren, Eric Wineinger and wife Kathy, Katrina Wineinger and friend, Christian Donnelly, Christian Wineinger, and Ann Heine and husband, Jeff; seven great-grandchildren, Hudson, Lucas, Illiana, Kiley, Trae, Branden and Rylee. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Myrtle Rhine; husband, William Ross Wineinger; infant daughter, Angela Jean; one brother, Marvin Rhine.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Bachelor-Surber Memorial Chapel in Belleville conducted by Kathy Ouellette. Interment was in Hawks Cemetery, rural Cuba. Memorials may be given to National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia, Kansas, in care of the funeral home. Online condolences and information at www.bachelor-surber.com

Funeral arrangements provided by
Bachelor - Surber Funeral Home*
1322 19th Street
P.O. Box 326
Belleville, KS 66935
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb. 21, 2017