1928
Robert
2019
Robert Mcphelan Winter
December 28, 1928 — April 29, 2019
Robert McPhelan Winter, 90, of Charlotte, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at The Laurels in Highland Creek.
A funeral mass will be held at 11AM Saturday, May 11, 2019 in St. Williams Catholic Church, 2300 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA 31522.
Born in Savannah, Georgia on December 28, 1928, he was a son to the late Alphonse and Elizabeth McPhelan Winter.
Mr. Winter was a graduate of Dothan High School in Dothan, Alabama and went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University. Following college, he joined the US Naval Corp of Engineers and served time in Hawaii during the Korean War.
As someone who loved to travel, he enjoyed a successful career as an engineer that took him all over the world. He later settled in Georgia and was a longtime resident of St. Simons Island.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 34 years, Helen Kearney Winter, and brother, Alphonse A. Winter, Jr. Left to cherish his memories are his children, Clare and Bob Diamond, Mary-Ellen and Chris Doyle, and Patrick Winter and Mardi Schmeichel; and grandchildren, Maureen and Molly Diamond and Maggie, Tess, Liam, and Lucy Doyle.
Memorials may be made to Saint Vincent de Paul Society, 1217 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, Georgia, 31520.
A funeral mass will be held at 11AM Saturday, May 11, 2019 in St. Williams Catholic Church, 2300 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA 31522.
Born in Savannah, Georgia on December 28, 1928, he was a son to the late Alphonse and Elizabeth McPhelan Winter.
Mr. Winter was a graduate of Dothan High School in Dothan, Alabama and went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University. Following college, he joined the US Naval Corp of Engineers and served time in Hawaii during the Korean War.
As someone who loved to travel, he enjoyed a successful career as an engineer that took him all over the world. He later settled in Georgia and was a longtime resident of St. Simons Island.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 34 years, Helen Kearney Winter, and brother, Alphonse A. Winter, Jr. Left to cherish his memories are his children, Clare and Bob Diamond, Mary-Ellen and Chris Doyle, and Patrick Winter and Mardi Schmeichel; and grandchildren, Maureen and Molly Diamond and Maggie, Tess, Liam, and Lucy Doyle.
Memorials may be made to Saint Vincent de Paul Society, 1217 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, Georgia, 31520.
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