She was born Dec. 9, 1917, in Arlington, Mass., the daughter of Thomas and May (Marchant) Sheppard.

Mrs. Winter was a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps serving in Iran and India during World War II. She also was a nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Hospice Care of Douglas County. She was a nurse for 50 years.

She married Maurus Winter on June 15, 1946, in Indiana. He died in 1986.

Survivors include two sons, Allen and Paul, both of Lawrence; a daughter, Diane Dahl, Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Frances Littlehale, Arlington, Mass.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A granddaughter died earlier.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to Hospice Care of Douglas County, Lawrence Humane Society or Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn., sent in care of the mortuary.