FRANKLIN MONROE WINTERS

Franklin Monroe (Bud) Winters, 93 of Kahoka died July 23, 2021 at Blessing Health Keokuk, Iowa.

 He was born on February 16th, 1928 at Gregory Landing Mo., the son of Frank L. Winters and Elsiebelle (Anderson) Winters.  After Elsiebelle’s passing his father married Mae (Jesberg) Winters who was a great part of Bud’s life.

He married Nina C. Wood of Keokuk, Iowa on January 20, 1947, while stationed on Honolulu, Hawaii, serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. She survives. After being discharged from the Coast Guard they moved back to Gregory Landing where they raised seven children.

Terry (Nancy) Winters, Canton, Mo., Debbie Lillard, Wayland, Mo., Denise (Ronnie) Armstrong, Kahoka, Mo., Chad (Kim) Winters, Wayland, Mo., Gina (Kim) Ragan, Peachtree City, GA, Joni (Robert) Kraus, Gorin, Mo., and Daan Winters, Kahoka, Mo.

Bud and Nina were happily married for 74 and a half years. They have numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. A sister-in-law, Shirley Wood, also survives.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Elsiebelle Winters, Mae Winters, parent in laws, Oren and Alberta Wood, Sisters and spouses, Madeline and Dave Davidson, Jessibelle and Pete Schlotter, Virginia and Bruno DelGuzzi, and brother in law Dale Wood, Sister in law Linda and Herb Hawkins, GeeGee and David Hamma, and infant grandson Bo Ragan.

 Bud was a farmer, and then later becoming an entrepreneur. Owning gas stations, antique shops, firework stands, a grocery store, and then opening the Missouri Territory Restaurants located in Wayland and Hannibal Missouri, and the Cliffside Bed and Breakfast at Hannibal, Missouri.

Funeral Services were held July 28, 2021 at the Kahoka Christian Church. Wilson Triplett Funeral Home, Kahoka, Mo., was in charge of arrangments.

Memorials were directed to the Bluff Springs Cemetery Fund.