ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LORENZ, ELLA "ELLEN" WINKLER 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Friday July 16, 2010

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LORENZ, ELLA "ELLEN" WINKLER 
(March 22, 1920 - July 16, 2010)

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Ella "Ellen" Winkler Lorenz passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010 at the age of 
90.

Loving mother of Jens Lorenz and Rainer Lorenz (Shay) Daughter of the late 
Vladislaus Winkler of Rominten, Prussia and Marta Erdmann Winkler of Laegerdorf, 
Germany. Sister of the late Hermann Winkler, Wilhelm Winkler, Klara Winkler and 
Marta Winkler Blassies. Grandmother of Erik Lorenz, Ingrid Lorenz Yancey(Jamie), 
Karin Lorenz Crosby (Jay), Andrew Lorenz, Amanda Lorenz Phillips (Jimmy), 
Alexander Lorenz (Wendy) and Mary Lorenz Smith (Johnston). Great-grandmother of 
Erik, Markus, Sophia, Ashleigh, Kaitlyn, and Jackson.

Born in 1920, she was educated in Germany, excelling in track and field, and 
gymnastics as a young girl. She married Hans H. Lorenz in 1941. In 1952 she 
emigrated with her husband and two sons from northern Germany to Valley, 
Nebraska, to begin a new life. She lived in Sioux City, Iowa, Green Bay and 
Appleton, Wisconsin, before moving to New Orleans and Mandeville, Louisiana in 
1981, joining her children and grandchildren.

Always a competitive and athletic personality, Ellen excelled at tennis, 
swimming and was a fixture at Franco's Athletic Club well into her eighties. She 
was devoted to her family and will be dearly missed by all.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2010.

Visitation will be at 10:00 am,

Service at 11:00 am in the chapel at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st. 
Ave., Covington, LA 70433.

Internment will follow immediately at Mandeville City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a donation to St. Jude 
Children's Research Hospital,www.stjude.org or by calling (800)805-5856. 

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