Gary Winings

     Gary Winings, age 70, of Dover, Delaware, who passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at home, surrounded by his loving family.      Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 – County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Cemetery, Festina, IA.      Friends may call after 10:00 a.m., at the church on Saturday morning. There will be military rites at the graveside.      In lieu of flowers, contributions in Gary’s honor can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; All Children’s Hospital, John Hopkins Medicine, 500 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; or The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Resource Development, Operations 1275 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309-3506.      Gary was born on August 23, 1944, in Colville, Washington, the son of the Raymond and Ollie (Harold) Winings. Gary proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for 27 years, beginning his career in Logistics and Material Control at the age of 18. He retired in 1989 as a Senior Master Sergeant, and began a second career with the Civil Service at the Youth Center on Dover AFB, holding that position for eighteen and half years. He was very involved with The Boys and Girls Club, and spent a great deal of his free time volunteering at the Youth Center on Dover AFB coaching baseball, basketball, and soccer.      Gary also enjoyed hunting and fishing, but his greatest pastime was golf. He also was a member of the American Legion Fox Post in Dover; and MISGA, the Maryland Interclub Senior Golf Association. He enjoyed a quiet and peaceful life, and cherished spending time with his family, especially his children and grandchildren.      Gary leaves behind his loving wife of forty-five years, Joan Winings, Dover, DE; his two children, Natalie (Mark) Cuddy, St. Petersburg, FL, and Mark (RyAnn) Winings, Festina, IA; six grandchildren, Lilly and Ella Cuddy, Adrienne, Matson, Levi, and Emma Winings; brother, Jim (Darlene) Winings; and sister, Neva (Raymond) Harrington; sister-in-law, Mary Gifford (second Mom); mother in law, Phyllis Lechtenberg, Ossian, IA; sisters and brothers-in-law: Vernelle (Floyd) Hackman, Fort Atkinson, IA; Lois (Gary) Frana, Calmar, IA; Larry Lechtenberg, Calmar, IA; Lora (Dave) Kuhn, Anamosa, IA; Alan Lechtenberg, Calmar, IA; and a special “sister” Mary Lechtenberg, Ossian, IA. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.      He was preceded in death by his parents: Raymond and Ollie (Harold) Winings, siblings, Roland Gifford (second dad), Bob Winings, and Verva Yeager; brother-in-law, Lawrence Yeager; sister-in-law, Dawn Lechtenberg; nephew, Tim Harrington; niece, Linda DePaulo; and several other nieces and nephews.