Dean Ray Winkcompleck's Obituary
GROOM SERVICES- 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 29, 2008 in the First United Methodist Church in Groom with Rev. Wilbur Wooton, Family Member, and Rev. Weldon Rives, Pastor, officiating. INTERMENT - Burial will be in Groom Cemetery in Groom. Dean was born January 2, 1939 in Claude to Melvin and Blanche Miller Winkcompleck. He married Helen Mae Wooton on February 14, 1979 in Amarillo. He had been a resident of Claude before moving to Groom in 1979. He was a US Navy Veteran. He also loved his family & grandchildren. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Groom. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY- his father; his wife on December 4, 2005; a son, Wayne Horton in 1973; and a daughter, Regina Carol Manker. SURVIVORS- his mother, Blanche Winkcompleck of Wichita Falls; 3 sons, Jerry Winkcompleck and wife Elizabeth of Amarillo, Samuel Ray Horton and wife Faye of Peru, OK, & Douglas Horton and wife Michelle of Osage, OK; 3 daughters, Ellen Gray and husband Ed of Groom, Lisa Singleton and husband Randy of Frisco, TX; Angela Goss and husband Robin Oglesby of Lewisburg, KY; a brother, Joe Winkcompleck of Wichita Falls; 2 sisters, Doris Thielker of Ocean Springs, MS, & Janiece Kiefer of Terrell; 20 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. MEMORIALS- The family request memorials be to the First United Methodist Church in Groom.
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