Individual Details

Published in Bakersfield Californian from August 8 to August 9, 2004: A Grand Lady with sparkling blue eyes and a charming wit passed away quietly July 17, 2004. Elleanir was admired for her humor, her compassion, her mental astuteness, and her devotion to her family. She had lived independently for 24 years, after her husband, Sam had died, prematurely of cancer in 1978. Mom and Dad had raised three children, Susan Lund of Seattle, Washington, Donna Miller of Nashville, Tennessee, and Dr. David Winegar a local dentist of Bakersfield. She had seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mom had several talents. She was an excellent seamstress and dressmaker. She painted with oils and water colors, and she worked as a dental technician for a local orthodontist, Dr. Charles Linfesty. She enjoyed card games, Scrabble, Dominos, and puzzles and when Dad was alive they played Chess regularly. Mom was the youngest of five siblings, three brothers and one sister. All have preceded her in death. Now she resides with them in Heaven beyond the pain and discomforts that she experienced during the past few months of her life on earth. Mom and Dad were common people of uncommon character certainly model parents that we grew to appreciate and to love and they are and will be missed for a very long time. Inurnment will be at Hulls Walnut Creek Chapel and Columbariun, Walnut Creek, California.

Birth	3 Jul 1911	Illinois
Birth	Abt 1913	Illinois
Residence	1920	Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Mississippi, Sacramento, California, USA
Residence	1930	Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Floyd, O´Brien Co., Iowa
Marriage	18 Dec 1933	Cook Co., Illinois - Samuel Ellis Winegar
Residence	1955	Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Death	17 Jul 2004	Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Alt name		Elleanir C. Whitsell
Burial		Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel and Columbarium, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California

Spouse	Samuel Ellis Winegar (1911 - 1978)
Child	Susan Winegar ( - )
Child	David Winegar (1937 - )
Child	Donna Jean Winegar (1942 - )