OBITUARY: Helen Marie Curin Mostek Winterton, 1908-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa
                                       
[ Adapted from Mitchell County Press-News online; Posted Nov. 26, 2003 ]





                   Helen Marie Curin Mostek Winterton
               
Funeral services for Helen Marie Curin Mostek Winterton, age 95, of
Fulton, Illinois, and formerly of Mitchell and Osage were held Saturday,
Nov. 22, 2003, at the St. Ansgar Catholic Church in St. Ansgar, with
Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating. Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery
in Mitchell. Helen died Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Harbor Crest Nursing Home
in Fulton, Illinois.

Helen was born March 27, 1908, in Mason City, Iowa, to Joseph and Barbara
(Lukas) Curin. She was reared in Haugen, Wisconsin, Merrillan, Wisconsin
and Mason City, Iowa.

She married Metthodeouse (Matt) George Mostek on January 30, 1926, in
Mason City. He died November 21, 1939. She lived in Mitchell, Iowa,
from 1926 to 1955.

She married Alvie Bernie Winterton in 1943. He died November 14, 1990.
She worked in the onion and cabbage fields from 1926 to 1955, then
at the Farmer's Produce in Osage from 1955 to 1969 when she retired
and moved to Clinton, Iowa to live with her daughter, Sandra Goodell.

From 1970 to 1986, she lived in Camanche, Iowa with Sandra and her
husband Morrie Goodell. In 1986, she moved with them to Fulton,
Illinois. From November 5, 2001 until her death, she resided at
Harbor Crest Nursing Home in Fulton. She was a lifelong member
of the Catholic church.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Metthodeouse (Matt) George Mostek
and Alvie Bernie Winterton, one daughter Leona Larson, one son Leonard (Bud)
Mostek, three sisters, Rosie Smith, Mary Leraaen, and Lucy Cullen and one
brother Frank Curin.

She is survived by one daughter Sandra Goodell and husband Morrie Goodell
of Fulton, Illinois; one daughter-in-law Dorothy Beyer of Mitchell;
10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.


Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, (641)732-3706, was in charge
of arrangements.


   Copyright 2003, K. L. Kittleson

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