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Obit for Winona Lynch 

Winona Lynch, daughter of Herbert B. Merrill and Ella (Emerson) Merrill was born
November 17, 1915 at Cowden, OK. She passed away May 12, 2002 in Oklahoma City
at the age of 86. 

Services were held at 10:00 a.m., May 15, 2002 at the First Baptist Church, Cordell
with interment following at Lawnview Cemetery, Cordell. Services were under the
direction of Jack Loftiss Funeral Home of Cordell. 

Winona attended school at Cowden and graduated in 1934. She attended the Valley
View Baptist Church and was saved at the age of 12. She was united in marriage with
Elmer Lynch, June 2, 1935 at Mt. View, OK. To this union two children were born,
LaVonne and Keith. 

Winona was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Washita County. She taught
Sunday School for many years and also helped with Vacation Bible School. Winona
was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cordell, where she lived. 

Winona had a passion for The Cordell Beacon and read it cover to cover every week.
Her favorite color was red. She enjoyed having coffee every morning with the ladies
at the bank, but most of all she enjoyed her family. 

Winona is survived by her daughter, LaVonne Holmes and husband Jim of Clinton,
OK, her son, Keith Lynch and wife Karen of Manhattan, KS, five grandchildren,
Melinda, Angela, Kenny, Kevin and Kip, five great grandsons, Taylor, Cale, Cameron,
Bryce and Aaron, one sister, Frieda Jones and husband Bill of Cordell, one brother,
Alvis Merrill and wife Bernice of Clinton, OK, two sister-in-laws, Connie Merrill of
Cordell and Frances Merrill of Clinton, and a host of friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Elmer, four brothers Linden,
Eben, Leroy and H.B. Merrill, two sister-in-laws, Opal Merrill and Lavern Merrill.