Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Winter, Fred C.  July 22 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Fred C. Winter
March 23, 1923 July 22, 2004

Services: Sat., July 31, 5 p.m. 


Fred was born March 23, 1923 and passed away at home July 22, 2004 after a 
short illness. He was a member of a pioneer family who came from Scotland and 
settled in Kern County in 1862. His great-grandparents formed a ranch in the 
Tehachapi mountains south of the old Tejon Ranch headquarters on El Paso 
Creek, 14 miles east of Grapevine. Fred was raised on the family ranch where 
he enjoyed cowboying and breaking horses. He was the cowboys cowboy.

Fred went to school in Bakersfield and graduated from Kern County High School 
in 1941. He met and married Joyce Longoria in 1943 and together they had three 
of their five children on the Winter Ranch.

Fred enjoyed his chosen careers of ranching (and day working for other 
ranchers) and operating heavy equipment. He was a member of the Operating 
Engineers Union, Local 12.

Fred was proud of his wartime service as a Staff Sergeant in the 2nd Armored 
Division (Hell On Wheels), 41st A.I.R. the Division was the first American 
outfit into Berlin and served as honorary initial occupation force until 
relieved by permanent forces. They were the Honorary Guard for the Potsdam 
Conference and were viewed by world leaders Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. His 
battles were noted as Rhineland, the Ardennes and Central Europe. Fred was 
happy to relate his experiences to anyone who was interested in those events.

Freds retirement years were spent living in the mountains surrounding the 
Glennville area where his children and grandchildren visited and enjoyed 
fishing, horseback riding and other parts of ranch and mountain life with him.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Archie and Henry, his 
daughter, Kathryn and son, John. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; daughter, 
Julia Bell of Sacramento; daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn and Jerry Lunde of 
Santa Ynez; daughter, Liz Winter of Bakersfield; grandchildren, Seth Wolford 
of Reno, Bonnie Wagner of Plantation, Florida, Teri Davies of Temecula, Aaron 
Titus of Arroyo Grande, Jesse Hering and Jackson Hering of Bakersfield, Amy 
Bell of Mammoth and one special great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Winter Wagner 
of Florida.

The family gives thanks to Optimal Hospice and especially Lori Callaham. There 
will be a memorial Service and a celebration of Freds life at the Greenhorn 
Mountain Veterans Association Hall in Glennville, California on July 31, 2004, 
at 5:00 p.m. 


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